Posted on 12/04/2012 2:16:05 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. —
A St. Petersburg man was arrested and charged with four counts of animal cruelty and one count of battery after a visitor at his home found four kittens in the freezer, police said.
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One of the kittens was dead when deputies arrived at the home late Sunday afternoon.
Deputies said Rodney J. Blanchard, 49, asked a visitor at his home to get him a beer out of the freezer.
When the visitor went to the freezer, Blanchard told her that there were kittens inside of it, deputies said. According to deputies, the visitor tried to get them out of the freezer, but Blanchard pushed her out of the way.
The visitor left Blanchard's home and called the sheriff's office.
When deputies approached the freezer, they heard cats "meow," and they found the kittens inside individual sandwich bags on the bottom shelf, authorities said.
A white calico cat was dead. Three others were alive, but they were shaking and covered with fleas.
They were taken to the Emergency Care Center At Tampa Bay Veterinary Specialists in Largo, and they are now in the care of the SPCA.
Those are definitely precious kittens.
Thank you Fred and Slings and Arrows. The thread was a something of a downer until this picture of the three kittens. It made it worthwhile and confirmed the reputation of Conservatives as genuinely good people.
My pleasure.
What? You don’t like art?
Oh well, there is no pleasing some folk.
The human capacity for cruelty never ceases to amaze me. How horrible! I hope he get the book thrown at him.
WWE’s The Big Show weighs 414 pounds. He should be up to the job.
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