Woman killed 38 kittens in her freezer
Published: 26 Jun 12 08:14 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/41648/20120626/
A woman from southern Sweden who killed dozens of newborn kittens by placing them in a freezer has been convicted of animal cruelty.
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The woman explained her actions by claiming that she was too poor to have the kittens properly euthanized by a veterinarian.
In order to go through with the repeated kitten killings, the woman drank alcoholic beverages before she then placed the newborn cats in plastic bags and put them in her kitchen freezer.
She was then forced to leave the room to escape the sound of the kittens' woeful meowing.
All told, the woman killed 38 kittens by freezing and suffocating them to death, according to the paper.
During her trial in the Kalmar District Court, the woman admitted to taking the kittens' lives, but argued that she didn't want them to suffer.
But veterinary officials from the country administrative board told the court the young animals had indeed been subjected to long and painful deaths.
The court convicted the woman, slapping her with fines and a suspended sentence for animal cruelty.
In addition, the county administrative board has banned the woman from owning pets, prohibiting her from having her own pet or taking care of others' pets.
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Are there no programs to help people (who otherwise can't afford it) pay for spaying/neutering pets?
Alternatively, I wonder why she didn't limit herself to one cat and keep it indoors?
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For some reason we tend to believe that mentally ill people are not responsible for what they do and they should not be confined in jail. If someone is mentally ill, he or she should be both subject to the fine for normal people and also be treated for his or her problem. In the case of murder a short treatment followed by verdict for a murder. In cases like this, whatever the fine plus the treatment.
She is a cruel person. She had the money to drink alcoholic beverages, but none to show compassion for helpless kittens who died horrilble deaths which she made happen again and again. She had several other options but instead she chose to cruely kill.
Not long ago, a Swedish farmer allowed his horses to exist in abysmal conditions, with hooves so badly grown that the wonder was that they could stand. Those poor horses were enamaciated and near death. They suffered for long weeks and months, yet no one knew about their horrible fate.
There is a real problem with the laws in Sweden when the people who commit these cruel outrages against animals are not given long term sentences of community service--under strict supervison--to tend to cleaning and mucking barns and kennels as a punishment for their cruelty.
I agree with you, mentally ill people need treatment. The problem is that the prevailing mindest here seems to be that "normal" people would never commit crimes. If one does commit a crime they are automatically judged to be mentally ill and therefore escape punishment. This was the point that I was trying to make when I mentioned "the real mentally ill end up not receiving the treatment they need", this is because their vacancy in hospitals are taken up by criminals who should be in jail instead, and used the mentally ill excuse to get out of prison. It's easy, all they have to do is say they don't remember what happened in most cases and an automatic mentally ill verdict is given.
In Sweden people are showing old dogs more mercy than old humans. An old dog beyond saving? Shoot it and be done with it. An old human beyond saving? Just let him lie there... keep him alive so the unfathomable suffering continues for as long as possible... :P