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Cruelty To Animals

Sydney man faces bestiality, cruelty charges
A 36-year-old man has appeared in a Sydney court charged with multiple counts of aggravated cruelty to animals over the deaths of rabbits and a guinea pig.

Police arrested Brendan Francis McMahon at a York Street office in the city early this morning.

The 36-year-old from North Sydney appeared in the Central Local Court this afternoon.

He has been charged with 18 counts of aggravated cruelty to animals, one count of bestiality and two counts of possessing cannabis.

He did not apply for bail and will appear in court again next week.

Police say the arrest was made after several mutilated animals were found in the city over the past month.

Officers from the The Rocks Local Area Command and the Surry Hills anti-theft squad say they have been working closely with RSPCA inspectors.

They received the first reports of animal cruelty in late July.
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Horses maimed in 'ritual' attacks

Horses maimed in 'ritual' attacks
By Valerie Elliott

A SERIES of attacks on horses and foals across the South of England has alarmed owners and police.

One of the worst incidents was on Mio, a three-month-old colt, which was slashed across the hindquarters, possibly with a craft knife, and was left with a deep, 12in wound.

In another attack, two New Forest ponies were hit by darts and in a third, two Shire horses were burnt with cigarettes.

During 1993 and 1994 in Wiltshire, Hampshire and neighbouring counties, horses were found with mutilated sexualorgans. No attacker was found.

The attack on Mio last week was the third on horses owned by Gary Witherford at his stables in Burbage, Wiltshire. In June he noticed that a bay filly had been slashed under the tail. At the time he did not report it because he thought that the injury may have been caused by accident.

In July, however, a chestnut filly was also slashed under the tail, so Mr Witherford informed the police.

Horse owners have been warned by police to look out for strangers near their premises. Officers from Wiltshire Constabulary are following up a lead from a local person who saw a white van near Mr Witherford’s stables.

A man with grey hair was also seen in a field near the van. Police told Mr Witherford that there could have been a sexual motive for the attack.

Mr Witherford, who is known for treating problem horses, has ruled out being the victim of a grudge or a rival. He said: “We have thought of everything, but are now sure it is to do with some ritual. Strangely enough, all our attacks have been in the early morning of a Tuesday.

“If I get hold of the person involved then I’d castrate him. It’s absolutely sickening.”

Mio has been stitched up but is having to live indoors to prevent infection of the wound. Another colt that was in the field when the attack occurred has started exhibiting extremely wild behaviour, having previously been docile.

Wiltshire police said: “It’s very disturbing to hear of an incident like this involving injuries to a helpless animal.”

Police in Hampshire are also investigating the incident involving the Shire horses in Sherborne St John, near Basingstoke, and the attacks on the New Forest ponies near Beaulieu. One pony was injured in the stomach and the other in the shoulder. It is thought that thugs enticed the Shire horses with mints before stubbing out cigarettes on them.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/ ... 14,00.html
 
i remember those attacks on horses during the early 90's well as horses at a local stables literally down the road from us had two of their horses attacked. i think one of them may have died as a result.

the mind boggles.
 
The hamster's in the post....

How drunk do you have to be to think this is a jolly jape?

Although if the postman hadn't found it when he did, there'd be a post box fully of shredded paper with a knackered hamster in the middle.


Drunken students posted hamster
Two Cambridge University students who sent a hamster through the post for a joke have been fined.

David Jordan and James Cole, both 19 and Churchill College students, carried out the prank after getting drunk at a party, Ely magistrates heard.

Jordan, of Ely in Cambs, and Cole, of Marchwood, Southampton, both admitted abandoning a hamster in circumstances likely to cause suffering.

In court on Tuesday, Jordan was fined £750 and Cole fined £500.

The court heard that Jordan provided a false name and address when he bought the hamster at a pet store in Cambridge on 22 June last year and Cole lent him the money.


The hamster was discovered by postman Robert Maher as he was emptying a post box in Market Square in the city.

