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$500 Not Enough

Animals (tags: new zealand, animals, cat, killed with crossbow, spca asking for stiffer sentence, abuse, AnimalCruelty, suffering, sadness, slaughter, protection, humans )

Jacquelin
- 1557 days ago - nzherald.co.nz

The SPCA is calling for stiffer sentences for animal abuse as the recession fuels a rise in cruelty. This week a Manukau man escaped with a $500 fine after killing a cat with a crossbow, and a lawyer acting for the Auckland SPCA said the courts were n

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JulieAnn Z. (247)

Sunday March 15, 2009, 9:20 am
what a disgusting man. Good he got a sentence.
It is so disgusting how so many poeple want to consider animals less important than humans. the idea that human life is more important than animal life is so barbaric and really needs to change.
ALL LIFE IS PRECIOUS AND JUST AS EQUAL. Just different. Humans think they are so superior to anything or anyone weaker than them.

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