Fuck, I hate animal abusers!
Cleaner- your story pisses me off and I wish someone could kick his ass! However, I understand what you mean about not getting in trouble yourself (i.e assault charges).
This guy, who is the son of a family friend, is sooo close to being the type of person who would posion dogs. I go camping with his family every year and he is ALWAYS killing something; throwing stuff at birds, squirrles, chipmunks, poking at snakes, destroying the homes of animals, making raccoon traps, throwing spiders into the fire after pulling their legs out, the list goes on. I know that a lot of little kids (especially young boys) tend to have no respect for wildlife, but this guy is 19 and you'd think he would have come to some realization that these animals are living creatures! Last year, I finally punched him. He was about to kill/mutilate a frog, so I told him to fuck off and gave him a huge black eye. I got in a lot of shit but he was afraid of me, so I used that to my advantage!
There has been a lot of horse shootings in my area. At a barn where I co-boarded a horse, there was the sweetest horse who had a huge hole in the middle of his head, along his nasal passage. He had been shot, but lived. It was kind of gross because in the winter, you could see his breath coming not only out of his mouth but his head too! (It reminded me of the smoking women in Beetlejuice; the smoke came out of her neck)