It had chewed through the envelope and its head was peeping out.

Mr Maher took the hamster to a vet where it was found to be unharmed.

In a statement, vet Jillian Pearson told the court the animal had no access to food or water and it could have been crushed.

An investigation by the police and RSPCA led to Jordan and Cole.


Jordan told an RSPCA officer he had carried out the prank in revenge on a man with whom he had had an argument.

He said the pair had been "plastered" after attending a party.

Christina Metcalfe, mitigating for Jordan, said: "These two young men are clearly very intelligent and have made a very foolish and stupid error."

Hamish Ross, chairman of the bench, said the court believed the incident had been premeditated.

He said Cole could have prevented the prank but instead had let himself and his "college down".

In court, both men were also banned from keeping animals for the next 10 years and each ordered to pay £100 in court costs.


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Rabbit accused 'a tool of nature'

Tuesday Mar 7 18:48 AEDT
Brendan McMahon (Photo: AAP)

A Sydney-based financier accused of the mutilation deaths of 17 rabbits and a guinea pig has failed to persuade a magistrate that his action resulted from a psychosis unrelated to his drug taking.

New Zealand-born Brendan Francis McMahon, 37, is charged with 18 counts of aggravated animal cruelty and two counts of possessing cannabis.

The dead or severely injured rabbits and guinea pig were allegedly found in and around McMahon's office in Sydney's York Street in July and early August last year.

McMahon lost a second bid to have his case dealt with under the Mental Health Act, after seeking to have the charges dismissed on mental health grounds at a local court hearing in December.

At that hearing, the court was told McMahon believed he could communicate non-verbally with animals through a "third eye".

Forensic psychiatrist Stephen Allnutt told Chief Magistrate Helen Syme that when he communicated in this way "he would feel a 'joy' in his heart".

McMahon believed "that his interaction with the rabbits was of value to nature ... he developed a belief that he was in some way a 'tool of nature' and that his purpose was to release captured animals," Dr Allnutt said in written evidence.

That hearing was told McMahon began buying rabbits from pet shops, experiencing a "buzz" when he released them into Sydney's Hyde Park.

In Downing Centre Local Court, barrister Douglas Marr asked Magistrate Ian Barnett to re-examine the matter following changes to the Mental Health Act.

Mr Marr said his client had a "disease of the mind" and was smoking the drug "ice" on a daily basis in the months leading up to the alleged offences.

"My client was clearly suffering from psychosis at the time of the alleged offences, such that he had a disease of the mind, such that the defence of insanity applies," Mr Marr told the court.

"The court has no alternative but to discharge the defendant by finding him not guilty by reason of mental illness."

Crown prosecutor Laurie Gray noted McMahon's cannabis and ice use, along with his experimentations with ecstasy and cocaine, and said his mental condition was self-induced.

But Mr Marr denied his client's behaviour was a result of his drug use.

"Authorities say the transient effects of drugs and alcohol does not constitute a disease of the mind, but this is not the result of a night of intoxication or some such thing, this is a prolonged psychosis," Mr Marr said.

Mr Barnett dismissed the application.

"In view of the serious nature of these charges, and the fact that this applicant clearly is not now suffering from a disability, but rather has ceased his drug addiction ... it would be a matter I would not deal with under section 32 (of the Mental Health Act) and the matter is dismissed," he said.

The matter has been adjourned until May 23, when Dr Allnutt is again expected to give evidence on McMahon's mental state.

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Less a "tool of nature" and more just a tool.
 
When I was a kid someone deliberately poisoned my cat and it did make me wonder about people. Deomnstrates a similar level of utter callousness:

Police: Angry neighbor has cat euthanized

Monday, April 17, 2006; Posted: 9:27 a.m. EDT (13:27 GMT)


WEST ISLIP, New York (AP) -- A man who didn't get along with his neighbor trapped her cat in his back yard and then took it to an animal shelter to be euthanized, police said.

Regina Fagone searched the neighborhood for two days earlier this month after her cat disappeared, and then went to the Town of Islip Animal Shelter.

