Sunday November 22, 2009, 12:28 pm



Thnx Echo hun!!!

Sunday November 22, 2009, 12:31 pm
That's really sad. Thanks Echo.

Sunday November 22, 2009, 12:34 pm
Thnx Echo...at least we know she's safe at Rainbow Bridge now. I wish they'd throw him off a bridge! Do unto others.....

Sunday November 22, 2009, 12:42 pm

# 9,468:
12:40 pm PST, Nov 22, Eureka Morrison, South Africa
If this man is not locked up for a very, very long time the world will want to know why! I urge the authorities to incarcerate this monster for as long as you possibly can. He is a menace to both animals and humans. Harming of humans follow very closely on the heels of harming animals. A psycho in the making - if not already completely there!

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/7/maximum-penalty-for-the-man-who-brutually-killed-a-dog-in-lithuania

Sunday November 22, 2009, 12:47 pm
ty Echo, this was posted in bullie yesterday in myspace, and I was shocked to hear of it. I told the guy who asked all to repost, sure, who is this dog, just couldn't believe it was Pepper. had heard too that she was expected to survive, that makes it even more sad. she had such will to live, look at how she wagged her tail after she hit the dirt, she was soooo looking for help, oh God I wish we could toss that bastard from that same bridge, head first.
in her Fathers arms, now.

Sunday November 22, 2009, 12:50 pm
God forgive me but I pray that God will give the people who hurt these innocent animals (and children)a slow and painful reminder of what they did. Pepper I apologize for the stupidity and unkindness of man. May you be safe and happy now.

Sunday November 22, 2009, 12:51 pm
Difficult video to watch--I can not even imagine how this baby suffered from this fall. Sometimes a quick death is more humane-under circumstances like this. I hope the THING that did this goes to prison and meets Bubba.

Sunday November 22, 2009, 1:15 pm
This furbaby is within the angelic cosmic animal kingdom, of total bliss. I shared the petition on facebook, as it needs more signatures.
signature
goal: 10,000

9,523
signatures!

This person and the world needs to know that destructive and cruel actions like this, will be accountable for....
noted with a tear, and thank you

Sunday November 22, 2009, 1:19 pm
I CAST A SPELL THAT THIS BASTARD WILL HAVE THE SAME FATE AS THIS POOR DOG... NO, I WANT THAT THIS STUPID, IDIOT SUFFER EVEN MORE!!!!! AND THIS STILL NOT ENOUGH! ! ! ! !

Sunday November 22, 2009, 1:27 pm
This was senseless. It probably wasn't the first time that he did something cruel to an animal either.

Sunday November 22, 2009, 1:36 pm
I am sure you are right Kristi. His grandfather was also arrested on Animal Cruelty charges a while back, so Im sure it runs in the family.

Please all be sure and sign the petition, crosspost it etc.

:(

Sunday November 22, 2009, 1:37 pm
please sign

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/7/maximum-penalty-for-the-man-who-brutually-killed-a-dog-in-lithuania

crosspost.

Sunday November 22, 2009, 2:28 pm
This monster is an evil sadistic MURDERER and if I had my way he would be thrown in prison for the rest of his life...hard labor...no parole. I hope the bastard ROTS in hell!!!
I wouldn't mind seeing him being thrown off a bridge; if it was good enough for the dog then if should be okay for him!!
Rest In Peace sweet Pepper.
Noted and forwarded with anger and tears.

Sunday November 22, 2009, 2:39 pm
Already signed Echos petition, nearly at 10,000.

