They now know that the man who owned the dog who was set on fire was the one who

Well to be honest I don't know so much about this particular case. As I get older I tend to avoid these horrible stories about animal cruelty, whether they are in our media here, or on myLot. They just upset me and stress me too much. However, my personal viwepoint is that people should be punished equally for cruelty to an animal as they are for a person. It is wilful, evil, pointless cruetly, and it is has also been statistically proved that people who ill-treated animals as youngstsrs almost always end up committing violent acts towards human beings too. If they are evil enough to do one, they are evil enough to do another. So I agree with you.

It is shocking, disgusting and I just wish that someone would do EXACTLY the same thing to him and I would hope he wouldn't make either.

Call me sadistic in a way but the way I see it, regardless of it being an animal it should still be and eye for and eye, lets see how the man would like it if someone else did what he did to that poor creature. I would like to tie this guy up throw gasoline on him and then set him alight, that would be a punishment and it would send out a deterrant that animal cruelty IS NOT ACCEPTABLE! These stupid fines and minimal sentences do NOT SEND OUT THE RIGHT MESSAGE! Sorry rant over!

I agree with you I did reply to something similar yesterday and I said then that he should get the same amount of years as a Murderer does as he committed Murder As for his reasons they are so pathetic it is unbelievable There is no reason at all to do this to any Animal, if he was vicious then he should have taken the dog to the Vet

It is sad in society that does not hold its furry citizens up for higher standards. That is a crime and should be treated as such. The jails are so full he probably won't serve all his time since his crime is not against a human. Something is indeed wrong and with alot of work we the people could change it. It is a sign of how our society works and thinks. Sad to say!

This sounds absolutely barbaric and downright cruel! There are plenty of organisations that would have taken the dog in - if it was a dangerous animal and had to be put to sleep there are humane ways of doing this! I hope this man does go to prison and the fact that the most he can go to jail for is 2 years is just not acceptable! xxxx

I heard about this yesterday but I didn't know why he did it. The dog was nasty to him??? Then why did the dog try to wag his tail and lick the hands of the ASPCA people. Doesn't sound like a nasty dog to me. I'm guessing that they were mean to the dog.

I don't know of this story. It is disgusting. I absolutely hate cruelty to animals. I hope his sentence can be appealed & made much longer.

I would think the man would get years in prison- I hope he isn’t let off with probation- Animal cruelty- what a joke- it’s murder- he beat the dog then burned him – premeditated also- I can’t believe someone would do this to their own pet!

i agree with Wolfie. An eye for an eye. As far as i am concerned, it is even WORSE to do this to an animal than it is to do to a human being. A human being has defenses. An animal is defenseless. The man should AT LEAST get the same sentance as he would if he did this to a human being. Why is the d*mned government so opposed to animal rights? Why does the d*mned government feel that an animal life is somehow less significant than a human life? That is just disgusting to me.

I don't watch much TV and I must have missed this horror story. Did they adopt the dog from the pound or just purchase it outright? Because I though there was always a weeks trial period to ensure that the pet and family are satisfied before the adoption is final. Anyway, people like this make me so sick! They could have just taken the poor thing to the pound rather than for him to set it on fire! I know that the jails are full and they should come up with some other sort of punishment, like working closely supervised in an animal shelter or something. That poor dog, I am going to have to go find the story now.

Yes I agree shambuca. I think he should have to do the same amount of time if it was a human being. That poor dog was helpless. That is just terrible to do this to someone, something, etc. If he had done this to my dog, I would be in jail for killing him. I mean it. This is terrible.

This is such so sad. The poor dog..This man should have the same done to him, that way maybe others won't be so quick to do the same. 2 years is nothing and he will do it again if given the chance. It just makes my heart ache so much that anyone could do such a thing..