This is a really nasty story.
A lady in Ely, Cambridgeshire, UK (but she could live anywhere) advertised some Parson Jack Russell Terrier pups for sale. She arranged for a particular man to come round and view the litter.
The man duly arrived, played with the pups, and checked them over – during which process he inserted his fingers into their mouths “to check their teeth and jaws” – and then left, saying that he had other litters to view.
Shortly afterwards, all three pups became distressed.
Emma, the lady selling the pups, said: “They started to projectile vomit. They were screaming in pain, their tongues were hanging out and they were drooling. They were also paddling in distress.”
Emma immediately took the pups to her vet, but sadly two of them died.
Emma has since decided to keep the surviving pup (as would I).
This was a shocking, premeditated assault.
The person responsible has possibly (I’m inclined to think “probably”) done this before.
I wish I could be optimistic that the RSPCA (huh?) and the local police (huh? huh?) will now allocate sufficient resources to catch and prosecute this very sick individual. But sadly I doubt that he will be caught. He’ll carry on, unfettered. Undoubted bastard that he is.
Crimes against animals (that is – animals other than human animals) are generally considered (by the police) to be less deserving of attention as crimes against people.
But we all know that the one can lead to the other. And it invariably does.
So, even if some people (the authorities) don’t rate the life of an animal (ie not a human animal) that highly, they must surely acknowledge that a puppy poisoner could some day pose a threat as (say) a hospital visitor, and poison some poor old lady or gent.
Why not? And what then?
I don’t prescribe to the “one day a puppy, next day a child” mantra in the sense that animals are the “proving ground” for future crimes against humanity.
From my point of view, a sick bastard is a sick bastard, regardless of whether he/she kills puppies or people.
Read more here http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Ely/Family-in-shock-after-three-pups-poisoned-23012012.htm
http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com