Sunday November 22, 2009, 2:45 pm
thankx Echo- signed gladly

Sunday November 22, 2009, 3:09 pm
What about the guys who Filmed, they're Guilty too, they could have Stopped him, not, cassie

Sunday November 22, 2009, 3:11 pm
What about those guys Filming, they're also Guilty, they could have Stopped him, not, cassie

Sunday November 22, 2009, 3:16 pm
Sorry, I think there's a glitch with the Network again, I commented, one hour ago, and it didn't show up, so I tried again, Sorry about that, Instead they both showed up at the same time, not my Intention, cassie

Sunday November 22, 2009, 3:18 pm
YAY ALPHA!!! and all our power behind your spell, he will feel something crawling in his belly, oh yeah.
yes Cassie they are all monsters, aren't they, just as culpable, all of them off that bridge, no higher, let them lie there waiting for the help that should never come their way.

Sunday November 22, 2009, 3:21 pm
Prosecutors calls for 10 months and 10 days imprisonment. Kaunas District Court will announce the sentence on Monday.

Sunday November 22, 2009, 3:25 pm
That video was so hard to watch! Everyone involved should be thrown in jail for quite some time, not just the piece of crap that threw Pepper off the bridge.

Sunday November 22, 2009, 3:29 pm
RIP PEPPER RUN FREE WITH NO MORE ABUSE, PAIN OR FEAR. MAY THIS INDIVIDUAL (HE IS NOT A MAN!) AND HIS COHORTS WHO FILMED THIS HORRENDOUS THING ALL ROT IN HELL!!!!!!! SIGNED THE PETITION EARLIER.

Sunday November 22, 2009, 3:34 pm
This idiot, who do he believes he is to trat living beings as garbage? He shoud be treted the same way.

Sunday November 22, 2009, 3:39 pm
NOOOOO!!!! This is so sad! Oh Pepper, may you rest peacefully in the arms of the angels. This makes me cry. I hope that bastard will suffer horribly.

Sunday November 22, 2009, 3:56 pm
May Peppers soul rest in eternal peace through our Lord Jesus Christ, Amen I do not wish to make any statemnet about the idiot who caused the death!

Sunday November 22, 2009, 4:15 pm
May the innocent, voiceless soul of Pepper now rest with the angels.

I signed, and am #9,783, I forwarded as well. This is just a senseless case of a poor innocent puppys life, wasted...at the hands of yet another SUBHUMAN ~ Please give him the maximum sentence, he killed another "living soul".

Thank you Echo for bringing this article to light, as well as other important issues.

In peace all,
~ FreeSpirit ~

Sunday November 22, 2009, 4:26 pm
RIP Pepper nothing left to say

Sunday November 22, 2009, 4:37 pm
This is so upsetting... I really had hope when I read that this poor dog was being treated... bastards!!!

Sunday November 22, 2009, 4:43 pm
signed, hope they throw him off a bridge

Sunday November 22, 2009, 4:56 pm
RIP Pepper

I hope the "guys" who did this will get life in prison for murder......!!

Sunday November 22, 2009, 5:09 pm
Signed. Thanks Echo.

# 9,864: 5:00 pm PST, Nov 22, Joycey Berry, North Carolina

Sunday November 22, 2009, 6:26 pm
I...I...There are no words to describe how unbelievably sad I feel for baby Pepper...I feel just awful...God please forgive me, but please make this man suffer the worst imaginable torture and then once his torture is done on earth, I wish him eternal damnation....
Pepper, I didn't know you but I love you, I think we all do, I am so sorry that you landed in the hands of a sadistic bastard. I hope you know that all of us were and still are praying for you, you have touched us all...

Sunday November 22, 2009, 6:55 pm
Some people just have no heart or respect for anything. So sad.

Sunday November 22, 2009, 6:55 pm
May little Pepper know that I send her all the love I can... May she have Peace.

Sunday November 22, 2009, 7:35 pm
Let the punishment fit the crime. I would love to see the bastards that did this thrown off a bridge and left to die. What's to stop an individual, that is capable of doing this to an animal, from inflicting harm on another human being. This is an outrage and should not be tolerated!!!

Sunday November 22, 2009, 7:58 pm
I was so upset and heartbroken to hear about pepper... RIP sweet angel!

