PSCPA: 19-year-old confesses to duct-taping cat

[RamboLiberal]

"Sticky" still doesn't have a home, but she's closer to getting justice for being body-wrapped in duct-tape and abandoned last week.
Saturday evening, following a tip, Pennsylvania SPCA law enforcement officers arrested James Davis, 19, of the 2100 block of 22d Street in North Philadelphia, according to the Pennsylvania SPCA.

Contrary to other reports, Davis did not turn himself in, said George Bengal, the nonprofit's director of law enforcement.

Davis admitted to impulsively taping up the cat after seeing it in the yard of the home where he lives with his parents, Bengal said.

Davis left the cat in his yard for a couple of hours, then, because the animal kept screaming, tossed it into a neighbor's yard, where at least 12 hours passed before she was noticed and authorities were contacted, Bengal said.

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/20090928_PSCPA__19-year-old_confesses_to_duct-taping_cat.html



JERK! Geez wonder how he'd like to be duct taped for 12+ hours!

[Mari333]

1. 'the animal kept screaming'

god help us all.

[BlooInBloo]

2. Anyone who says that the notion that kids are getting coarser and stupider...

is just "generational wars" is an idiot.

[Matariki]

25. Didn't G W Bush blow up frogs?

Haven't jr. psychopaths been torturing cats and small animals for generations?

[TwilightGardener]

3. Dude is sick in the head. Someone better be watching him, because

he's going to perpetrate something worse someday.

[Captain Hilts]

8. Yes. Cruelty to animals is an entry crime. nt

[Critters2]

34. yep. Lacking in empathy. That's a dangerous sign. nt

[slackmaster]

4. Third thread today for which my answer is "Gulag!"

[Soylent Brice]

13. *snicker* at pic

very fitting.

[City Lights]

5. Fucking asshole.

:nuke:

[Captain Hilts]

6. He's sick and needs to be incarcerated in some way. nt

[Maru Kitteh]

7. Lock that fucker UP. He needs to be removed from civilized society.

Let all the pot smokers taking up jail space go free please so we have the room and resources to lock up sick little fucks like this who need to be imprisoned.

[tammywammy]

9. That poor kitty.

I hope it gets a good home. :(

[meow2u3]

33. She will get a good home

Quoted from the article:

Several people have come forward claiming to own "Sticky," as the cat was nicknamed by workers at the PSCPA in North Philadelphia.

But no one has been able to prove ownership so far, About 100 people have offered to adopt the cat, and those requests are being considered in the order they came in, the PSPCA statement said.

[ShortnFiery]

36. That's so sweet. She will now have a loving home. eom

[Trillo]

10. That's got to be hard to remove without risk of scissor injury. nt

[Critters2]

15. And painful, due to pulling hair with the tape.

I hope they removed it with the poor animal under a general anesthetic.

How sick!

[Trillo]

17. Anesthesia,

that's what they said they did.

[Critters2]

18. Thank God. Poor cat. nt

[Trillo]

28. Yeah, but costly, and also dangerous.

"Costly" if you or I have purchase it from a vet.

[Critters2]

31. The article says the cat was sedated, which is somewhat less costly than anesthesia.

Of course, the cost should come out of the hide of the creep who did this, or his family, since he's a teenager.

[Trillo]

38. Yeah, I checked, you're right.

If I found my cat similarly taped, I'd hope they would anesthetize if there was a chance of pain.

When I stop to think more deeply about the logistic, it seems anesthesia is a type of sedation, whereas sedation is not necessarily anesthesia. I remember being fooled that way once by a doc. Said I'd be sedated, and I thought that meant no memory and no pain. Not true in either case, though it's possible the pain may have been reduced.

So its entirely possible the cat did feel some pain during removal, since she might have been conscious. It probably depends upon what, precisely, they did for sedation, and whether there was anyway to soften the adhesive. They may have just cut the hair, in which case the cat may not have felt pain.

