Dad (Drunk) Beats Cat To Death In Front Of His Children

[matcom]

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After drinking three-quarters of a bottle of vodka Sunday night, a Des Moines man beat a house cat to death in front of his young children, infuriated because the animal had scratched him, police say.

John Edward Peterson, 26, of 612 S.E. Sixth St. was arrested and charged with three counts of child endangerment and cruelty to animals, according to Des Moines police.

It's unusual for someone to go to prison in Iowa in a case involving the killing of an animal. The felony child-endangerment charges, filed because Peterson allegedly was too impaired to care for the children, raise that prospect.

Peterson's 6-year-old daughter and 8-year-old stepson told police their father had been drinking vodka all night from a 1.75-liter bottle. When Pebbles the cat clawed him, he threw the animal against the wall, trapped it in the corner of the bedroom and punched it with his fist until it was dead, police reported.

Then Peterson chased the family's other cat, Ricky, and tried to kill it, too, the children told police.

A psychiatrist and animal-rights activist were stunned by the incident and deeply concerned for the children.

http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041116/NEWS01/411160361/1001/NEWS

[demnan]

1. Watch

Bush will appoint that man Secretary of Animal Rights (if we had one)

[Fenris]

7. That job goes to Bill Frist.

Seniority and all.

[CO Liberal]

16. Bill Frist Has a New Chief of Staff

[SlavesandBulldozers]

18. it was preventative pre-emption

he knew the cat had claws, and posed a threat - hell the cat had even used its claws before - and the man knew that if not now, someday - that cat would use its claws again to destroy his family. He could not take the chance with the children, he had to act. The fact that he was drunk had nothing to do with it, by the way, because he's a kerschun.

[RubyDuby in GA]

2. Stuff like this just turns my stomach

How on gods green earth can people be so damn evil?
I just don't get it...

[toddzilla]

6. maybe you should ask god..

i'm sure "he" was watching.. just ask a fundie!!

[RubyDuby in GA]

11. don't know this "god" fellow of which you speak

I'll ask dog instead.

Just like the expression...don't believe in any god. I go over real well here in the Bible Belt :)

[Oreo]

3. Poor kids... what a worthless bastard

[ronnykmarshall]

13. Is that supposed to be a joke?

[Oreo]

14. The picture is supposed to be a joke... yes

No cats were harmed during the making of the post

[HEyHEY]

4. Sounds like a hell of a night at the trailer park

Fucking prick

[HEIL PRESIDENT GOD]

5. One of the kids is next

This is one of the relatively few people that prison is actually for.

[Runcible Spoon]

8. was it calico? I smell an Asscroft protege....

nt

[derby378]

10. "Let the eagle soar - so I can kill it!" (n/t)

[legally blonde]

9. I like to think

that there is a special place in hell for people who torture and kill defenseless animals and children. I hope this bastard finds hell nice and toasty. :mad:

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[Strawman]

15. Take this asshole to the jungle...

Cover him head to toe in hot dog juice and throw him to the tigers or lions at feeding time.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

17. dupe

removed dupe

[Heyo]

19. This dude...

... is just BEGGING to be made an example of.

Some drunk asshole beats a defenseless animal to death.

If I was there when this happened, the police would've never found out about it, trust me. The guy wouldn't have made it that far.

I really hope this guy comes up missing sometime real soon.

:mad:

Heyo

[RebelOne]

20. Oh boy, just wait until the animal rights and rescue groups

get ahold of this story. Petitions will be flying all over the Internet for the judge to throw the book at this guy. And rightly so.

[DrWeird]

21. Good lord, its become a cliche.

I went to grade school with a kid who lived in a trailer park and watched his drunk father beat his cat to death.