Saturday March 14, 2009, 9:16 pm
I want thses evil disgusting australian scums to pay what they done to this sweet little fellow. They are at the moment, only looking at four months. What they done to Peanut, they are plain evil!!

Sunday March 15, 2009, 6:48 am
SIGNED.

Thank you, Simone, for making us aware of this disgusting crime. I hope these "men" get the book thrown at them.

Sunday March 15, 2009, 8:15 am
Already signed against these evil scumbags. I hope they rot in hell.

Thank you! You signed at 5:49 AM PDT, Oct 29, 2008

Sunday March 15, 2009, 5:22 pm
Noted and previously signed. Thank you Simone.

Tuesday March 17, 2009, 9:16 pm
SIGNED OCT.28TH. 2008 & THANKS....

Thursday March 26, 2009, 7:34 am
The C**** SHOULD BE HACKED UP I've a AXE in the out house. 4 months!!! DISGUISTING

Sunday April 26, 2009, 2:54 am
Thank you! You signed at 9:05 AM PDT, Oct 29, 2008

Noted, signed and cross posted with thanks Simone

Sunday April 26, 2009, 3:16 am
Petition 1:

Men hacked puppy to death, filmed actions!
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/maximum-penalty-for-the-men-who-hacked-up-a-puppy
Target:
Mackay Magistrate's Court

UPTIL NOW:
87,228
signatures!

signature
goal: 100,000
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Petition 2:

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/worst-animal-cruelty-case-puppy-hacked-to-death
Worst Animal Cruelty Case Puppy Hacked to Death
Target: ATTN: Registrar of the Mackay Court

signature
goal: 5,000

UPTIL NOW:
1,932
signatures!
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Billye T.: http://www.care2.com/c2c/groups/disc.html?gpp=96&pst=947252

Topic: PLEASE SIGN! Men hacked puppy to death, filmed actions!
Here you can find a sample letter to : courthouse.mackay@justice.qld.gov.au

SAMPLE LETTER -- **NOTE: This sample letter is longer than usual as we are disturbed by the particularly sadistic and violent nature of this crime. We hope you'll shorten it and make some of its words your own.

Mackay Magistrates Court:

Citizens worldwide are sickened by the drawn-out torture of Peanut, the 7-month fox terrier abducted from Danielle and Karen Neilson's Moranbah home in Queensland on October 20, 2008.

I understand Trent William Cunniffe, 24, has been sent to Mackay Base Hospital's psychiatric ward and won't face charges until deemed mentally stable. If his case is assigned to the Mental Health Court, it could be deferred for as long as a year.

His accomplice Jonathon Connor Blake, 21, also undergoes psychiatric evaluation at Capricornia Correctional Centre in Rockhampton. I thank officials for remanding these men in custody. Yet I hope both are ordered to enter pleas, without delay, to charges of animal cruelty, illegally stealing and killing an animal, property damage, and possession of marijuana.

I urge rigorous prosecution. Please seek the maximum penalty allowed under Queensland's Animal Care and Protection Act, including a $75,000 fine and two years' incarceration.

As you know, RSPCA officers consider Peanut's prolonged mutilation to be among the most grisly incidents in Australian history. Even police were repelled when they viewed videophone images of the ordeal. Apparently, the puppy wails as the men slash him with garden shears and a pocketknife -- severing his nose, a front leg, rear leg and finally, his head. During the video's last segment, Peanut's amputated body parts are displayed.

Cunniffe and Blake exhibit serious indicators for recurring violence.
Randall Lockwood -- an ASPCA animal behaviorist who consults with cruelty investigators, law enforcers and mental health professionals -- describes violence against non-threatening creatures as a precursor to assaulting children, the elderly or disabled.

Cunniffe and Blake's elongated assault let them observe Peanut's agony and suggests they find intimate violence (stabbing and mangling, rather than remote violence such as shooting) pleasurable. Their documentation of the dog in unbearable pain signifies a desire to re-live the "thrill."
Mutilation is almost always linked with an unrealistic sense of power.

Men prosecuted for animal cruelty are five times as likely to be arrested for other violent crimes, according to Utah State University professor Frank Ascione. Please advocate stringent penalties with full-term confinement. Both offenders should be barred from contact with animals.

The dismemberment of a living being is merciless. It also serves as a yardstick to measure probability of a repeat offense. I look forward to any case updates you can provide.

Thank you,
Name:
Country:

Thursday April 30, 2009, 8:01 am
Please don't overlook the seriousness of this case. If it were the reverse, and peanut attacked these two low lives, you would think nothing of ordering a fate far worse than two years for poor little peanut. All we ask is that you be fair and hand down a sentence that suits the heinous crime committed,