Oakland man accused of breaking puppy's legs

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Henry K. Lee, Chronicle Staff Writer
Saturday, February 28, 2009


(02-27) 17:16 PST Oakland --

An Oakland man has been charged with animal abuse for allegedly breaking the front legs of a Pomeranian puppy in front of its owner, the deaf 11-year-old daughter of his girlfriend, authorities said Friday.

Kem Eap, 31, of Oakland has been charged by Alameda County prosecutors with two felony counts of animal abuse after a 4-month-old puppy named Chloe was found with its two front legs broken on Feb. 20.

An anonymous caller told Oakland police about the incident. Police and animal-control officers found Chloe cowering underneath a television set inside an apartment on the 2000 block of Fifth Avenue near Lake Merritt. Eap was arrested the same day.

The female puppy, which weighs 4 pounds, was unable to use its front legs because both had been broken above the elbows, authorities said.

more:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/27/BA9F166GHS.DTL

There's a special place in hell for these folks...

[aquart]

1. A sledge hammer might be useful here.

Give him some idea what it felt like.

[DrDan]

2. anyone wanna bet as to the political leaning of this . . . . lowlife

[Retired AF Dem]

17. Why go there?

My guess is this asshole has never voted in his life.

[lonestarnot]

3. OMG! Yesterday headlines across AZ went something like this:

Woman crawling on freeway hit approximately 3 times;
Dad puts son in dryer turns it on and burns were pictured;
Newborn baby found gasping for air in a plastic bag. Yesterday was not a good day. I hate evil in the soul of men and women.

[Hello_Kitty]

6. Did you read the one about the guy who broke his girlfriend's nose

And left her at Bartlett lake with no phone? That was in today's paper.

[lonestarnot]

11. No I don't get a paper.

[hobbit709]

4. You don't even want to know what my wife wants to do to him.

Let's just say that what went on at Gitmo would be a Sunday picnic in comparison.

[Sewsojm]

5. What the hell,

What the hell is wrong with some people, that SOB needs to be culled from the herd!!!

[1620rock]

9. I would F*CK this person up good...real good.

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

7. This piece of sewage gets a

one second head start. I get the baseball bat with the nails driven through the business end. :grr:

I hope that adorable :loveya: little pup will be OK.

[GreenPartyVoter]

8. Some people are just evil. I can't rationally explain their behavior in any other way.

[kestrel91316]

10. How about I volunteer to fix this guy up so he can't do anything like that

ever again? I'm good with a knife, and I know anatomy. He doesn't really need the use of his hands and feet, does he?

[MadHound]

12. I say we start a line

By the time we all get finished with him, he'll be nothing more than a quivering pile of meat.

I hate, hate, hate motherfuckers who do this sort of shit.

[emilyg]

24. I'll join your line.

[Submariner]

13. Kem Eap should thank his lucky stars

he was not observed in the act of abusing the puppy by me, or someone like me. One of these days the Kem Eap's of the world will do something like this, and the next thing he knows, is that he will be waking up in a hospital intensive care unit in oodles of pain from blunt force trauma and broken bones.

Normally calm, I really feel a loss of self control when I see or hear about these animal abuse cases. I saw a guy beating his dog when I lived in Louisiana and went towards him yelling until he pulled a gun on me, causing me to retreat. Animal abusers need to be beaten down hard.

[Occam Bandage]

14. That is the cutest puppy ever. nt

[saltpoint]

15. Although it would likely involve tax dollars, I nevertheless feel

that the most appropriate response to this assault on an innocent creature would be one which invokes a fantasy realm.

Tax dollars would go to a State helicopter transport of the assailant to a remote mountainous land.

Said assailant would be let out of the helicopter. The helicopter & crew would return to California.

This would be a land inhabited by creatures similar to, but far larger and more complex than creatures in the current, real world, and would include wolves, but quite large wolves.

These wolves would be entirely like wolves of our world but would be imbued with a sense of moral purpose which is manifest in their impulse to do what is right. Call it an evolved instinct. Call it a well-honed characteristic.

