UK professor drowns kitten

[UK78ALUM]

http://www.kentucky.com/211/story/336470.html

"The community needs to know that he didn't intend to do it," Todd said. "He was in a circumstance where obviously he killed a cat. He thought it was a raccoon;

So a college professor cannot differentiate between a kitten and a raccoon? Never mind the difference in color, size, weight, shape, etc., right professor?

he'd seen a raccoon in his yard about 20 minutes beforehand."

Soooooo..... if someone had previously parked a vehicle in his yard, would he have thought the kitten was a Volkswagen?

Todd said he really wanted to try the case, but decided against it, in part, because "there's some people out there, by God, who wanted to put him in jail."

Indeed, count me among those people Mr. Todd.

[jkeller]

A grown man freaking out by being "attacked" by a kitten? It's these kinds of situations that "The Onion" was made for.

But seriously, most people just shoo away raccoons with a broom or something. Someone should really examine this guy's mental health when he's drowning animals that come into his yard.

[UKcat]

My niece killed her kitten when she was three years old. She was playing outside and put the kitten in one of those little coolers that has the top that snaps in to place so she could carry it around with her. She came in the house, layed down and took a nap. Needless to say, in the hot summer heat, when she came back out to get the kitten, it was 10-7.:icon_sad:

My point, I guess, is that she was an innocent child. This man is an adult; supposedly a highly educated adult. Drowning animals for vindication (I guess) is cruel. He may not deserve jail time for it; but the man needs some type of help. His actions are not normal in my book.:shrug1:

[BOURBON TOWN CAT FAN]

Should be sentenced to 60 days volunteer work at the Lexington Humane Society, cleaning up the pens, etc...

[surveyor]

http://www.kentucky.com/211/story/336470.html
"The community needs to know that he didn't intend to do it," Todd said.

So he waterboarded it?

[sardiscat]

Like it would have been okay to have drowned it if it were a raccoon? I've had to trap and haul off to the woods a bunch of raccoons, and they can't hit you (and neither could a cat) if you pick the cage up by the handle that is provided for that purpose. Lord knows they've tried to get me, but they can't if you pick the cage up right because the handle is attached to a metal plate that was designed to prevent them from getting you. And he just happened to have the barrel of water nearby to throw the cage in? Yeah, everybody has a barrel of water sitting around in their yards, 'cause they want the mosquito explosion so their hummingbirds will have something to eat, right? The perfessor should be sentenced to have to slice off hunks of his flesh and eat himself. (You don't want me on the jury if you've been nailed abusing a defenseless animal). Serial killers start out as animal abusers, and this piece of pond scum is a menace to society. I'm glad he got his picture published so the world can get a good look at him. The story left out whether he fessed up to the neighbor after he saw it was her cat, or whether he was caught by somebody. The answer to that would shed a lot of light on just how honest a mistake this was. (As if we don't already know. Can't tell a kitten from a 'coon. Right.) At any rate, if UK doesn't have any choice but to employ this cretin, I'm glad he's teaching horticulture rather than biology. Can you imagine the laughing stock UK would be nation-wide if a biology professor couldn't tell a cat from a raccoon?

[hoosierhateruklover]

There is no excuse for this. This guy sounds like someone UK would hire.

[Matt Dillon]

Jail time is appropriate in my opinion.

[Blue Heaven]

Jail time is appropriate in my opinion.
Is this what the world has come to that we resort to putting people in jail because they killed a cat? Now I am a huge pet lover, and I don't condone what the professor did, but throwing him in jail? That is just insane as well as a waste of taxpayers dollars. Most jails are overcrowded as it is. I'm sure those PETA wackos will be all over this.

[UK78ALUM]

Is this what the world has come to that we resort to putting people in jail because they killed a cat? Now I am a huge pet lover, and I don't condone what the professor did, but throwing him in jail? That is just insane as well as a waste of taxpayers dollars. Most jails are overcrowded as it is. I'm sure those PETA wackos will be all over this.

It's what my world has come to. Actually, it's what my world has always been. Torture is torture. If it had been my child's pet, I would be the one in jail.

[Matt Dillon]

It's what my world has come to. Actually, it's what my world has always been. Torture is torture. If it had been my child's pet, I would be the one i jail.

I totally agree. In my opinion, anyone that takes advantage of helplessness whether it be animal or human, needs to be severly punished. He needs to be put in a cage with a lion or tiger and see how he fairs with a cat that can defend itself.

[boomdaddy]

I'm just glad he wasn't caught fighting dogs, he would have gotten 2 years.

Imho, there should be a leash law for cats. They crap all over the place and it is very acidic. They kill song birds, but don't get punished for their behavior. The only good cat is a barn cat that is a good mouser.
By the way, what was the kitten doing roaming around without a leash, anyway?

[UK78ALUM]

By the way, what was the kitten doing roaming around without a leash, anyway?

Imho, there should be a leash law for cats.



Do you frequently answer your own questions?

[Jeff Craddock]

I like Bourbon Town Cat Fan's idea. But if it was my cat, I'd definitely push for some jail time.

While we're on this, has anyone seen the video of the marine slinging the puppy into a rocky ravine? You can even hear the whimpers. Maybe they could do time together...