Employees there broke the news to her: Her cat, a Russian blue, had been euthanized that day.

Richard DeSantis, 56, was arrested Saturday and was charged with criminal mischief, criminal possession of stolen property and making a punishable false written statement, police said. He was issued a desk appearance ticket and will be arraigned June 5.

DeSantis, reached by telephone at his home Sunday, said there are two sides to every story and then hung up.

Police said an investigation found DeSantis had captured the cat and dropped it off at the shelter to be killed.

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www.cnn.com/2006/US/04/17/cat.euthanized.ap/
 
See previously:

www.forteantimes.com/forum/viewtopic.ph ... 023#567023

www.forteantimes.com/forum/viewtopic.ph ... 168#614168

Rabbit man 'not faking'

By Natasha Wallace
May 23, 2006 - 11:39AM

A man accused of mutilating 17 rabbits and a guinea pig is not faking mental illness and had a genuine distorted belief that he was saving them, a court has heard.

A hearing into 18 animal cruelty charges against Brendan Francis McMahon, 36, of Tamarama began again today at Downing Centre Local Court.

McMahon has made two previous applications to have the charges dismissed under Section 32 of the Mental Health Act but has been refused.

The animals, which McMahon had bought from pet shops, were allegedly found dead or dying, some skinned, in and around his York Street office in Sydney between July and early August last year.

Dr Stephen Allnutt told the court today that he believed the drug methamphetamine, also known as ice, had triggered a psychotic episode in McMahon, who he saw a month after the August 2005 arrest.

"He said to me, 'I wonder if I made a mistake because I never asked the rabbits'. I was concerned at that stage that the psychosis was persisting.

"He believed he was placed on Earth for a special purpose and that special purpose was to free the animals."

Dr Allnutt said that methamphetamine was a very powerful drug which could cause psychosis.

"It's estimated approximately one in five experience psychotic symptoms, but not all people," he said.

He believed McMahon's symptons of psychosis continued after the drug's "high" wore off.

He also said that McMahon had an underlying vulnerability because of a family history of "major mental illness".

Magistrate Ian Barnett reserved his decision on the charges until July 3.
He allowed bail to continue for McMahon.

Earlier hearings have heard how McMahon's love of animals intensified after reading Genesis in the Bible.

It became stronger still after he studied Eastern and South American mysticism. He travelled the world exploring ancient cultures, delving into the concept of the "third eye" - or non-verbal communication.
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I am still not sure how this squares with his skinning animals.
 
Certainly not for the squeamish.

Talk of skinning animals reminded me of a video which is very hard to watch but not that hard to find online.

I won't post the link as the only working version I can now find is on a vile sick humour site which displays it alongside porn ads! It is also widely referenced by racists.

Essentially an anti-fur video with Chinese intertitles, it seems to have been filmed openly in a market-place where raccoons are being skinned.

They remain horribly alive throughout the process and long after it until life itself seems merciless in its obstinacy. :nooo:
 
Another sickening story. I think the worst aspect is the fact that the poor creature was repeatedly thrown from the balcony.

Teenager detained for cat cruelty

The pet could be seen landing on a tarmac drive before limping away

A teenager has been detained for four months after a cat was hurled from the fifth floor of a tower block.

Christopher Lees, 18, provided running commentary as a mobile phone was used to film the cat being repeatedly thrown 60ft from a balcony.

The cat had to be put down after its ordeal in Druids Heath, Birmingham.

Lees, of Wilsford Close, Druids Heath, who admitted animal cruelty at an earlier hearing, was also banned from keeping animals for five years.

Three other teenagers involved, aged 14, 16 and 17, will be sentenced next month.

The cat, called Kharlo and owned by a local student, was put down by a vet after suffering brain damage and multiple fractures last October.

The footage of the cruelty was passed around on mobile phones before it was reported to police and the RSPCA, Birmingham Magistrates' Court heard.

