Its time to change the animal cruelty laws.

From the pitt bull that was lit on fire, to the cat that was duct taped up like a mummy, to the cats that were tortured in various ways including being cut up into little pieces and thrown on their owners lawns, right down to the horse murders (and lets face it, they WERE murders, as the vandals were chopping bits of their body's off them while the animals were still alive), animal cruelty seems to have taken on new meaning this year.

Never have I heard of so much of it in such a short space of time.

Its not a joke. Its not funny. Its a sign of more sadistic behavior to come.

Its not that far a jump from animals to human beings, and anyone that can do this to pets can easily do it to us.

The punishments need to be harsher.

I've seen "community service" as punishment. I've seen fine's. I've seen a few months to a couple years in the lowest level of prison (though thats extremely rare) as punishment.

This is not enough by a long shot. Serial murderers usually start out torturing animals. Its time that torturing animals, ANY animal, is no longer a slap on the wrist.