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2 dogs shot dead in yards in 2 days

I know who you should question first about this. try Huntsman Jr. Funny dogs conveniently start dying right in time for him to try to ram this down our legislatures throat again. Anyone remember the last time a dog was murdered? I do, it was about 1812. Give me a break. Someone go get the pet detective!

Is the legislature finally going to see now that Henry's Law NEEDS to be brought up and passed? How many more disturbing articles can we read about sick individuals killing people's pets? I've lived all over the US, and NEVER have I seen such horrible and frequent animal abuse and cruelty stories than in Utah. The people who do this to someone else's pet have no soul, and are capable of much more violence. Put them in jail on felony charges where they belong! Enough is enough!

Actually, dogs, cats and other pets are killed all the time. Apparently, the guy who put Henry, the dog, in a stove and set him on fire was only doing it to "ram this down our legislatures throat again" instead of doing it to torment his girlfriend.

According to Pet-Abuse.com, "The line separating an animal abuser from someone capable of committing human abuse is much finer than most people care to consider. People abuse animals for the same reasons they abuse people. Some of them will stop with animals, but enough have been proven to continue on to commit violent crimes to people that it's worth paying attention to" and "Others either abuse pets or threaten to abuse them as a way to control an individual."

According to the same source, "More recently, high school killers such as 15-year-old Kip Kinkel in Springfield, Ore., and Luke Woodham, 16, in Pearl, Miss., tortured animals before embarking on shooting sprees. Columbine High School students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, who shot and killed 12 classmates before turning their guns on themselves, bragged about mutilating animals to their friends."

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The Prophet Joseph Smith, in translating the Book of Genesis writes "Surely, blood shall not be shed, only for meat, to save your lives; and the blood of every beast will I require at your hands." Lorenzo Snow, taught that "Killing for sport is wrong."

Joseph Fielding Smith taught us that, "I never could see why a man should be imbued with a blood-thirsty desire to kill and destroy animal life. I have known men--and they still exist among us--who enjoy what is, to them, the "sport" of hunting...I do not believe any man should kill animals or birds unless he needs them for food... I think it is wicked for men to thirst in their souls to kill almost everything which possesses animal life. It is wrong."

Mitt Romney who professes to follow the teachings of the Church has said, "I've always been a rodent and rabbit hunter. Small varmints if you will. I began when I was 15 or so and I have hunted those kinds of varmints since then. More than two times." The difference between the Prophet Joseph Smith, President Lorenzo Snow and J.F. Smith from Mitt Romney is shocking.

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The Prophet Brigham Young taught "Let the people be holy, and filled with the Spirit of God, and every animal and creeping thing will be filled with peace. -- The more purity that exists, the less is the strife; the more kind we are to our animals, the more will peace increase, and the savage nature of the brute creation will vanish away" while the Prophet David O. McKay taught "a true Latter-day Saint is kind to animals, is kind to every created thing, for God created all."

Those who oppose this bill, who feel that animals have no rights are wrong to do so for the scriptures tell us that animals are living souls, that they possess both a body and a spirit. The prophets have taught us what is right yet we would prefer to sin instead of heed their counsel. God has given us dominion over the earth and all that is in it and we will be held accountable for how we treat animals.

Furthermore, torturing an animal is about taking pleasure, joy and power over something that cannot defend itself. When you torture animals you are only a step removed from torturing other people.

Why don't we just go ahead and make it a felony. Because we all know pets are just as humans. [Sarcasm]

Somebody needs to learn the difference between "taking a step backward" and "not moving as far forward as I want."

So we want to start calling the FBI out every time someone's pet is missing? I would rather use our strained police resources investigating real crime, like murder, robbery, child abduction and rape. Sad anyone would hurt an animal, but don't lose your brain in your emotions to save the animals. Are we going to start having a puppy alert? Stop everything, grandmas kitty is missing! I really thought that movie "Pet Detective" was a joke". I guess not as big of a joke as our governor and many in our legislature!

There are better ways to deal with this reoccurring problem. Pet licenses need to be expensive enough that it proves a commitment from the pet owners and animal control agencies need the authority to take action when necessary. It is not the pet�s fault they bark all day, jump on everybody, scare people, get loose and cause problems. Place the blame squarely where it belongs, ON THE OWNERS!
My dog�s behavior elicits favorable comments all the time because of thousands of hours training, socializing and constant ongoing positive reinforcement.

