Once again my point is proved that people who abuse or kill animals don't receive nearly sufficient punishment. From the Seattle Times:
Two dog killers were sentenced to serve nine months yesterday by a judge who said their crime warranted the relatively high sentence.Pierce County Superior Court Judge Thomas Felnagle said before a courtroom packed with animal-rights activists that he found the crime and the young men's criminal history "disturbing."
Steven L. Paulson, 21, and Troy L. Loney, 19, both of Wilkeson, were found guilty of first-degree animal cruelty last month.
A witness testified that the two had killed a Siberian husky on March 8 by tying it to a tree and shooting it repeatedly with an arrow that they pulled from the animal and used over and over.
The two men, who dumped the dog's body in a nearby river, said the animal was sick and that they were simply trying to put it out of its misery.