[sardiscat]

"Imho, there should be a leash law for cats. They crap all over the place and it is very acidic. They kill song birds, but don't get punished for their behavior. The only good cat is a barn cat that is a good mouser.
By the way, what was the kitten doing roaming around without a leash, anyway?"

Cats dig holes to poop in and then cover them up. If you have crap all over the place, it's likely from something other than cats. Are you saying the kitten deserved to be killed because it was walking around without being on a leash? Do you want to have a beer with this professor?

[sardiscat]

"While we're on this, has anyone seen the video of the marine slinging the puppy into a rocky ravine? You can even hear the whimpers. Maybe they could do time together..."

I read that the other marines stationed there are real unhappy about it and are burning the midnight oil trying to determine who did it.

[Jeff Craddock]

"While we're on this, has anyone seen the video of the marine slinging the puppy into a rocky ravine? You can even hear the whimpers. Maybe they could do time together..."

I read that the other marines stationed there are real unhappy about it and are burning the midnight oil trying to determine who did it.

I have a feeling they'll figure it out. My father-in-law is a retired Marine colonel and an avid dog lover. He's really pissed about this.

[Terry L. Wildcat]

I like Bourbon Town Cat Fan's idea. But if it was my cat, I'd definitely push for some jail time.

While we're on this, has anyone seen the video of the marine slinging the puppy into a rocky ravine? You can even hear the whimpers. Maybe they could do time together...

Jeff, I'm so glad I didn't see it because the description is all I can handle.

[catscan]

Maybe he wasn't a Cat's fan.Just joking!

[Will Lavender]

Bizarre story -- especially the part about other cats in the neighborhood going missing.

Drowning...that just doesn't seem right to me. Even if it's dark and something attacks you, you kick at it, run away, hit it with an object -- drowning to me suggests some sort of mental disorder, as someone else said.

*shivers*

[catscan]

Bizarre story -- especially the part about other cats in the neighborhood going missing.

Drowning...that just doesn't seem right to me. Even if it's dark and something attacks you, you kick at it, run away, hit it with an object -- drowning to me suggests some sort of mental disorder, as someone else said.

*shivers*

Sounds like another good book. True cruelty of our so called domesticated friends.

[Blue Heaven]

It's what my world has come to. Actually, it's what my world has always been. Torture is torture. If it had been my child's pet, I would be the one in jail.
I understand what you're saying. Believe me I do. Heck I own a Cat, and I would be FURIOUS if someone did that to mine. But I'm sorry jail time and cat killing just doesn't belong together. It's an animal. Now as someone said on this thread earlier, a mental disorder he probably has and he should seriously get some help. But he doesn't deserve to go to jail. Jail is for murderers, rapists, child abusers and the like. Not Cat killers. Just my $.02.

[matt colvin]

Glad I don't have this guy in class. There are some odd ones out there.

[Will Lavender]

Sounds like another good book. True cruelty of our so called domesticated friends.

This is neither here nor there, but Dean Koontz's first published story is called "Kittens." It's about a homicidal man who drowns cats in a bathtub in his spare time.

[sardiscat]

"Even if it's dark and something attacks you, you kick at it, run away, hit it with an object"

The prof's story is that it attacked him while it was in the cage that the prof had trapped it in. He didn't have to kick it, run away, or hit it with anything.

[sardiscat]

Just got a reply from Dr. Todd. UK isn't going to do anything about this creep. Well, that's a couple hundred more bucks for Seeing Eyes for the Blind, a couple hundred less for UK.

[UK78ALUM]

I'm sure it was the same cookie cutter email I just received. Actually from Todd's AA.

[RCS]

Who the hell drowns an anima trapped in a cage? It pulls at the heart strings more that is was a kitten but does it matter? Why would you be drowning a racoon? I am appalled by this story.

[catscan]

This is neither here nor there, but Dean Koontz's first published story is called "Kittens." It's about a homicidal man who drowns cats in a bathtub in his spare time.

Oh, I feel like Kathy Bates in Misery. Just joking. I love a good story.

[bbballer87]

Jeez, people, you act as if he did something horrid. I know that some proffs are cooky, but how is this any different from violently hunting the animal via bow or gun? Those methods of killing seem much more drawn out than drowning, and those are legal. So where's the disconnect?

[Matt Dillon]

Jeez, people, you act as if he did something horrid. I know that some proffs are cooky, but how is this any different from violently hunting the animal via bow or gun? Those methods of killing seem much more drawn out than drowning, and those are legal. So where's the disconnect?

The animal he killed was a domestic household pet (cat), not a wild animal. As far as I know, there is no hunting season for cats.

[boomdaddy]

It could be worse, you could be a cat owner in Bejing, China. They afre rounding up cats by the truck load and killing them.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=528694&in_page_id=1811

[misterbluecat]

Killing a domestic animal intentionally without cause should result in jail time (especially a caged one), I don't care who you are. People that do (or support the actions of said people) are probably sociopaths. This man killed a caged domestic kitten, that probably bit him through the cage out of fear. All he had to do was put the cage down or return the cat to the neighbor. Instead, he threw it in a drum full of water. For a learned person of supposedly high intellect, he gets a fail in common sense, logic rationalization and self control. This one has bull**** written all over it from both sides. :tongue3: