iI could not have put it better myself i totally agree
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Originally Posted by davina  Can we all pleas put our violins away and excusing this women for her crime due to her "mental health". Ive studied psychology, and the only illness which could of made her do that without having control is schizophrenia. In which case she would be closely monitered by a mental health team. If she did have schizophrenia she shouldn't have been responsibility over a goldfish let alone a dog. If the victim of this crime had of been a child she would of got the punishment she deserved but even in this day and age crimes against animals are treated as minor offences.
Im currently studying a law degree, my reason for this is because i want to fight to change laws on animal welfare. I have suffered from ocd since the age of 10 where i am constantly plagued with intrusive thoughts about germs and contamination. But my dogs are my whole life and i would never harm a hair on their innocent little heads. Too many people use mental health as an excuse for their behavior. When i first read this article i wondered if it was witchcraft due to it being close to haloween.
This should never of happened, The spca should be given more funding and more legal powers to intervene before an incident like this happens. Lets be honest, the government spends billions of £s/ on weapons so why cant they spend more on animal welfare. We live in a world where peoples priorities are wrong. Too many people are concerned with superficial things, when animals can teach us so much about love and hapiness yet so many people don't treat them with the respect they deserve |