More People Acting Bad to Animals

If troubles come in threes - an oft-mentioned number of unrelated events occurring in a short period of time and being coincidental in nature - then the animal kingdom has a geometic progression of squared, cubed and more. More sicko animal news and I wish it would stop.

Gaylord the Ostrich, pictured.

News of an Ostrich being killed. This time the killers got caught and will be doing time.

Ron Artest, pro basketball player for the NBA Sacramento Kings, had a Great Dane removed from his home by Placer County Animal Services after neighbors complained the dog was being starved. You might remember Ron as the central figure in a notorious brawl during a basketball game between the Indiana Pacers and Detroit Pistons in Michigan on 11/19/04 and Ron being suspended for 86 games (an NBA season is only 81 games). Nice guy.

This last one is making me ill. Brothers convicted for cooking a puppy alive in an oven. Read it and weep.