Sentencing Lees, chair of the bench Richard Trengrouse said: "The cat was hurled from a fifth floor balcony and there was untold fear and harm to the animal.

"You were not satisfied with this, you videoed and commentated on it. Your comments in the video were callous and you showed no compassion or decency."

As the oldest member of the group, Lees should have stopped the cruelty from taking place, said Mr Trengrouse.

RSPCA Insp Rob Hartley said: "I'm delighted with the sentence being passed by the magistrates today.

"This was a sick and cruel act on a defenceless animal. It is hard to imagine the suffering this animal was put through by this individual."
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On the frustratingly rare occasions that people are actually incarcerated for acts of cruelty such as this, I really think that they shouldn't be released unless they're judged to be psychologically fit, if only to guard against the possibility of them moving on to human victims... :evil:
 
LINK
Revealed: the man who killed 10,000 dogs

Daniel Foggo
THE secret slaughter of at least 10,000 racing greyhounds by one man has been exposed by an undercover investigation.

For the past 15 years David Smith, a builders’ merchant, has been killing healthy greyhounds no longer considered by their trainers to be fast enough to race. He buries them in a one-acre plot at the back of his home in Seaham, Co Durham.

Last week The Sunday Times covertly filmed Smith on two consecutive days receiving greyhounds from trainers before killing them with a bolt gun, dumping them in the plot and covering over the “graves” using a mechanical digger.

He told an undercover reporter it took him three years to fill the field, at which point he simply started all over again. “Within a year the bodies have gone,” said Smith. “It takes me about three years to get across there and by the time I get there I can start back here again and there are only a few bones left.”

According to Sunday Times calculations and testimony of two racing insiders, it is conservatively estimated Smith has killed at least 10,000 dogs. The scandal, described as the “canine killing fields” by one campaigner, has shocked the government and greyhound industry, which attracts bets of £2.5 billion a year.

Ben Bradshaw, minister for animal welfare, said Smith’s business was “horrendous” and promised an inquiry into the slaughter and potential health and environmental hazard of such a large-scale dumping of dogs’ bodies. Alistair McLean, chief executive of the National Greyhound Racing Club, which governs the sport, described it as a “euthanasia factory” and promised an inquiry. “This is disgraceful. We categorically don’t endorse this kind of thing,” he said.

The RSPCA has previously expressed “grave concerns” about the fate of up to 12,000 retired greyhounds that go missing every year. A spokesman said: “There is no justification for killing these animals simply because they can’t do their job any more.”

Smith charges owners and trainers £10 to kill unwanted dogs, many only a few years old. One trainer, who asked not to be named, said: “This man kills dogs for 40 licensed trainers and there are at least 10,000 dogs in his field. People in the industry have been going to him for years. Many of the bigwigs knew it was going on.”

Since 1997 anyone has been able to own a bolt gun to kill animals without a licence, although they can be prosecuted if the animals are put down inhumanely or without the owner’s permission. A new code of practice proposed under the animal welfare bill would restrict the killing of greyhounds to vets using “humane” lethal injections.

After being confronted this weekend Smith said he would stop killing dogs, which he said he had done in the past for “humane” reasons.
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A few years ago me and my partner at the time would go on Sundays to a local animal shelter to take the dogs out for a walk. I would say 90% + of the dogs there were greyhounds. They were also far less likely to be chosen to be rehomed than the other dogs, even though all the ones we played with seemed to be lovely, gentle animals.

Very, very sad. I enjoy greyhound racing but I think the industry should be ashamed of itself for the way it treats retired dogs.
 
