I've got a couple of good reasons why he doesn't deserve jail time. I read the article in full and it was his kitten, not some poor little kid's. At any point in time he can decide to end the kittens life. Most of the time this is done humanely at an animal shelter, but I'm sure people shoot horses. (Which may still be humane) Now lets take animal testing into account here. (The following is a hypothetical) Dr. Jones decides to test Vioxx on his lab cat. The initial batch of Vioxx causes the cat's joints to swell tearing all of it's tendons and ligaments. The cat is now hobbled and in severe pain for the rest of it's days (Not too many). The cat now looks like the stay-puff marshmellow man (ghostbusters) and the doctor invites his fellow doctors and the hot intern to look on as the doctor pokes fun at the cat for the duration of its life (The doctor kills the cat after the joke wore off). This too is "sick". But the fact of the matter is that regardless of this mans ability to judge between "good and evil" he didn't commit any real crime. No property damage, no harm to another (human), or anything else. Calling the police to break up the barbeque would be acceptable just because others may not want to see it or smell it. But 5 years in jail for violating a social moray? [/B][/QUOTE]

it doesent matter if it is his kitten know animal deserves that so your bassically saying its ok 2 torture and burn animals if they are your pets