Minimor
Well-Known Member
This story first made the news last night but there weren't many details. Tonight they gave more information, and it makes me sick. 500 hogs were already dead and another 150 or 160 were in such bad shape they had to be destroyed.
The hogs weren't getting feed or water and the barn ventilation system wasn't working. Thing is, the person caring for the hogs had the feed for them--when the dead hogs were discovered, the bins were full of feed. WHY would someone just stop feeding & watering animals that way, when the feed was available? If he didn't want to do the work any more, why wouldn't he let the owners of the hogs know, so that other arrangements could be made??My link
So far, according to the TV news tonight, no charges have been laid. Surely, though, the guy will be charged--the article says the penalty for this kind of abuse ranges from $5000 to 6 months in jail. If you ask me (and of course no one does!!) $5000 AND 6 months in jail wouldn't be nearly enough. For that many starving and dead animals he should get that penalty several times over!
I just don't understand how people can do this sort of thing to animals.
The hogs weren't getting feed or water and the barn ventilation system wasn't working. Thing is, the person caring for the hogs had the feed for them--when the dead hogs were discovered, the bins were full of feed. WHY would someone just stop feeding & watering animals that way, when the feed was available? If he didn't want to do the work any more, why wouldn't he let the owners of the hogs know, so that other arrangements could be made??My link
So far, according to the TV news tonight, no charges have been laid. Surely, though, the guy will be charged--the article says the penalty for this kind of abuse ranges from $5000 to 6 months in jail. If you ask me (and of course no one does!!) $5000 AND 6 months in jail wouldn't be nearly enough. For that many starving and dead animals he should get that penalty several times over!
I just don't understand how people can do this sort of thing to animals.