Quake42 said:
Very, very sad. I enjoy greyhound racing but I think the industry should be ashamed of itself for the way it treats retired dogs.
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I can't believe the level of denial coming from the racing industry. They knew about this- and the other sites like it over the country. How can you keep feeding young dogs into the industry without having any idea how the overall numbers of dogs are kept down?
There are thousands upon thousands disposed of, and for trainers and regulators to say they had "no idea" that this went on, well it's laughably feeble really. Where did they think the older dogs went? There are only so many greyhound retirement charities in the country.
I think it is telling that the source claims that forty licensed trainers deal with this 'euthanasia factory'; I for one have no trouble believing this figure.
Why is the greyhound viewed as less of a dog somehow? I don't know. Imagine this man's field filled with the corpses of 10.000 chocolate Labradors and golden retrievers- all no more than five, with long years of being a faithful pet deserving to each and every one. It doesn't bear thinking about. :cry:
 
Pet goat taken on drunken joyride!!!!!!

From yesterdays BBC News on Line. As with the actions of so many drunks, I suspect that it seemed a good idea at the time. Sadly, Snowy the goat died:-

Pet goat taken on drunken joyride.

A man drank 12 pints of cider at a party before stealing a pet goat and taking it for a ride in a stolen car, magistrates in Neath have been told.
Carl Myles, 20, of Trallwn, Swansea, untethered the animal and bundled it into the back of a farmer's Volvo before taking to the wheel.

He was given a two-year ban and told to carry out 120 hours unpaid work after admitting aggravated vehicle taking.

Snowy the goat died two days after her ordeal, her owner has revealed.

Appearing in court last Friday, Myles said he could not remember anything about the incident on 4 July - apart from having his face pushed down in the mud when he was caught.

Magistrates were told that Myles has spotted Snowy the goat as he walked past a smallholding in Skewen, near Swansea.

He untethered the goat's rope and led him off moments before breaking into the car and bundling the startled animal into the back seat.

But the car's owner farmer Huw Leyshon, who lives nearby, heard it being driven off and blocked the lane with a tractor.

Prosecutor Hayley Fackrell said: "Myles then reversed the car in panic and hit Mr Leyshon's tractor.

"The farmer pulled Myles out of the car - then looked into the back seat and was surprised to see a large white goat."

Defending, Huw Davies asked: "Did you know you had a goat with you and did you have any intention of driving the vehicle on the road?" Myles replied: "No."

District Judge Richard Williams told Myles: "It seems to me you did this purely out of immense stupidity."

After the court case, farmer Huw Leyshon, whom Myles was ordered to pay almost £1,400 in compensation, said it was one of the most bizarre things he had ever seen.

"While I had him pinned down I looked in the back of the car in case he had anyone with him and there was a big goat lying down on the back seat," he said.

"We've got a little goat ourselves but this was a big white thing on the end of a long rope about 50m long.

"I thought it was me who was drunk, I thought I was seeing things. I couldn't believe it."

On Wednesday, Snowy the goat's owner Terry Batt, the superintendent at Skewen Park, said he thought the animal would have been very frightened.

Snowy was his seven-year-old granddaughter's pet and she was "quite upset", he said.

Source:- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/4777127.stm
 
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Sheep set on fire at country park
A sheep has been set on fire in a country park in Northamptonshire.

Staff at Daventry Country Park said the animal, which is part of a conservation herd, was found in a "distressed" condition on Saturday.

"The animal had petrol or some form of accelerant thrown on it and was set on fire. It then careered into a wire fence," Senior ranger Dewi Morris said.

He added that the animal was treated by a vet and was recovering. The incident has been reported to the RSPCA.
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This horrible act shouldn't be read by sensitive people:
Police: Teens Bake Puppy in Oven

ATLANTA (AP) -- Prompted by a case in which a puppy was cooked in an oven, Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard is calling for tougher animal cruelty penalties in Georgia.

In a letter sent yesterday to Governor Perdue, Howard says no animal should ever be treated in such a way and that when it happens, should be punished severely. Two teenage brothers are accused of breaking into a community center at an apartment complex last month, bringing with them a five-month-old puppy.

The brothers, ages 17 and 18, allegedly removed two shelves from a commercial gas range, put the puppy in and turned on the gas.

Authorities say the teens, who lived at the apartment complex, also destroyed computers and defaced walls at the center. The brothers, Justin and Joshua Moulder, have been charged with burglary, criminal damage to property and aggravated cruelty to animals.

