Man Cut Off Cats’ Tails With Scissors

California Animal Abuse Timothy Kooyman who was already charged with soaking live cats in gas and torching them has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.

by The Associated Press

Published: Thu, February 26, 2009 - 1:57 pm CST Last Updated: Thu, February 26, 2009 - 1:59 pm CST

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. (AP) - A homeless man already charged
with soaking live cats in gas and torching them in California is
now accused of using scissors to lop off feline tails.
Timothy Kooyman was ordered to trial in May on four felony
animal cruelty charges. Last week, San Bernardino County
prosecutors amended the charges to include using scissors as a
deadly weapon.
Kooyman has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. If
convicted, he faces up to seven years in prison. It was not known
if he had a lawyer.
Prosecutors say the 25-year-old Kooyman lured stray cats, then
broke their legs and cut off their tails with scissors. Last May,
Kooyman allegedly set a live cat ablaze and started a brush blaze.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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claycitymadness Says:

Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 8:09 am

light him up, little vick

rosepetal Says:

Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 2:28 am

oh if you think animal abusers do not need to be put away for life, check out the iceman listen to how he started out killing. it gives me chills be sure and go the part where he says what he did to animals as a child.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xopaCQB4XM0

KxVicious Says:

Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 12:41 am

tears0, think the “lol” was intended for ickthus who was implying this guy is the son of Charles Manson.

ickthus Says:

Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 6:07 pm

tears0, sounds like you need to make a movie about this. or take a few psych. classes

rmseek1234 Says:

Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 6:04 pm

exactly, wait4me. Perhaps, we should talk about THIS “nation of cowards.”

Wait4Me Says:

Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 5:54 pm

As I’ve stated before, Only the racist people see racism in everything they see everyday. tearsO, I thought you would ahve learnd by now, didn’t we discuss tis on another story?

rmseek1234 Says:

Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 5:38 pm

tearso-your attitude is the very reason racism exists! This story had nothing to do with race, yet you throw it into the discussion, on top of that belittling everyones opinion. If you want racism to die,start with yourself and your attitude.

heiffer71 Says:

Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 3:55 pm

May he rot in jail in a feces soaked pair of underwear until his skin on his “tail” is so broken down that his “tail” falls off. What a sicko

tears0 Says:

Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 3:50 pm

Now this is sad and sick!! Someof you are laughing and making fun of this situation, but just as rosepetal said, imagine what he’ll do to one of us. Yet you can get on here and criticize, prejudge, and assume when someone young and black gets killed.

FLOWERCHILD Says:

Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 3:22 pm

SICK Just SICK. People today are really crazy. Why would someone do this to an animal? Because he is crazy sick and that will be his plea. Like the article says “insanity”. Too bad. This will get him out fairly quick.