Last week a video of a man in Brooklyn kicking a cat 20 feet in the air went viral on Facebook.
The punk is seen laughing and dancing after his vicious act. The cat was rescued by the ASPCA and is doing fine. The punk who did this was arrested and, we assume, is not doing fine.
We cannot understand what goes on inside the minds of people who commit such senseless acts of cruelty. But we applaud the steps that the Nassau County Legislature is taking to track the identities of people convicted of animal cruelty.
The lawmakers are considering the creation an animal-abuse registry that would post the names, addresses and photos of people convicted of animal abuse online. If these punks fail to keep their information on the registry up-to-date, they could face a year in jail.
Gary Rogers, a Massapequa resident and the coordinator of the Nassau County ASPCA, explained the importance of the registry to WCBS Radio: “Animal cruelty leads to other violent crimes. Jeffrey Dahmer, the Son of Sam, the Columbine shooters, they were all people that took out their aggressions early-on on animals,” he said.
You have the right to know if you are living next to person who is mean enough to harm a puppy or a kitten. Suffolk County already has animal-abuse registry. Passing this legislation should be a no-brainer.