Currently, anyone convicted of felony aggravated cruelty to animals can be sentenced to five years in prison. But Howard is calling for an increase in the penalty for the obvious torture of animals.
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So why do we buyBernard Matthews's meat products?

And let's face it I'm a confirmed carnivore!!!!!!


Turkeys used as 'baseballs'
By David Sapsted

Two workers at the country's best known poultry firm admitted animal cruelty yesterday after being filmed playing "baseball" using live turkeys as balls.

Daniel Palmer, 27, tossed the birds into the air and Neil Allen, 30, hit them with a wooden pole, Norwich magistrates were told. The four turkeys survived but could be seen flapping in distress on the floor in a video secretly filmed by a member of the Hillside Animal Sanctuary.

Neil Forbes, a veterinarian, told Norwich magistrates that the cruelty displayed by the two agricultural agency workers at Bernard Matthews's Beck farm, near Felthorpe, Norfolk, in April was the "most hideous" he had seen in 25 years in the profession.

Palmer and Allen, who had been sacked, were each sentenced to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work in the community. They were also disqualified from looking after poultry for five years.

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Banksy's elephant provokes anger

The elephant was intended to represent world poverty
An exhibition by headline-grabbing UK artist Banksy has been criticised for including a live painted elephant.
The animal, called Tai, was covered in pink and gold paint and placed in a mocked-up house to represent how world poverty is widely ignored.

Officials from the Los Angeles Animal Services Department told the Associated Press they would never again issue permits for such a "frivolous" purpose.

The elephant's owner said the dye was non-toxic and welfare was paramount.

Ed Boks, head of Animal Services in Los Angeles, said: "I think it sends a very wrong message that abusing animals is not only OK, it's an art form.

"We find it no longer acceptable to dye baby chicks at Easter, but it's OK to dye an elephant."

Secret identity

Mr Boks said he tried to withdraw permits for the elephant on grounds of public safety last Friday, but found the three-day exhibition would be over before they took effect.

"Permits will not be issued for such frivolous abuse of animals in the future," he said.

Tai's owner, Kari Johnson, denied that the 38-year-old Indian elephant had suffered as a result of the paint job.

She said: "Tai has done many, many movies. She's used to make-up."

The British grafitti artist's Barely Legal exhibition, which took place in a warehouse in downtown Los Angeles, finished on Sunday.

The artist, whose identity remains a secret, was not available to discuss the California show, which focused on global poverty and injustice.





http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5355638.stm
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Stingray killings may be Irwin revenge

PEOPLE who may be avenging the death of Steve Irwin by slaying stingrays are going against everything the conservationist believed in, a friend of the Crocodile Hunter said today.

Mr Irwin, 44, was killed last week when his heart was pierced by a stingray barb while he was snorkelling off Port Douglas.

Since his death authorities say as many as 10 stingrays have been found dead on Queensland beaches.

Two stingrays were found today at Deception Bay, north of Brisbane, with their tails cut off, while up to eight stingrays were found in similar circumstances yesterday on Dundowran Beach, near Hervey Bay.

Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (DPIF) biologist Wayne Sumpton examined the stingrays at Deception Bay and said it was not known how they were caught and whether the two incidents were connected to the death of Mr Irwin.

But Wildlife Warrior executive director Michael Hornby, a friend of Mr Irwin, said the killings could be in retaliation to his death – behaviour which flew in the face of everything the Crocodile Hunter believed in.

“We just want to make it very clear that we will not accept and not stand for anyone who's taken a form of retribution. That's the last thing Steve would want,” he said.

“Stingrays are beautiful creatures and play an important role for the environment.

“I hope everyone understands we have to protect wildlife now more than ever. This is what Steve was all about.”

Dr Sumpton said there had been reports of similar incidents in the past after fishermen had inadvertently caught stingrays and cut off the tails so they were not stung.

But such incidents were not common, he said.

