Unfortunately, animal cruelty never takes a holiday. From the Chicago Sun:
EVANSVILLE, Ind. -- Two Wal-Mart employees have been charged with felony animal cruelty after they followed a manager's orders to shoot and kill a stray cat, police said.The men, both assistant managers at the store, told police the manager ordered them to get rid of the animal that was living in a storage trailer behind their store.
Christopher Anderson, 29, and Jeffrey Hardin, 21, repeatedly shot the cat with a pellet gun, a sheriff's report said. Wal-Mart conducted an investigation and fired three employees involved in the cat killing. The company did not name the employees who were fired.
''We were sickened by this cruelty,'' said Kevin D. Miller, regional vice president for the Arkansas-based retailer. The company plans to donate $10,000 to split between the Vanderburgh County and Warrick County Humane Societies in Indiana.
Evansville is about 45 minutes away from here, and I was so disgusted when I heard about this. Evansville was also having some problems with the conidtion of their county animal shelter as well, so this is just the latest in a recent string of animal cruelty stories. It just makes me sick that people care so little for a innocent creature like that.
Posted by: Michelle at January 3, 2005 01:57 AM