Sunday November 22, 2009, 9:37 pm
This is really so, so sad. Poor Pepper. I hope they put this bastard in a dark, deep hole to rot.

Sunday November 22, 2009, 11:05 pm
MY HEART IS BROKEN. I FELL IN LOVE WITH THE DOG THE MOMENT I SAW HIM. AT LEAST I SAW HIM GETTING LOVING CARE IN A VET'S OFFICE AND HE WAS EATING TOO. I THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO SURVIVE. WHY DON'T THEY THROW THAT PIECE OF GARBAGE OFF A BRIDGE? HE GOT A YEAR IN JAIL. IT WON'T BE AN EASY YEAR FOR HIM. HE'S GOING TO GET A WHOLE LOTTA LOVE.

Monday November 23, 2009, 12:55 am
This sweet little dog must be given justice. Pepper's death must not hinder the pursuit for the hearltess twit that did this to a poor innocent dog that deserved nothing but to live a peaceful and happy life. RIP Pepper

Thanks for the news.

Monday November 23, 2009, 1:04 am
This monster should pay dearly for what he did to this little angel!!!
Lock him up amd throw away the key!!! May he suffer a long and painful death!!!!!
Thankyou Echo.

Monday November 23, 2009, 1:30 am
did you know you can hurt someone very badly and keep them alive and in great pain for a long time? i think this is a case where the option could be explored ? no reason for what he did at all.discusting piece of slime.just reinforces how bad we be as a species! rest in peace , lil one !thank you Echo

Monday November 23, 2009, 2:06 am
At least he is no longer in pain now.

Monday November 23, 2009, 2:15 am
Poor dog - what a life.

Monday November 23, 2009, 2:17 am
R.I.P. sweet baby. This guy must pay hard what he have done.

Monday November 23, 2009, 2:22 am
Pepper died when his heart stopped. Poor dog :/

Monday November 23, 2009, 2:24 am
so cruel!

Monday November 23, 2009, 2:32 am
i hope this guy rots in jail rip pepper

Monday November 23, 2009, 3:10 am
That sadistic moron to be punished, burn in hell. What were others, taking shoots, doing? Passive observers?
Poor, poor voiceless.

Monday November 23, 2009, 3:31 am
I signed the petition!
The guy thought it was funny but it was not funny.

Monday November 23, 2009, 5:14 am
I have recently sign a petition for a Lithuanian to get the maximum penalty for killing his dog. I suppose it was the same dog, Little Pepper. So, please, everybody, sign the petition too.

Monday November 23, 2009, 6:20 am
Maybe it should be lawful to abuse the person who has abused an animla in the same manner. In this case, throw this person of a bridge. Just a thought.

Monday November 23, 2009, 7:06 am
I couldn't believe what I was seeing there. That poor trusting innocent little dog, didn't struggle for a second, had no idea what the fiend carrying her had planned...then a terrifying plunge to hard ground ; ; The scum who actually threw her, the friend who was filming the whole thing, the yobs in the background laughing and joking... all must pay for this crime! The grinning thug deserves an extra special sentence for such premediated cruelty >.> I'm sick to my stomach. Poor little Pepper never stood a chance with this brute.

Monday November 23, 2009, 7:06 am
So hard for those of us who don't know how to let go of our babies even when it's time to let them pass on, that soulless demons walks this planet with us enjoying the pain and suffering they cause these defenseless Angels.
RIP Pepper

Monday November 23, 2009, 7:11 am
I know I've been offline a lot these days fighting our own court battle for our granddaughter (there is no justice in america) but anybody have the any idea of what the cops are doing about this? Are any of the AR groups on top of this? AR- Animal Rights groups,,, you know,, they call us terrorists:(

Monday November 23, 2009, 7:14 am
SICKO MONSTER. VIDEO TAPPED DOING THE BARBARIC DEED

HOW BARBARIC AND SICK AND A MONSTER CAN ONE BE?

Monday November 23, 2009, 7:31 am
The poor dog : (

Monday November 23, 2009, 7:48 am
Yes for those who dont know, the guy turned himself in last week.
He was scared of all the people who were outraged.. Funny how he was so hammy in front of his own camera but when he turned himself in, he hides his ugly face in shame!

Take a look
http://www.care2.com/news/member/736437017/1308330
Please also note this story and check out the comment son the news site, hundreds of the in Lithuania and Latvia outraged.

Thank you all for noting this story and passing it on... please be sure and crosspost this and the petition. The people in Lithuania are saying he will be seen in court today (was now) and hopefully the law will change in a hearing on Thursday, however this man will likely be tried under the current law, with the max only being one year, but I understand the prison there is filthy and he will suffer there. They also tell me that no, it is not a stronger sentence now that the dog has died, as it would be here in the US.

THanks again, all ... paw hugs to you.

Monday November 23, 2009, 9:13 am
I am deeply saddened and distressed by the shocking cruelty this poor innocent little dog suffered at the hands of a cowardly madman,and the cowardly lowlife who watched and made the video. I hope they never know peace in their lives again. RIP little pepper.
Light a candle in your memory of Pepper at: http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=care2

Monday November 23, 2009, 10:17 am
Dammit this is so sad

Monday November 23, 2009, 10:29 am
This is really awful.

Monday November 23, 2009, 10:45 am
Already signed. Hope,the basterd will get killed by someone. Who knows,it,s easy to throw him off of a bridge. So called friends should make him drunk,go for a walk,asking him how and where it happened and then give the scum a push and there he flies. Let,s see whether he can fly at all. Hehehe.

Monday November 23, 2009, 10:57 am
Rest in Piece,lil Pepper. We won,t forget you.
Pepper deserves Justice and we,ll take care of this in having that piece of scum prosecuted and send him there where he belongs.

Monday November 23, 2009, 11:00 am
=(

Monday November 23, 2009, 11:34 am
OMG!!!!

Monday November 23, 2009, 4:51 pm
Sad !!! Died because some idiot tgought he did someti=hinf funnt to show off at his friends.
Pepper touched and stirred a lot of hearts of animal lovers.
He will be remembered by many

Monday November 23, 2009, 4:53 pm
Geez,anger got in the way of my typing.Sorry
I ment : some idiot thought he did something funny to show off at his friends...

Monday November 23, 2009, 5:42 pm
10 months??? then he gets back out, does it again, maybe to a child next. then the gov't will have to make excuses. just like here in the US.
I see from that comment section in the news, Echo, that the decent people are feeling the sting of his actions. one way or another, he will pay, never enough, no, but I believe he will leave prison with a lasting imprint of what he did.

Monday November 23, 2009, 6:35 pm
So sad and angry, why such a short sentence? That man should be throw of the bridge like he did to poor Pepper :'( That man will never rest in peace.

Monday November 23, 2009, 9:34 pm
I hurts my soul to know that those are the kind of people that I share this planet with.

Monday November 23, 2009, 10:32 pm
A sad story.

Tuesday November 24, 2009, 12:17 am
very sad R.I.P. my friend

Tuesday November 24, 2009, 2:06 am
Sad, horrible story.

Tuesday November 24, 2009, 6:01 am
Pepper, sweetie, you'll alaways be our beloved doggie. Our hearts rain for you. We'll see you later.

Tuesday November 24, 2009, 9:30 am
He turned himself in bacause he was scared? If he only serves a year, he should be twice as scared when he gets out, people will not forget what a cruel heartless POS he is!

RIP Pepper *candle*

Tuesday November 24, 2009, 9:53 am
noted, petition signed,TX Echo. Poor Pepper, RIP.

Tuesday November 24, 2009, 11:56 am
Oij gewalt poor little dog . Just imagine somebody would do that to your dog. An animal is not a thing and has to be protected by law. I signed the petition

Tuesday November 24, 2009, 12:44 pm
i can't believe that there are people like one who threw this little dog :(

Tuesday November 24, 2009, 1:24 pm
I was upset because of all the pain he went through but I thought he survived.?????

Tuesday November 24, 2009, 1:37 pm
Esther, I feel you, wasn't this quite a shock? big action all around on this, myspace is grabbing it and FB too.
pull together, friends, it's up to us to get it out there!
can't thank Echo enough for her coverage of this
xoxoxoxoxo

Tuesday November 24, 2009, 8:30 pm
Poor little dog. Can you imagine the fear and the pain? I hope he will have to for a long time.

Tuesday November 24, 2009, 8:31 pm
I meant to say, I hope the man will have to feel fear and pain for a long time.

Wednesday November 25, 2009, 4:50 am
signatures on petition now 15857, but when will it be presented ?
if i understand correctly, echo, he has already been sentenced and the hearing about the law is tomorrow !

Wednesday November 25, 2009, 12:07 pm
Hi Ekeim, I did not write the petition, but you can go to the petition and click on the petition author and email them and ask. In any case, the petition has raised a ton of awareness and may be used to create stricter laws. But again, you will have to ask the petition author. Thanks again everyone for noting and posting. Poor Pepper lived for about one week after she was dropped, what pain she must have been in. RIP PEPPER

Thursday November 26, 2009, 9:14 pm
I cry every time I think of Pepper or see her little face.....
We CANNOT let her die in vain!
We MUST do what we can to put the monsters-like Pepper's MURDERER and the bastard that filmed her suffering- in prison where they belong! For LIFE.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
The laws MJST be changed!!

Friday November 27, 2009, 5:13 pm
The poor beautiful dog. RIP sweet one! This just breaks my heart and I cannot understand why?

Friday November 27, 2009, 5:17 pm
A Prayer For Animals

Hear our humble prayer, O God, for our friends the animals,
especially for animals who are suffering;
for animals that are overworked, underfed and cruelly treated;
for all wistful creatures in captivity that beat their wings against bars;
for any that are hunted or lost or deserted or frightened or hungry;
for all that must be put death.

We entreat for them all Thy mercy and pity,
and for those who deal with them we ask a heart of compassion
and gentle hands and kindly words.
Make us, ourselves, to be true friends to animals,
and so to share the blessings of the merciful.

- Albert Schweitzer

Saturday November 28, 2009, 4:11 pm
Nov. 18, 2009 - The Dog Abuse Case (updated on Nov. 22, 17.00 GMT)

Since the 17th of November we have been receiving many letters from around the world on dog abuse case in Lithuania. We are grateful to all those who are concerned about this incident and we want to assure everyone that this case actually resulted in a significant resonance in Lithuania (1, 2, 3, ...), and a person charged with this crime has already been identified and arrested. At the moment he is released under conditions of pre-trial supervision measures - he has to register at the local police office on a regular basis.

First of all, in many letters senders are accusing Valdas Baranauskas, but he is not the person in video! We have no information (apart from those messages) that he is somehow related to all this! We sincerely apologize Mr. Valdas Baranauskas for mentioning him in our text as possible re-publisher of the video. We were mistaken by incoming letters from all over the world.

The person with a dog in his hands is a 22-years old Svaj%u016Bnas Beniukas of a small Sered%u017Eius town (district of Jurbarkas). The dislike of animals he appears to have is linked to infamous history of animal abuse in his family: just a two years ago his grandfather killed a cat by throwing it over to an aggressive dog. Unfortunately, he was fined 20 LTL (8,5 USD) only %u2013 Lithuanian laws in that sense are very mild.

Svaj%u016Bnas Beniukas is well-known to local police. He is unemployed, drinks regularly and has been involved in many local conflicts %u2013 he is a known town roughneck. He previously was charged with theft in Kaunas and Jurbarkas districts.