“We don't condone the practice,” he said.

Instead, fishers should simply cut their line and allow the ray to swim away, he said.

DPIF general manager of animal welfare Rick Symons said staff were still investigating and offenders could be prosecuted under the Queensland Animal Care and Protection Act if evidence of cruelty was found.

The public are encouraged to report any further finds to the department, Dr Symons said.
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Dickheads!
 
Sheep slaughtered in 'satanic' ritual

Police are hunting "devil worshippers" after a series of sickening "satanic rite" attacks on sheep at a national park.

Around 100 animals have been found slaughtered and mutilated with their tongues, eyes and sexual organs removed on Dartmoor in Devon in the past year.

All of the bodies had been arranged in a satanic star shape on the floor or laid out in a circle with their necks broken.

Most of the blood-thirsty rituals have been carried out during a full moon.

In the latest attack farmer Charles Mudge, of Tavistock, Devon, found 30 of his flock dead with bizarre half-moon symbols carved into their flesh. He discovered all their bodies lying near a bloodstained stone altar and wooden stake.

"We are absolutely devastated. It is disgusting," he said. "We don't know how they're doing it. But they must be people with dogs and have got to be used to handling sheep."

A spokesman for Devon and Cornwall Police said the majority of incidents have taken place during a full moon.

She added: "The killings are becoming increasingly vicious. We currently have no suspects."

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Apologies if this has been posted before. As Fortean as it's sickening.

Man has sex with hedgehog

By LUCY HAGAN
September 16, 2006

A DESPERATE boyfriend ripped his willy to bits when he tried to cure premature ejaculation by having sex with a HEDGEHOG.

Zoran Nikolovic — dubbed Mr Jiggywinkle — claimed to be following the advice of a witch doctor when he injured himself on the animal’s pricks.

The 35-year-old said he had not yet told his girlfriend about his spine romance and added: “God knows what she will think of me.

“I don’t know whether she’s more likely to dump me for being some kind of pervert or for being such an idiot.”

He explained: “I was so ashamed to go to a normal clinic to discuss sexual problems that I was ready to try anything. When the voodoo man suggested having sex with a hedgehog I walked out.

“But he guaranteed me total discretion and 100 per cent success so I decided to try it.”

A hospital spokesman in Belgrade, Serbia, said: “The animal was apparently unhurt. The patient came off much worse from the encounter.

“We have carried out similar operations before, but only on people who have been in accidents.

“No one here has ever come across anything like it, and I doubt any of us ever will again.”

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A DOCTOR WRITES:

Sun Health’s Dr Keith Hopcroft says: “It’s not a treatment I’d recommend — but it could cure premature ejaculation because he’ll probably never want sex again.

“Men with this problem will find wearing two condoms more comfortable and effective.”
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Apparently there have been a spate of attacks on animals in parks in South Yorkshire, including fish.

Animals killed
A swan has been shot dead in a park in Doncaster - the latest victim in a string of attacks on animals.

A park warden found the young swan and a large carp in the upper pond at Sandall Park on Tuesday. Both had been shot in the head with an air rifle.

Several fish, gulls, a duck, a magpie and a rabbit have been killed or mutilated in the area in the last week, a Doncaster Council spokesman said.

"This cruelty is horrendous," said police wildlife officer Amanda Clayton.

"These animals did not suffer a quick death and we are determined to find out who is responsible."
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Swans seem to be taking the worst of it.

Two swans have been decapitated in a series of airgun attacks in the past few months that have also seen another five birds shot dead in South Yorks.

RSPCA inspectors have been called to five separate incidents in the county.

Earlier this month a male and a female adult swan were shot and decapitated in a brutal attack in Hemingfield.

In September a female swan and a cygnet died in Doncaster, a male and a female were shot in Barnsley in May and one was killed in Doncaster in April.

RSPCA Inspector Terry Speight said he was very concerned by the rising number of airgun attacks committed against animals in South Yorkshire.

