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Mo. Man Charged With Burning Kitten
Drudge | July 16 | AP

Posted on 07/16/2002 1:05:09 PM PDT by SLB

LIBERTY, Mo.- A man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly burning a kitten on a barbecue grill as several other people stood around and watched in amusement.

A witness pulled the scorched, 7-week-old tabby from the hot coals, but it was severely injured and had to be put to death, police said.

"They kept saying, `Meow, meow,' and they were poking at it with a stick," said Sherry Scott, who burned her hand grabbing the kitten.

Charles C. Benoit, 24, was charged with animal abuse, punishable by up to five years in prison and a $5,000 fine. He was jailed on $10,000 bail.

Jim Roberts, spokesman for the Clay County prosecutor's office, said he does not expect anyone else to be charged, because no witnesses could identify the others.

Scott said that on Friday night, she saw 10 or 12 people at the barbecue grill in the courtyard of the apartment complex where she lives. Scott said she asked what they were cooking, and they said it was a cat. She said the group taunted her, daring her to rescue the cat.

She said the group scattered when she threatened to call police. She said she pulled the kitten from where it had been shoved into the coals at the back of the grill. Its tail, whiskers, fur, eyes and throat were scorched.

"I called him Lucky because I thought I got him out of there just in time," she said.

Scott said she and other residents stayed up Friday night trying to nurse the kitten with an eye dropper of milk. But animal control officers decided that because of its respiratory injuries and inability to swallow food, it had to be destroyed.

"If you would have seen him, you would have cried," said Sheri Simpson, one of the residents who helped care for the kitten.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: sick
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To: tomakaze
the problem is that people who do stuff like that don't believe in judgment day (or God)

Doesn't matter to God.

141 posted on 07/16/2002 5:16:08 PM PDT by baseballfanjm
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To: mrfixit514
RE:If some of you bleeding hearts could get as concerned about the killing of innocent babies as you are about animals, we might get abortion outlawed in this country.
Be fair to the folks here. I'm pretty sure most here are on the same page as far as that goes. (including those who tend to spew the most bile my way when I pop off on things like this).
142 posted on 07/16/2002 5:16:35 PM PDT by tomakaze
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To: baseballfanjm
RE:Doesn't matter to God.
 
Exactly right - but it does affect the way people like that act.
143 posted on 07/16/2002 5:18:14 PM PDT by tomakaze
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To: mrfixit514
If some of you bleeding hearts could get as concerned about the killing of innocent babies as you are about animals, we might get abortion outlawed in this country.

You got that right. Congratulations on winning the Sinkspur award. Hope you win many more. I'm with you.

144 posted on 07/16/2002 5:33:48 PM PDT by Renatus
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To: PhilDragoo
Can't find a email listed for the Prosecuting Attorney but I did find the office phone number - 816-792-7657

Some of the local radio talk shows of course are discussing this... perhaps they could get some email letting this lady know she did the right thing and is supported.

Tom Becka on 980 KMBZ has a morning show before Rush - You can email Tom at tbecka@kmbz.com

George Woods morning show Email: gwoods@susqkc.com
and Dan Roberts afternoon show, droberts@susqkc.com are both on 710 KCMO

145 posted on 07/16/2002 5:41:49 PM PDT by kcpopps
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To: Britton J Wingfield
PETA is too busy campaigning to have team names changed, or throwing paint on old ladies' fur coats. They spend their life avoiding the real tense situations.

Not to mention protesting the use of unborn afghanistani goat pelts for fashion purposes (because an unborn goat has more of a right to life than an unborn human...)

146 posted on 07/16/2002 5:44:22 PM PDT by RepoGirl
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To: Aria
see post #145 No email is available but phone is.
147 posted on 07/16/2002 5:49:35 PM PDT by kcpopps
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To: ez2muz
DITTO!

There exists NO Hell Deep Enough for the psycopath who would so torture a sentient creature!

This Crime is equivalent to torturing a Human child--& worthy of a comparative punishment!

