history: Last week, they arrested 9 people for animal cruelty at a nearby farm and the place was littered with dead and sick and dying animals that they weren't taking care of. Last week_comma_ they arrested 9 people for animal cruelty at a nearby farm and the place was littered with dead and sick and dying animals that they weren't taking care of. That's horrible news!  I don't understand how people can be so cruel sometimes. I have a hard enough time understanding man's inhumanity towards their fellow man_comma_ but towards animals who can't do much to defend themselves?  I hope they put those people *under* the jail!
current: I know in some places, the penalty for hurting an animal can be tougher than that for hurting your kids.  Nothing makes sense sometimes. 
next: Where I live, they're only now starting to toughen up the animal cruelty laws.  Even so, they lag far behind a lot of other states.