Mitten the cat was shot 30 times with a BB gun and tossed in her crate into a bay near Tampa, Florida all because she ate her owner’s boyfriend’s pet crayfish. Now named Lovey and adopted by the veterinarian who nursed the cat back to health and all the other animals in Hillsborough County may feel a little better a judge banned her former owner from ever owning animals in Hillsborough County. The boyfriend along with almost one year prison sentence, 3 years probation, and community service time was also banned for ever owning a pet.
Mildred Krack’s sentencing.
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As you can see from this video it seems that Mitten’s owner was not upset about what happened to her cat. She doesn’t seem remorseful and basically seems to care less that she will never be able to own an animal again. I know there was no evidence that she actually knew the cat was shot or thrown in the water but I would like to know how she reacted when the cat was found and pulled out of the water. She allowed this monster to watch her cat so she should be punished.
Circuit Court Judge Daniel Sleet who heard Giovanni Estrada’s case said there was not enough evidence to suggest that Estrada represents a danger to the public. Nevertheless, he still needed to be punished. “You tortured a caged animal,” Sleet said. “You tortured an animal that was totally defenseless.” He deserve to be humiliated in public.
The judge in Estrada’s case clearly wanted to send a message that it is not ok to torture a defenseless animal and that people who do so will be punished. One lingering question is who keeps and becomes so attached to a pet crayfish that they would torture another animal over its death. If he was so attached to the crayfish he should have come up with a way for the cat not to be able to get at it.
Giovanni Estrada’s sentencing
I am so glad the cat made it and these people got punished. People who harm animals this way, one day will also harm people.
i'm so glad to hear dat neither one of dez horrible peeps will ever own an animal again, and i hope Lovey finds da forever home she truly deserves! xoxo
Lovey was adopted by the vet. He fell in love with her while he was nursing her back to health.
i'm so glad the judge gave that cruel, horrible person jail time. It's reassuring when the legal system takes a stand against cruelty to animals like that.
They are getting what they deserve. So glad because others get a slap on the hand and that's it. It's about time the judges followed thru and saw that this was despicable and gave the boyfriend a year in jail. I can't believe he admitted to wanting to kill the cat. He's a very angry person.
Those 2 “people” should be neutered without anesthesia.
I can only with that in time penalties for animal abuse will be far more severe than one day less than a year.
Throw away the key I say.