Man Admits Cutting Dogs' Tails Off; Says He Needed To Be Entertained

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[freepatriot32]

Man Admits Cutting Dogs' Tails Off; Says He Needed To Be Entertained

Dog Tails Found In Freezer

Posted: 6:24 p.m. EDT May 29, 2003
Updated: 7:06 a.m. EDT May 30, 2003

A 36-year-old Central Florida man admitted Thursday that he chopped the tails off five of his landlord's six dogs and then stored their tails in a freezer because he needed to be entertained, according to Local 6 News.

Nelson Rodriguez was arrested after sheriff's deputies found his landlord's missing Akita-mixed dogs mutilated inside the Rodriguez's Pine Castle home.

Rodriguez told Local 6 News Thursday that he cut the dog's tails off because he wanted some entertainment.

"I did it because I need to be entertained," Rodriguez told Local 6 News speaking through a translator. "I have to be entertained. I had to do something."

After Rodriguez cut the tails off of the three puppies and two adult dogs, he put some of the dogs and their tails in his freezer and refrigerator, Local 6 News reported.

The translator, who was speaking for Rodriguez, said, "He said if he kept them (tails) outside they would continue bleeding. He put them in the freezer; this way, they would stop bleeding."

Local 6 News reporter Gerald Reznick asked Rodriguez, "Did you feel that you were hurting the dogs?"

"No," Rodriguez answered.

Rodriguez was charged with felony abuse in connection with the discovery. A judge set his bond Thursday at $1,000, Local 6 News reported.

The injured dogs are being cared for at the Pine Castle Animal Clinic. They are receiving stitches and should recover from their injuries.

Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.

[freepatriot32]

the only thingi can say is DAMN thats it just DAMN

[Dan from Michigan]

I'm tempted to do down there and beat the hell out of him. I need to be entertained.

[Jhoffa_]

That bastard needs to be "entertained" in a padded cell somewhere... Before he hurts someone.

[ChemistCat]

We cannot cure someone like this, I think. Perhaps we should send him on to a kinder Judge than we have here.

[07055]

Diversity is our greatest strength.

[StriperSniper]

Diversity is our greatest strength.

If your screen name is your zip, you would know. ;-)

[Jhoffa_]

Dog lover alert..

NAME: Cro-magnum Looking Guy

TURN ONS: Cutting off dog tails.

TURN OFFS: Armed Dog owners.

DESCRPTION: Lonely, misunderstood male idiot seeking female idiot with mutilation fetish for outdoor activities, good times and possibly more. Have own cleaver & baggage. Will travel locally.

Contact 1-800-ima-phool

[HairOfTheDog]

I'd date him... once.... armed.

[Jhoffa_]

You're obviously just after his money.

Tart...

[HairOfTheDog]

I have no response to that!

LOL!

[John Beresford Tipton]

Perhaps he was engaged in medical research with Dr. Frankenstein. Just assemblying ingredients.

Let's see:
"What are little boys made of?
Slugs and snails and puppy-dogs' tails..."

[Jhoffa_]

(:

[dark_lord]

Just out of curiousity but...isn't this the standard practice with the breed known as boxers? I think they used to do that all the time, do they still?

[ExSoldier]

They "dock" the tails of Rottweilers, too. But I'm pretty sure you must have the OWNERS PERMISSION to do this...and I'm also pretty sure this surgical procedure is done by a vet with anesthesia and sterile instruments...I could be wrong.....

Our Newfoundland pup is a member of our family as sure as my two legged daughter is....although when she was in high school I thought some of her boyfriends were mongrels. They didn't last very long.

My years of teaching psychology and the interviews I've done with folks in the profiling field suggest to me that people who do these kinds of things are on the road to being serial killers. When you have a chance to nip evil "in the bud" so to speak; society should do so, IMHO. Put this guy to sleep. It's the only humane thing to do.

[tob2]

People who abuse animals will abuse people also. This person needs help immediately!