Mahershalalhashbaz- It's interesting that you would post such a rant and display to the public that you are obviously a simpleton. Dogs/pets being shot in your yard are apparently no big deal for you. That alone suggests that you are an idiot. No further comment requred.

Required is actually spelled with an I. Who is the real simpleton and idiot? lets not judge one another.

Don't some animals NEED killin' like rats that carry the plague, jackrabbits that decimate the bottoms of farmers haystacks until they look like giant mushrooms, coyotes that ravage a crop of newborn lambs? Is this cruelty? I thought Henry's Law only made torture a felony? Is shooting to kill an animal with the first shot TORTURE? If you mistakenly wound the animal is that TORTURE? If so, Henry's law is a slippery slope.

This has come up locally. I don't undestand why anyone would shoot any animal just for the fun of it. But if they do they need to be stopped because the next of God's creations will be human beings they will shoot or torture to death.

Killing animals will not satisfy their need for killing next will be an 11 week old child.

To Tumbleweed Tom:
I don't think we need Henry's law. It is a felony to fire a gun towards a domicile. What we need is to prosecute those who for some reason think it is okay to let lose with their guns in the city limits.
Does your sign say "hold my beer"?

It's a sad state that animals are treated as less than animals in the West. People hate these bills because they think we're trying to give animals the same rights as people. But animals are living creatures, with the ability to feel pain. If someone is willing to cause that kind of pain to a living creature, they ought to be punished severely enough that they will think twice before doing it again. However, laws like Henry's Law would only be the beginning. These laws place a band-aid over the problem without looking at the reason behind it. There needs to be more education that it's not fun, or funny, to harm a living creature. The attitude in areas like ours is that it's okay, and that's where things need to change.

***It was probably due to the fact that many people buy really loud and annoying animals and put them in the back yard and never play with them again, they leave tons of dog crap everywhere which smells so nicely in the summer heat all the while constant barking and noise. Maybe if the owners would actually take care of the animal or be prosecuted for animal neglect??? Hmmm wonder why they were killed, maybe the neighbor went thru all the red tape and nobody listened???*** Another interesting fact is that who decides what animal is a varmint? I think that all animals without leashes should be shot on sight, they spread all kinds of diseases and mate like wildfire. Do you know what happens when your 3 yr old gets attacked or plays in animal feces, THINK ABOUT IT, PEOPLE!!!

I've spent over $500 dollars on all kinds of cages, etc to keep cats out of my yard, I've gone to the SPCA, I've made tons of phone calls all at my own expense, my neighborhood likes to breed wild cats all over the place, and when they crap in my yard all of them say, "It wasn't my cat!" How the heck would they know because none of them have leashes?Unfortunatley none of this worked......Solution: ***I put up an electric fence that's built to control small horses***. Never had a cat problem again LOL!!!

One thing I've found disturbing, especially out here in Utah, is how cavalier people are about overlooking animal creulty. You'll give an illegal immigrant a 'drivers card', but won't enforce common human decency toward life, human and animal alike. Killing and torturing animals does not stop with the animals -- it usually extends abusing members of our society (i.e. children,elderly, spouses, parents, etc.). I knew a guy in 4-H back in California who lived on a farm. He got his kicks out of slaughtering the livestock. He liked killing. Then his mother found he'd broken all four legs of a couple of the cats on the farm. Later he'd escalated to throwing his mother around when she 'opposed' his ideas. I knew this family personally and saw the escalation. It's not about making an animal 'human', it's about preventing more serious crimes from happening in the future by getting the person instigating these inhumane acts help before they can hurt a human being. If a no-nonsense type law isn't passed, we're basically saying to these people 'it's ok if you maim, torture and kill things' while assuming the instigators have a conscience about not harming human life.

Any act of cruelty should be a felony---1st offense.
Henry's law should be mandatory in EVERY state. End of discussion.

Actually, "required" is spelled with an "i", not an "l". As for your question, "Who is the real simpleton and idiot?" I think you answered your own question.