He said: "Over the last few months we've dealt with an unprecedented number of airgun attacks, particularly against swans, though we believe this is just the tip of the iceberg.
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Wonder if this duck destruction is related?

A group of youths have killed three ducks in what the RSPCA has condemned as an "appalling" attack at a South Yorkshire country park.

A red Renault Clio was seen being driven directly at the ducks in the car park of Cannon Hall in Cawthorne, Barnsley, on Sunday evening.

Two of the ducks were killed instantly. A third was killed later when the driver did a handbrake turn into it.

An RSPCA spokeswoman said the attack was an example of "appalling cruelty".

She added: "It's very distressing to think that the occupants of that car had nothing better to do than drive around killing ducks."

Four male youths, all wearing baseball caps, were seen in the car.

A witness alerted police and an RSPCA employee, who was at the park releasing a previously injured goose back into the wild, to the killings.

Both the RSPCA and the police have appealed for the witness and anyone else with information to come forward.
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This sort of thing makes my blood boil. Anyone caught doing this sort of deranged act shoudl immediately forfeit their right to live, in my view. :furious:
 
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/6193557.stm

A woman killed a cat by putting it in a washing machine after arguing with her boyfriend, a court has heard.

Diane Hannon, 42, from Old Colwyn, Conwy, put the deaf cat, called Paws, on a full cycle after an argument with her boyfriend, who owned the pet.

The six-year-old cat suffered a heart attack, severe burns and loss of fur.

Hannon admitted causing unnecessary suffering and cruelly ill-treating an animal and was warned by Llandudno magistrates that she may face jail.

Her sentencing has been adjourned for reports until 10 January.

The court was told Hannon was cat-sitting at her boyfriend Duncan Carthy's flat in Colwyn Bay while he visited his son on 8 July.

The pair had argued about Mr Carthy's ex-wife and children.

Glen Murphy, prosecuting for the RSPCA, said: "Duncan Carthy called Miss Hannon and asked if the cat was all right, and she replied, 'I hate you. No, I've killed it'.

"Mr Carthy thought she was joking, but on Sunday at 3.30pm, when he returned to his flat, no one was there and he couldn't find the cat.

"He went into the kitchen and noticed his clothes were on top of the washing machine and found Paws inside the washing machine clearly dead."

Paws's injuries included scalding. He had died from heart failure.

When Mr Carthy phoned Hannon, she laughed and put the phone down, the court heard.

He later found a note she had written on the back of an envelope saying: "I hate you".

When interviewed by police, Hannon admitted that although she had placed the cat in the washing machine to hurt it, she did not know it would die.

Peter Brown, defending Hannon, said his client suffered from depression.

He added: "This is an upsetting case and, whatever happens, Miss Hannon has to live with what she did that day.

He added: "Clearly for somebody to do this type of act, she certainly wasn't thinking coldly and calmly."

Llandudno Magistrates warned Hannon that she may face prison when she is sentenced at the same court next mont
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Peter Brown, defending Hannon, said his client suffered from depression.

He added: "This is an upsetting case and, whatever happens, Miss Hannon has to live with what she did that day.

He added: "Clearly for somebody to do this type of act, she certainly wasn't thinking coldly and calmly."

Llandudno Magistrates warned Hannon that she may face prison when she is sentenced at the same court next mont
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:evil: Well, the damn bitch is "depressed," huh? Boo frickin' hoo! I also suffer from depression and I don't go around throwing cats into washing machines! I'd give her something to be sad about, if I could get my hands on her!
 
Well, the damn bitch is "depressed," huh? Boo frickin' hoo! I also suffer from depression and I don't go around throwing cats into washing machines! I'd give her something to be sad about, if I could get my hands on her!
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Well quite. Anyone can get depressed and upset and lash out at someone or something, but this seems a deliberate and revolting act of cruelty. Rather like those estranged fathers who murder their children in a fit of pique because their ex has started seeing someone else.

I can't have any sympathy for this woman at all I'm afraid... :evil:
 
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