Comments on: Accused Donkey Killer In Court; JB The Donkey Doing Just Fine

By: Barry

Barry — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:03:02 +0000

It’s good to hear of people who care for the innocent. I am a strong believer in a direct relationship between animal empathy and human behaviours. A persons true self is revealed in how they treat animals and I thank God that there is people like you out there.
As for the man that actually comitted the crime – We all make choices in life, too bad he has started his adult life making the wrong ones.

By: guess who

guess who — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:02:08 +0000

Has it ever occured to any of you that maybe this was an accident and not intentional on this young man’s behalf? Let’s face it, according to the police reports, there were two people involved and they went to shoot a rifle, not a donkey. Just curious!

By: Ask ourselves...

Ask ourselves... — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:53:35 +0000

There have been several animal abuse cases in this area over this past few years…..donkeys have been dragged down roads behind vehicles, dogs have been dragged down roads & left for dead, and we’ve had horses shot, insurance $ attempted to be collected, & barns burned to hide the evidence………..This 17 year old was definately wrong……was this the first time he has been in trouble? Get him mandatory counselling, order him to spend a little time in jail….give him a tour of one of the local state prisons…..let him see how the inmates look at him in ‘big-boy’ prison, make him serve community hours at Panhandle Equine Rescue…..cleaning stalls, grooming horses, throwing & stacking hay in the July heat, anything that =good old fashioned physical work!!!!!! Don’t totally ruin this kid’s life. After all, the woman that shot, killed, burned the barn……pretty much walked free………..and it wasn’t the first time she had plotted (and succeeded) in collecting insurance on her animals.
Maybe we do need to ask ourselves…………………………….Just a thought….

By: david leroy moorer

david leroy moorer — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:53:40 +0000

Next thing you know people will be marrying animals

By: Queenbee

Queenbee — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:18:32 +0000

Kevin and Just A Question:
Please keep in mind that a person that can shoot an animal just for target practice especially at such an early age, needs to be punished and held accountable for his actions. It has been researched, that most murderers, especially serial killers started off abusing animals. We must take animal cruelty seriously, because it can escalate and the crimes can continue on with humans. The Billings murders were horrible, but animal cruelty can’t be ignored in this county.

By: Just a Question

Just a Question — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:24:26 +0000

I agree that what this young man done was wrong and do not think he should in any way get away with it , but as I have noticed on this very site that you can kill an animal and spend your life in jail but you can kill 2 people and almost kill a family of 4 and be free to run the roads as you please. What type of justice system are we living in? Yes he should be punished but should he be punished more for killing an animal than someone did for killing 2 humans beings? Are we living in a world that an animal’s life is more important that a persons? I am just asking?

By: kevin

kevin — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 04:37:41 +0000

Kevin here

i understand that totally. but u know i understand this was a living breathing animal. animals are my soft spots. But you know to the many crimes out there the courts take crimes like this serious and the ones that need to be taken serious not to serious enough. now teh man committed the crime at age 17 and yes your right about the age and he knows what is wrong and right, but you said it yourself. rather than punishing him persay, they should determine if he does have a mental illness and get him the help he needs and then discuss a punishment based on the results and outcome. but legall by law and as a constitutional right for the guy they cannot raise a crime that was committed by at 17 yo at the age of 17 to an adult crime just because he is now 18. While i do respect all you guys replies and understand totally. but please understand this man has made a mistake that is already going to be on his record for the rest of his life adn haunt him when it comes to jobs careers and such. i went to prison over prison now not jail but prison for a criminal mischief charge that didnt even carry a prison sentence and thats whjat i mean by the courts dwell on light charges when they could be getting more people off of hte streets like they have this past week over the murders.

By: jackie

jackie — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 22:35:39 +0000

So good to see that Burrito is doing so well you people have such big hearts . I really think this person should be punished to the full exstent .

By: Yeah Ri ght

Yeah Ri ght — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 22:03:36 +0000

Do to him what he did to the animal…..he deserves no less….no more

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:37:22 +0000

Kevin,
At the ripe young age of 17 years old, this young man was fully aware of the repercussions of his actions and deserves to be tried as an adult. He obviously has issues and needs medical attention before this type of random killing escalates to human targets. If found guilty I hope he is given a couple years locked behind bars to think about his actions, but mostly I hope he receives the counseling needed to prevent him from conducting this type behavior in the future.