"Worst case of animal cruelty": Videos lead to arrests in Canada | Canada
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Two people have been arrested and face multiple charges in what investigators have described as the "worst case" of animal cruelty.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/30914372

“Investigators told me that this was the worst case that they’ve dealt with, a very, very horrible case involving animal cruelty,” said Constable Stephen Spencer.

    • DarthFrodo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      114·
      22 days ago

      Kabecz have been charged with several offences, including killing or injuring animals; causing unnecessary suffering to an animal; failing to provide adequate medical attention for an animal when it is wounded or ill; inflicting upon an animal acute suffering, serious injury or harm, or extreme anxiety or distress that significantly impairs its health or well-being.

      Just inflict the same things on “farm animals” and it’s not only socially acceptable, but the average person will gladly buy the products, and therefore fund the abuse on factory farms.

      We certainly have a looong way to go to become a decent society based on that metric.

      • TheTechnician27@lemmy.worldEnglish
        62·
        22 days ago

        100% agreed. You’re always welcome over at !vegan@lemmy.world if you’re not already there. I imagine some of the 18:1 upvoters so far statistically haven’t realized – owing to deeply rooted doublethink – that I’m also talking about something they directly pay for on a subdaily basis.

        • DarthFrodo@lemmy.worldEnglish
          21·
          22 days ago

          Cruel cultural traditions make (good) people support horrible acts. A tale as old as time.

          Fortunately plant-based alternatives have been growing and improving quite fast for 10-20 years now, so I’m hopeful that even those who “could never give up meat” might stop supporting those hell holes. I was one of them, after all.

  • MelonYellow@lemmy.caEnglish
    15·
    22 days ago

    Some criminal acts you can at least try to understand, but killing and torturing innocent animals is just sick in the head. Glad they were caught and if there are more involved, I hope they’re caught too.

    • nutsack@lemmy.worldEnglish
      58·
      22 days ago

      you might be surprised at what is perfectly legal and socially accepted in countries like South Korea. they say that the adrenaline from torture makes the meat taste better. it is really some psychopath shit

      in Southeast Asia they are often trapped strays and stolen pets.

      most of the world does not care about the well-being of dogs or cats or any other animal.

      • Praxinoscope@lemm.eeEnglish
        94·
        22 days ago

        And now you can take this reasoning and think about all the millions of innocent animals killed every day for meat, often in ways that could easily be considered torture if people didn’t pretend it wasn’t happening / justified for their taste buds.