Cork family looks on as vicious gang feeds family cat to their dogs

i agree with Searlit and MacDolan...they should be found, their animals impounded and put down (because they've been taught now to kill for sport) and they should be prosecuted and have their punishment be something like cleaning animal shelters for the next ten years...with supervision so they can't hurt the animals...what a bunch of sickminded idiots...

bobby@ A Ghetto is an Ethnic phenomena, what you are talking about is a Slum; which would typify most Capitalist Cities below ( And about ) The "Uptown"... Solidarity to all Euro and Global, Republican, Green, Socialist, Marxist, and Revolutionary, Cause 1 Support the Arab Winter ! Occupy the Emmy`s !

bogsidebunny what a load of crap in that comment. Worse than the Bronx??? Get real, some estates have their problems but no estate in ireland is worse than the ghettos you have in the states.

I was in Ireland at one time when Dublin City was trying to enact measures to control all the ponies that are held by teenage owners in Dublin. As Bogside says, there are many cases of disgusting cruelty to these animals. But BigMouth Bono stuck his stupid ego into the argument, opposing the plan with nonsense about the "culture" of these teenagers. Then of course he went back to his yacht on the Riviera. How many horses and ponies have been tortured and killed in Ireland since that particular fool made his intervention?

This folks is NOT uncommon. Pets and other stray animals (pibald hourses) are abused terribly and killed on a daily basis in the "ghettoes". The Irish housing estates were the great social plan to mix working class families with Welfare slugs. The working class folk's influences and work ethic example was supposed to magically make a bunch of unevolved Neanderthal like creatures turn into respectable citizens.........FAIL. Basically it worked in reverse. Those working class folks were driven from their homes and those who opposed the knuckledraggers had their cars and houses tourched (I mean that). Look into Moyross and South Hill in Limerick or the numerous estates in North Dublin and Cork. They are 100 times worse than the South Bronx ever was. I've seen them and I'll testify to the fact you can't convert social deviates by introducing "a fair society which redistributes the wealth" Sound familiar?

Sickening is an understatement. As Garbo55 said, it's only a matter of time until their victim or victims are human beings.

Another example of the Failure of Bourgeois Capitalism, another Job for the (REAL ?) I.R.A !

Just how SICK can some people be???????

Let's not forget those that are capable of doing this to animals are also capable of doing it to humans, it's just a matter of time...

It's terrifying that teenagers could do this for fun. They need some serious pschological help. The authorities should make sure they get it! The courts shouln't allow them to go unpunished!

They deserve a felony caning.

The main point is that these savages took pleasure in viscious attack. I don't want to try to understand what's going inside their twisted minds. All animals are God's creatures and are not put on this earth to be abused, tortured, used for experimentation or killed for some despicable person's entertainment. The gang that did this (and all animal abusers) need to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law and locked up - not simple slapped on the wrist and given probation. Laws have to be changed and penalties should be severe enough to stop all of this. These precious gifts from God have no voice - WE MUST BE THEIR VOICE!

Disgusting, the bastards ought to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law -- perhaps made to financially support animal shelters for a few years, or given at least the least desirable community service projects. At 17 years of age, the poor cat was defenceless, but the trauma to those poor children is immeasurable. Violence begets violence and I hope somehow they will not suffer too long with such a horrible memory. What are we like??

This has to be one of the most horrible thing they had to ever see. It will scar them for life and the gang of idiots responsible should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. God help us!

Wilhoef: Did you misunderstand the article? The cat was sitting right on the front porch. Anyway, are you God? Who said cats shouldn't be free to come and go, without fear of psychotic Irish animal abusers?