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Maybe this time she'll get into some real trouble. Warning, there is a blurred picture of her holding the cat after shooting him with an arrow that is shown along with the story. Now she's being charged with a DWI.
The glee and relish and pride with which she held up the mortally wounded dying cat is truly sickening and convinces me she is a genuinely bad person. This evil **** should not be allowed within a mile of any animals.
Good. She should have been charged for killing the cat, too. Photos and bragging on social media, and they said there wasn't enough evidence?!
That's what bothers me most about this case (and others that I've read about). Prosecutors and/or law enforcement seem to have an awfully high evidence standard for animal abuse cases. If you think about it, people are convicted of very serious crimes, including murder, on less circumstantial evidence than they had in this case all the time. It's like our justice system just doesn't place a high enough priority, or serious enough consideration, on animal abuse crime and goes overboard in giving the benefit of the doubt to those accused of it. And when they do convict someone of it, the penalties are sometimes laughable.
As for this so-called vet in Texas, what goes around comes around. I'm not surprised this self-absorbed woman's lack of judgment and character got her into trouble again.
That's what bothers me most about this case (and others that I've read about). Prosecutors and/or law enforcement seem to have an awfully high evidence standard for animal abuse cases. If you think about it, people are convicted of very serious crimes, including murder, on less circumstantial evidence than they had in this case all the time. It's like our justice system just doesn't place a high enough priority, or serious enough consideration, on animal abuse crime and goes overboard in giving the benefit of the doubt to those accused of it. And when they do convict someone of it, the penalties are sometimes laughable.
As for this so-called vet in Texas, what goes around comes goes around. I'm not surprised this self-absorbed woman's lack of judgment and character got her into trouble again.
Texas in particular does not seem to have a great track record prosecuting animal abusers. In our area, a woman was recently arrested for severe neglect of, and failure to provide veterinary care for, 32 animals, including horses, donkeys, dogs and others. Her bail? $2000. And she will likely only get a slap on the wrist if this ever even goes to trial.
Texas in particular does not seem to have a great track record prosecuting animal abusers. In our area, a woman was recently arrested for severe neglect of, and failure to provide veterinary care for, 32 animals, including horses, donkeys, dogs and others. Her bail? $2000. And she will likely only get a slap on the wrist if this ever even goes to trial.
Sadly, my home state doesn't have a good record either, though they have gotten better in recent years thanks to public awareness. I'm usually not a big fan of social media, but I think it is having an effect on public pressure to hold animal abusers more accountable, in a positive way. This Texas vet is a good example of that. No one would have known about this incident, or been able to do anything about it, had she not posted it online.
It seems that people who have no empathy for animals and see nothing wrong with abusing them, tend to think that many/most other people think like they do. So they like to post their accomplishments in the media, which is fortunate for those of us that do care. Whether or not they learn anything from the negative consequences of their actions is debatable. If the punishment for animal abuse was more severe, they just might avoid doing it in the future.
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