When the Courts See too Mildly on Offences

There was some upsetting news on the radio the other day. A Swedish court of law has sentenced a man to pay fines and have a suspended prison sentence for animal abuse. He had kicked a four month old puppy dog to death. It was not his own dog, thankfully, because a man like that should not have animals. He was also sentenced to pay a little damages to the dog's human.

The sentence was way too mild, in my humble opinion.

The man defended himself by claiming he had had to defend his son, who was scared of the pup. This is no defence. A grown man kicking a pup to death must be unhealthily scared of the pup himself. I cannot believe he even said this. If the son was there to see the man kicking the pup to death, I sincerely hope the Social Services consider whether the man is fit to be a parent. His son may need to be taken care of.