Lots of folks, were they to find their own cat similarly taped, might not have the financial luxury of taking it to the vet for such a procedure.

I guess I'd call for this guy to have some kind of responsibility, but the severe sanctions some others are calling for in this thread are far over the top, as he could have done worse to the cat. Charging him, not his parents, seems like a reasonable thing, and if he can't afford it, then let him work it off in a way that increases his empathy for animals. (I was thinking of cleaning up kennels, but realized that would just make him think of "filthy animals", which may be a truism, but might cause increased resentment toward them instead of increased positive feelings)

[zbdent]

11. Isn't an early sign of a person who will commit abuse against PEOPLE

their willingness to abuse animals?

You know, like Jeffrey Dahmer?

[GreenPartyVoter]

26. So I've heard. This kid warrants watching, for sure.

[undeterred]

27. Probably.

[Arugula Latte]

12. Duct tape that fucker's genitals and leave him for a month.

See how he screams. :grr:

I wish I could meet him in a dark alley with a bat. :grr:

[hamsterjill]

19. A poster after my own heart!

I will donate the duct tape!!!

[Arugula Latte]

20. And I'll give you one of my bats!

[Echo In Light]

14. Shit stain waste of DNA human being

[Rex]

16. People who do things like that should be shot.

I know that is not a nice thing to say, but fuck I hate people who kill/maim/hurt animals 'just because' they can. That cat looks like one of mine. :(

[RamboLiberal]

21. Nah, I just be for duct taping him for 12 hours and hope

he has a lot of body hair. Wouldn't sedate him before having it removed.

[Rex]

22. I let my anger get the best of me sometimes.

Okay, no killing, but can we dip him in rubbing alcohol after we peal the tape off?

[Gormy Cuss]

23. That's some impulse, Mr. Davis.

I wonder how many other animals he's abuse so far.

[Are_grits_groceries]

24. "Impulsively taping the cat..."

They better keep a close eye on his other compulsions.

[meow2u3]

29. I'll be taking adoption counseling training at the PSPCA next week

I start volunteering at the PSPCA next Tuesday, after I get my car worked on and pick up my cat spoiling kit. I chose to volunteer because I want to be a part of the solution to end animal cruelty, not just get pissed off at people abusing animals without doing anything about it.

I'll see to it that Sticky gets a loving home where she'll be spoiled rotten, just like I spoil Max and Ruby. I love cats and will watch prospective adopters like a mother cat watches her kittens. She will get a great home--and God willing, I'll have a say about Sticky. People who want to adopt a (rehabbed) abused animal have to go through a rigorous background check, replete with vet, personal, and other references. They don't fool around there.

As for that waste of human DNA who duct taped that poor kitty, I'd like to see him 302'd (Pennsylvania term for being committed to a mental institution), if not prosecuted as a felon. This kid is a real sicko who needs either professional help or purr-manent banishment from society, depending on the results of his psych eval.

[Triana]

35. He needs to be committed, IMO. He's a psychopath.

NO ONE does this kind of thing if they have a CONSCIENCE.

[and-justice-for-all]

30. That damn little bastard!!!!

That poor baby!!

I would beat that kids ass for that shit!!

[Triana]

32. PSYCHOPATH. That's what this kid is.

Seems people are somehow raising or breeding them in droves.

:wtf:

[BreweryYardRat]

39. Nope, it's three factors.

1. The national population has increased drastically, so there are more sickos like this than in the past generation or two.

2. The national dialectic has moved towards recognizing this behavior as WRONG, so people pay more attention to it when it happens.

3. Morbid shit like this gets ratings/sells papers, so the media gives such incidents lots of coverage.

[mikelgb]

37. poor kitteh =(

[Ezlivin]

40. This is why both of my cats carry firearms

Don't worry: It's Texas and they both qualified to carry concealed handguns.

The only problem is that when they're hungry you'd best be quick....