Is there a case for not reporting some cruelty cases ?

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I dont mean such as the Jamie Gray case or other similar type cases, I mean such as pouring acid or petrol stabbing/slashing or other horrific type cases, I do worry that other total arsholes that haven't allready thought of that have now been "given the idea" and will carry it out on another innocent animal, also if these sick individuals dont get any publicity, then it takes away there their sick kudos of being "in the media" , I ask this question as they seem to like putting these things on such as YouTube, giving them more publicity, in which case the press (god bless it) (sarcasm) is helping them get more of their sick jollys, does anyone else on here Know what I mean ?
 
That's an interesting one.

I suppose the emotional reaction is always to publicise an incident as widely as possible, in order to catch the perpetrator, although the punishment on the rare occasions they are caught never seems to reflect the stress and suffering of both animal and owner (different subject).

The press are your friend in this case, as they want to sell papers / magazines / website subscriptions, and animal abuse stories sell. Whether this plays to the audience as far as the perpetrator is concerned is the only point I question. Are they seeking attention? Or are they just so removed from reality and messed up, that kicking cats and cutting horses (and worse) are just things they do 'for a laugh', or to relieve the pent up anger so many of these people seem to carry.

I suspect that there are hundreds of attacks on domestic animals that are never reported, as they are unknown to either the authorities or the press. Does that stop them from happening?

What publicity does do is to raise owners concerns and hence their vigilance and security, the same as the better publicity surrounding the theft of horses and tack. It also hopefully raises awareness of the crime to the members of the general public / family / friends of the perpetrator, which could lead to information being passed to the Police.

I think on balance, if the Police / RSPCA / WHW had enough evidence to act without publicity, as in Spindles Farm, then we don't need the press involvement, but cases where the authorities have no idea where to look, publicity can work in our favour.
 
I think that cruelty cases should always be reported on. There will always be someone who has a sick perversion & wants to do something horrific to a person or animal.

There was a case a couple pof days ago when a youth grabbed someone's pet cat & swung it around by the tail so violently that the tail was ripped off, needless to say the pet cat died, now that is really sick.
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We cannot be afraid to report soemthing just on the off chance there may ve a copycat out there somewhere.
 
Interesting subject, Pedantic.

I guess I don't know the answer, but those who study these sickos' behaviour might. Then again who says they follow typical behaviour patterns? They are "not normal" examples of society, maybe thugs and villians of this type don't have an ettiquete rulebook? Or maybe its to go as extreme as possible and hasn't been done before - and here's a thought to make you shudder - the more these cases are reported, the more they will try to go more extreme?

Or am I now applying logic to the illogical?

The evidence of copycat violence is there - there have been reported incidences of teens copying violent video games and movies.

Difficult one.
 
I don't know the answer but there are aguments for and against... I remember the first time i heard of animal cruelty as a child was in the newspaper when I was about 5. It was a group of kids near Epsom forcing firecrackers down cats throats and lighting them..(little ba*****s) I cried for a week and could not understand it.. all I know was it stopped immediately after the report some thought that smeone close to them knew who it was and gave them a beating for it....

As for video games and please don't laugh but I always thought that was a load of rubbish that they caused violence or other probs but I got completely addicted to "Need For Speed Most Wanted" basically a car racing game where you have to evade police in police chases... well after about a week of playing this game I was driving and a police car was parked in a layby and my immediate instinct was to pull a u turn and floor it..(I didn't do it obviously but that was my first reaction) This really shocked me. I don't think video games give you ideas to do these things I think they just rewire your reactions and instincts on some levels..
 
If these sickos thought that people weren't going to report them then there's even more of an insentive not to stop. You could argue the same about human crime, should you report a rape or abuse incase of copycats, I would always say yes of course.

People who have this type of personality who are likely to carry out these attacks will find out ways and means to inflict the suffering without the help of the paper/publicity. They may not have thought of some of the ways but I'm sure they'd have thought of others which inflict the same level or suffering.

Therefore always report, why let the b*****ds get away with it.
 
I think not only should they be reported, they should be prosecuted too.
Animal cruelty carry's such rubbish tarrifs its hardly a deterent.
I will never forget the image of the little cocker spaniel at the bottom of a stream, shown in the Sun last year, weighed down by a barbel weight attatched to her collar.
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If these sickos thought that people weren't going to report them then there's even more of an insentive not to stop. You could argue the same about human crime, should you report a rape or abuse incase of copycats, I would always say yes of course.

People who have this type of personality who are likely to carry out these attacks will find out ways and means to inflict the suffering without the help of the paper/publicity. They may not have thought of some of the ways but I'm sure they'd have thought of others which inflict the same level or suffering.

Therefore always report, why let the b*****ds get away with it.

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Dont misunderstand me, I mean the media not report it, not us public not report it to the police.
 
Certainly a difficult one. On balance I think they should be reported, along with the sentence of the purpetrator, which will hopefull give a warning to anyone who might be tempted to do a copycat crime. As others have said, it makes owners more vigilant and warns criminals of the consequences.............I hope
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Pedantic means that they SHOULD be reported, but is questioning whether or not it shoudl be publicised, for fear of copycats etc. It is a very good point as the sick people see it, think, yeah thats great, let's do it ourselves, we could even add X or Y and watch the beastie squirm.

There is no doubt that every case should be reported, but a good question as to whetehr the Press should use it and how.
 
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