I definetely agree with the comments that have been made already. These people are sick individuals and if they will hurt animals like that then I firmly believe that they will hurt people as well. What losers these people are. I say put them under the jail house.

I hope this person is caught, does serious jail time and then goes through animal cruelty counseling.  People like this are capable of other violent criminal acts.  Look at what happened at Columbine High School.  The boys who turned their aggressions toward innocent classmates had a long history of animal torture.  Parents - if you suspect that your child is capable of such heinous acts - seek counseling immediately.  Don’t ignore it.

And maybe more private organizations should offer reward money to track and prosecute animal abusers.  Money talks.  Maybe it would wake up some people in our society and force them to report this cruelty and neglect.  The dog fighters are sure making the money with gambling.  Maybe the people that report it should too.

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I have also assisted with other rescues, one a cat that was dumped and ended up in my garage with its collar under its front arm and embedded in the muscle so severly that the smell of infection was nauseating and the cat had to receive physical therapy to walk again. I have friends who routinely rescue animals and offer help to people who appear to be struggling to take care of their animals.  I say this not to applaud myself and friends, but to point out that we are everyday citizens, and that it takes everyone being aware and compassionate to stop cruelty in any form whether that is from obvious torture as in this story, starvation, neglect or dog-fighting. I hope people will realize what a tremendous problem this is and help do something about it.

This form of violence is intolerable.  If you could shoot a helpless little dog, you could shoot a human being.  This is a criminal act.  The abuser should be apprehended, prosecuted and serve time in prison.  I hope the authorities in Brewton will follow through with this.