Sentient pets (Dogs, Cats, Parrots, etc) are willing Companions; they KNOWINGLY become members of Human families--they Return to us when we call them, they accept a role of "Family Member," they actively engage in the social & emotional life of the family!

The Torture of such a vulnerable creature is a moral abomination!

Whoever performs such a depraved act is a "subhuman;" "Human" in appearance only!"

I, for one FReeper, do not EVER WISH to be associated with such savages--even that they are also, genetically, "Human Beings;" they do NOT belong to ANY SPECIES I would care to represent!

The "Cat-burners" represent a subhuman group of psycopaths who DO NOT BELONG to the Human Species as I Know it!

Doc

148 posted on 07/16/2002 6:01:46 PM PDT by Doc On The Bay
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To: SLB
A man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly burning a kitten on a barbecue grill as several other people stood around and watched in amusement.

Amusement? Let me at them. I will amuse them for hours.

Me, and a big stick.

149 posted on 07/16/2002 6:07:21 PM PDT by LibKill
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To: SLB; Sungirl
I forgot. When I get through with them, then SunGirl gets her turn.

She will make them beg to have me come back.

150 posted on 07/16/2002 6:14:34 PM PDT by LibKill
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To: SLB
This is the first step. Next thing, people like this are snatching girls out of their bedrooms or from the sidewalks in front of their homes.
151 posted on 07/16/2002 6:18:21 PM PDT by valkyrieanne
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To: kcpopps
Thanks for the input. I'm sure people will respond whole heartedly. Bless you.
152 posted on 07/16/2002 6:24:19 PM PDT by Bama_Fren
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To: SLB
Where the hell do these kind of monsters exist...they are just lucky I WASN'T there.....I would have no problem going nuts with these lowlife sob's. GOD I WANT THEM.
153 posted on 07/16/2002 6:42:12 PM PDT by Sungirl
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To: LibKill
I forgot. When I get through with them, then SunGirl gets her turn.
She will make them beg to have me come back.

They wouldn't be able to beg.

154 posted on 07/16/2002 6:44:31 PM PDT by Sungirl
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To: Sungirl
They wouldn't be able to beg.

That's just fine by me. I don't like cats so much, but this is sub-human, and deserves severe punishment.

155 posted on 07/16/2002 6:48:37 PM PDT by LibKill
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To: tomakaze
That's true. They can do more damage in their lifetime.
156 posted on 07/16/2002 7:13:54 PM PDT by baseballfanjm
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To: mrfixit514
Why must you make this an abortion thread? I hate abortion as much as you, and don't you call me a bleeding heart. Should I be happy over the fact that a kitten was grilled? Should I not talk about it or state the truth, that the man who did this is a sick pervert, just because abortion is legal? I hate abortion too. It makes me sick. But you can't downplay other things just because abortion is still legal. One must also view the abortion battle sensibly. Abortion was made legal thanks to the Supreme Court and the only way to make it illegal is for them to say it is unconstitutional, or at least unprotected, which would make it a state's decision. One can't turn a blind eye to other evil things just because of one.
157 posted on 07/16/2002 7:30:08 PM PDT by baseballfanjm
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To: Sungirl
,,, this really is a horror story, isn't it?
158 posted on 07/16/2002 7:41:51 PM PDT by shaggy eel
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To: Hacksaw
What kind of person would get a kick from this? I would really be interested to see what kind of lifestyle the people who did this live.

There's a *group* of them, is what gets *me*.

The occasional animal-torturing sociopath is to be expected in "Modern Society" (all bow).

But a *group*? With no one among them trying to stop it?

159 posted on 07/16/2002 10:18:15 PM PDT by fire_eye
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To: Sloth
Personally, however, I hope somebody castrates this guy with a dull shovel.

Well... Since you've started it...

picture him, if you will, hanging upside down, naked, with a scrawny Charles Manson lookalike (me) standing next to him...

lighting an acetylene torch

160 posted on 07/16/2002 10:27:16 PM PDT by fire_eye
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