Does anyone agree with me agree that anyone who subjects an animal to cruelty should be sent to prison?
338757
Ship them to prison where they will be someone elses animal
294210
I think that you need a lot of answers to this. I am also against the use of animals in trials. I aggree with the previous answerer that it is sad and I will add that it is also scarring the purpose they are using them for.\n\nKaterina
362114
They should be tortured.....when they castrate them they should do it without giving them pain medication. I don't think it's fair when people get the death penalty all that they "suffer" is a little injection by a lethal shot! When they die they have no worries and then we get to pay for it with our tax dollars!! The person/family they commited the crime against usually is tortured and suffereing for the rest of their lives! It should be "eye for eye tooth for tooth"
177564
I am all for the death penalty. I am not saying that everyone that has killed someone should be put to death, but I do believe that when there is absolute proof that someone murdered another human being out of cold blood that person does not deserve to live. The taxpayers spend entirely too much money housing these criminals. And what about the cost of medial treatment for these animals? We have honest, law abiding citizens in our country that can't afford medication or health care, why should the criminals be treated better. And I am tired of people using the excuse that they are mentally disturbed or were on drugs at the time of their crime. Most of these people are useless, wastes of life...sorry if that sounds cold, but that is the way I feel. Once someone has crossed that line of taking another human beings life I truly believe that they will do it again.
659505
I am against it. I dont care about adults who ACTUALLY do the crime, but to kill a child because he did something wrong, that is inhumane. i mean it all is, but if they are an adult and did it purposefully, they need that punishment. But a child doesnt know any better and it doesnt solve anything. Thats cruel and unusual punishment.
257078
No, I don't agree.  No matter what he did, he needs complete therapy and maybe needs to stay in a mental hospital for a good amount of time but I don't think he should go to jail for the rest of his life.
783909
It is a crime. Though maybe not as serious as mistreating a human, it's still bad if someone will intentionally hurt a basically defenseless animal. These ppl are the ones who often hurt people next.\n*In China dogs and cats can be considered food.*
752704
As evil as it makes me sound...I agree with you.  I really think we should take any and all repeat offenders and put them on an island and let them kill eachother.  It'd be cheaper and less labor intensive than rehabilitation or the death penalty.  No matter what, I don't think these individuals shoud be allowed to live, it's just a waste of money and a threat to society.\nAs far as the mentally handicapped, I agree.  I think it's really a part of natural selection and evolution.  These people are the weaker links, and you're right, in nature they would be picked off, so why do we waste so much money and resources trying to let them live when most of them don't have the mental capacity to recognize what we're doing.  \nSo, I agree that it would be logical to put these people down.  However, ethically I think most people would have a problem with what esentially boils down to murder... if only everyone else bothered to think like us
564856
No, we should follow the worlds wishes on this one. We are mistreating those prisoners and that lowers us to their status. It is just wrong.
1044795
I would stop all animal suffering from humans.  They are so innocent and we are greedy.  Because of our Greed others suffer.\n\nThere is no BALANCE by torturing animals for our own aesthetics.
555342
Yes. if a person can actual bring themselves to rape, molest, ect. a child they dont deserve to live.  in my opinion they should get the death penalty because they dont fuckin' deserve to stay in jail so we the tax payers pay to keep the sorry mothafucker alive
513439
I can't watch any more of that - it's making me sick. I don't agree with treating animals that way. However, I don't think that means we should not eat meat. It means that we should be treating the animals differently while they are alive and killing them in humane ways. The people that don't abide by that should be prosecuted. It's no different than someone who abuses their dog.
832462
I totally agree. Sometimes i think maybe it would be good to make them sit their whole life and rot . If i had my choice, i would make the person stay alive so every day they can think about the choice they made! The death penalty seems to be a cop out. But others days my opinion changes...
1034339
Who doesn't contribute to society -- the activists or the animals?\n\nDid you know that animal abuse laws were in place prior to laws prohibiting the abuse of children?  Anti child abuse laws were actually derived from animal abuse laws.  So there's something to be said for those who protect.\n\nThere was a story in my local paper today.  A teacher had brought in a tortoise as a class pet.  Over the holiday weekend, vandals came in and bludgeoned the pet for no reason.  Shouldn't someone stand up for the animal and those who loved it?\n\nAs for the second part of your question posted in additional details . . . the poor starving person already has a voice.  The animals do not.  How many humans realize that they're made of meat too?  Good thing animals don't have the same twisted disregard for our lives as we tend to have over theirs.
368916
Wholeheartedly. I think we should have a stupid box that we can put all of the stupid people in and then burn them all. (j/p i know that's not feasible...) The death penalty is a necessary evil, and i support it.
1016215
That depends on what you consider abuse. If you mean torturing a pet, I think most states procecute that crime pretty harshly already. If you are talking about something idiotic like Whole Foods not carrying live lobsters because it is inhumane to the lobsters then you are way off base.
853192
No, I think he should be put in prison for the rest of his life.  Maximum security would be the worst punishment for him - worst than the death penalty.