man used glue traps to trap kittens

So this one popped up out here: http://www.ksl.com/?sid=31408306&ni...per-to-trap-kittens-police-say&s_cid=queue-12

What is the difference between trapping kittens and trapping mice?

If the trap is humane enough for mice, why is it cruel for kittens?

Kittens are cute and furry, right? FIVE felonies?


..guess that's what he gets for not drowning them...

 

dismissed because of awesome mullet.

 

Interesting question. I can't come up with an answer.

 

From the article:

Stephen Patrick Lacy, 63, was charged in 3rd District Court with five counts of torture of a companion animal, a third-degree felony.

There is single word there that makes it different from trapping mice. Now, one could argue that mice can also be companion animals but they are not viewed that way by the law.

 

it is if the mice are domestic pets.

 

I was a mouse keeping fool when I was a little kid. I loved them.

You cant imagine the horrible sounds of violence when one would go rogue in the middle of the night about every six months. I knew that sound meant cleaning up a bunch of half mice in the morning.

 

mouse rampage!

 

you are one weird lil dude, corder.

 

Things become clearer

 

+1

 

Fonda, you got called weird by a dude who has tigers chilling in his living room. You are a Michael Jackson level freak.

 

yeah, I picked up on that but was too stunned by "lil dude" to respond. Falafel is one of the few people that I am little to (I am 6'2", 205 lbs).

 

What did you do with them?

 

Not much. They are not a very interactive pet. The crap a lot, screw a lot, and fight a lot. That is about it.

I did shoot one off in a rocket that had a little space for cargo. He lived. He was my favorite after that adventure.

 

I had two when I was young for a year or two. They lived in an aquarium with the usual mouse junk to play with. Neat for awhile but I gave them to a school so they could be as bored with them as I was.

 

If you have been for a year or two, they probably didn't last too long at the school. Don't they live for something like a couple of years?

 

Shit if I know, dude. I don't really remember the timeline to be honest. It might have been months and in kid time that's years.

The school had some giant mouse house thing. Like an ant farm but with mice. They used it to try and teach kids with special needs.

 

Teach them what?

 

Animal husbandry can do a good job of teaching empathy, feeding and care needs, schedule importance and other skills that can transfer to their own lives. This is especially useful when you talk about children on the spectrum as those children are very disconnected to the needs of others. I have seen children who refuse eye gaze be able to hold attention for long periods of time with animals.