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posted by Fnord666 on Monday March 05 2018, @11:01AM   Printer-friendly
from the another-list dept.

Eleven U.S. states have pending animal abuse registry legislation:

Son of Sam, Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer and the Columbine High School shooters are among the infamous criminals who had a history of hurting animals before they went on to target humans, a tendency that's part of what's behind a movement to create public online registries of known animal abusers.

New York is among 11 states with animal abuse registry bills pending in their legislatures, following Tennessee, which started its in 2016 along with a growing number of municipalities in recent years, including New York City, and the counties that include Chicago and Tampa, Florida.

"Animal abuse is a bridge crime," said the sponsor of New York's bill, Republican state Sen. Jim Tedisco, who noted that Nikolas Cruz, accused of killing 17 people in the Parkland, Florida, high school shooting on Feb. 14, reportedly also had a history of shooting small animals.

While the main goal of collecting names of convicted animal abusers is to prevent them from being able to adopt or purchase other animals, registry backers say such lists could also be a way to raise red flags about people who may commit other violent crimes ranging from domestic violence to mass shootings. But some animal welfare advocates, mostly notably the ASPCA, question how effective they can really be.

[Ed's Comment - Original link unreliable, so I have added additional links]
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 06 2018, @12:05AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 06 2018, @12:05AM (#648264)

    "Second, you shouldn't enjoy torture outside of revenge, not that I accept that torture can exist without a human victim."

    Eeeesh, at least it is easy to see why you came up with #3. I see you are operating from the sociopathic human perspective. Some animals have more empathy than others, and natural predator instincts do override a good portion of empathy, but you are just oh-so-wrong with your simplistic assumptions.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 06 2018, @01:40AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 06 2018, @01:40AM (#648290)

    As a human with intelligence, you should rationally override any empathy you feel for animals. It is illogical. Wipe that defective emotion from your mind.

    One might as well feel empathy for the HP LaserJet 4 (or thereabouts) which gets beaten to death in the movie Office Space. Ow! The torture! We should make a list of printer abusers.

    Again, I don't show the normal sociopath signs. I'm not one to screw over my coworkers. I would not feel OK with defrauding a shopkeeper, for example with an unjustified return. I don't swipe unattended valuables, even if I know I can get away with it. I wouldn't cheat on my wife, even if I could get away with it, despite the fact that she is now middle-aged.