[HairOfTheDog]

The lack of evidence of real injury in this case convinces me that this was misapplied too. I have gone through the terror (adrenaline) of a loose dog in traffic ignoring my calls, and I have also caught them, thumped them pretty good and drug them back to the truck. It isn't pretty, but neither is what he was trying to save the dog from.

[Shryke]

The lack of evidence of real injury

Question for both of you, as it appears the level of the dog's injury is the pivotal point of the felony conviction (cruelty, not DUI): Have you taken into account the time between the beating (Nov. 3) and the trial? That's four months and then some. Is it possible that the article's description (no serious harm was done to the animal) misrepresents the state of the dog on Nov. 4? I've looked just fine after a car wreck knocked a tooth out and pushed my bottom teeth through my lip 4 months later. Additionally, it's hard to imagine a moderate case of animal discipline bringing two boys into court to testify.