These wolves would have the instinctual impulse and capacity to bring food to the assailant but would first force him to confess his transgression against the small dog in Oakland.

Again, these are large wolves. Quite large.

I believe the confession to said wolves would have a transformative effect on the assailant.

Lindsey Graham and John Cornyn would of course object to tax dollars going for fantasy justice. But in this instance, I think it would money well spent.

Thank you, and God Bless America.

[flvegan]

16. He tortured that dog.

Broke one leg one day, the other day the next. Mentally torturing the girl.

I just want 10 minutes with him.

[Pierre.Suave]

20. When you are done

I want at him.

Leave his legs, so he can TRY to run away, ok?

[texanshatingbush]

18. People who torture animals are missing a "socialization chip".....

....they are probably not that far from doing the same (torture) to people.

I think they should be put on a list of "animal torturers", which is made available to the public. If they missed the "socialization" and "empathy" training during their upbringing, then they, like pedophiles, are probably unable ever to overcome this gap in "humanization". Just like repeat-pedophiles, they will always be a danger to the public, a bomb waiting to go off and mess up someone else's life. And, if they have progeny, they will probably pass their "humanization gaps" on to their children, either by genetic material or environmental conditioning.

Humans without empathy are dangerous!

[Withywindle]

26. He DID torture a person.

The puppy was the beloved pet of a little girl. He did it in front of her.

The puppy will probably recover fully. I'm not so sure about the child. :cry:

[seejanespottdick]

19. Omigod...I hate hearing these kinds of stories!

There was a man in my state who was just sentenced to a few years in prison for abusing a cat. It can't bring back the dead animal (or un-maim the living), but at least it shows more sensitivity towards living creatures.

[backscatter712]

21. Are you sure we should be closing Gitmo?

Gitmo could be useful for properly punishing sons-of-bitches like this.

[KamaAina]

22. Michael Vick's new cellmate?

:grr: :banghead:

[WVRICK13]

23. OMG

The indignity and suffering some people intentionally inflict on other living things makes my heart ache with pain. This animal abuse and child abuse. This asshole needs to be charged with both crimes.

When I was 16 and first got my drivers license I was driving country roads to get comfortable with driving. As I came around a curve I could see a big man beating a beagle with a stick. The beagle was chained. I came to a screeching halt, jumped from the car and entered the mans' yard screaming, "if you hit that dog one more time I will kick the shit out of you." I was 6 feet tall and a huge 142 pounds; he was taller and weighed at least 250 and was drunk. He was so stunned all he could do was shout at obscenities at me as I unleashed his dog, put it in the car and drove off. It took this poor gentle creature years to not flinch and tuck his tail when I petted him. He eventually did realize only love and gentle strokes would come from me. He was so gentle that he became best friends with my pet rabbit. It was so funny to see a beagle and rabbit frolicking.

[closeupready]

25. LOL - that's so sweet.

I got a good laugh out of seeing a dog and a bunny playing house together. :D :hi:

[Mollis]

28. I wish I could see that.

Both you getting out of the car and yelling at the guy.
And your dog and bunny togther :)

[rvablue]

32. OMG! What an amazing story. You saved that beagle's life and future! And

the part about the rabbit is so cute...that must have been one special Beagle!

[ogneopasno]

27. He should have been charged with child abuse. I hope that poor girl and her mom get out of there.

[surrealAmerican]

33. I agree. This is definitely child abuse.

I feel very sorry for the poor puppy and for the 11-year-old.

[sixmile]

29. Sure are lots of 'girlfriends' and 'boyfriends' in the news these days

Doing all sorts of bad things to each other and those around them.
As for this guy: you motherfucker!!!!!!!!!!!

[TWiley]

30. REPUBLICAN BASTARDS!

no way this fella is a liberal

[theNotoriousP.I.G.]

31. I really hate humanity sometimes!

Poor little baby ;(