On 20th of November court session regarding the dog abuse case was held. The jury has listened to witness testimonies and will pronounce the verdict for Svaj%u016Bnas Beniukas on 23th of November. Beniukas in his defence said he have sought revenge on the dog after it was suspected of killing some of his mother's chickens.

The widely circulated dog abuse footage was most likely made during the weekend [November 14-15th]. For some time the dog was lying under a bridge. Then he was found by one man who took the dog to the police station, from where it was sent to medical treatment facilities at "Nuaras". Pipiras (so was named the dog, Lithuanian for Pepper) which was estimated to be around 4 years old was for a few days treated in animal care center "Nuaras", in Kaunas. Pipiras avoided serious bone fractures but had many injuries to internal organs - these were in severe contusion because of the high fall (over 20 meters). On the night between 21st and 22nd of November Pipiras died.

Both "Nuaras" staff and we at Animal Rights Lithuania received numerous calls or emails from concerned people. They offered their assistance, many wanted to take care of Pipiras after it would recover (which, sadly, eventually never happened).

Lithuanian laws on animal abuse
Clearly, penalties for animal abuse in Lithuania are too soft. Despite many known cases of animal abuse, the highest punishment given in the recent years was a fine of 300 LTL (130 USD) given to a woman who threw a dog out of a car. The police usually only warns ill-behaved people.

What are current laws on animal abuse in Lithuania?

Cruelty to animals is punished by Criminal Code by community service, fines, arrest or imprisonment of up to 1 year (the latter one has barely ever been used).
The poor animal care which leads to either animal death, falling ill or becoming crippled, may be punished by warnings or fines up to 200 LTL (86,5 USD).
Repeated animal abuse leads up to 2000 LTL (865 USD) fine and confiscation of the animal.
However, due to this recent incident a tightening of sanctions has been proposed. D.Mikutien%u0117, member of Lithuanian Parliament, registered the amendments to the Penal Code - if accepted, penalties for cruelty to animals will be much stricter. The act of killing, injuring or torturing an animal is proposed to be punished not only by public service or relatively low fines, but also by imprisonment for up to four years. Moderate crimes are planned to be punished by fines of up to 26'000 LTL (11'200 USD).

Tuesday December 1, 2009, 11:16 am
I pray that the animal laws will be stiffened for animal cruelty. This is such a horrible act of cruelty. This young man needs to be imprisoned for a short time, do some community service and then if I were the Judge, I would tell him that part of his probation would have to be spent (under strict supervision) helping animals in some way (but as I said "under strict supervision").
Jerilyn Capaccione

Saturday December 19, 2009, 12:57 am
watching that made me want to die inside when i saw a neighbors dog get hit i was so f**king pissed even tho it was an accident but throwing it off a bridge really? he had nothing better to do than injure a dog then it dies later like comon get a life

Saturday December 19, 2009, 9:14 pm
Jerilyn, Not no, but HELL NO w/ the suggestion to sentencing that sick evil bastard to helping animals, not even under strict supervision. Anyone who video tapes elderly neighbor's companion dogs and laughs as he's killing them has no business every being around an animal again. That's like sentencing a child rapist to teaching kindergarten.

Echo Eles above just said Svajuna is an unemployed drunk bully who lives w/ his mother and stays in trouble w/ the law. Echo Eles also says Svajuna's grandfather was charged w/ killing a cat 2 yrs ago by throwing it to an aggressive dog, so animal cruelty runs in his family.

He deserves to suffer BADLY for making the old man suffer and for making that TRUSTING tail-wagging Pepper suffer and die. The entire world despises Svajuna for what he did. Hell is too good for him and his giggling friends who filmed Pepper's death. R.I.P Pepper You should not have died.

Sunday December 20, 2009, 1:00 pm
The sad excuse for a man who did this, and the sick bastard that filmed it, should both be jailed. I dont know what the law in Lithuania says but he would certainly face animal cruelty charges in the UK. This is despicable behaviour. I hope the expression "what goes around comes around" works for these people and they suffer in pain like this poor little darling dog has.