Why did the cat abuse incident in China cause public outrage?

Recently, the news that CCTV called for legislation to ban animal cruelty as soon as possible attracted the attention and support of many netizens.

Many people may know that CCTV's voice is actually aimed at a recent news that a pregnant female cat was drowned by boiling water.

This cat abuse incident in Taiyuan, Shanxi, caused the anger of hundreds of millions of netizens on the Internet because of its extremely bad plot.

A man poured boiling water on a pregnant female cat trapped in a cage in the street at night, and his crime was exposed on the spot because the miserable cry of the female cat attracted the surrounding residents.

But he had no remorse at all, and even claimed that the mother cat had stolen his ham, so he wanted to "die".

When the witness called the police, the man tried to throw away the cat and destroy the "criminal evidence". Fortunately, the police arrived in time to take him away.

The mother cat was saved from the devil. However, when the enthusiastic people sent the mother cat to the pet hospital, they found that there were four cubs in her belly.

But all of them have died, and 70% of the skin on the female cat was severely burned, which seems to be only one step away from death.

After the media reported, many experts in the province were invited to consult the female cat. However, due to her injury, she didn't survive in the end. ...

Although it is common sense in civilized society to prohibit cruelty to animals,

However, the punishment of abusers has always been a moral condemnation, and there is no legal punishment, which also leads to such tragedies happening again and again.

For example, what happened to the cat abuser in front?

-Because this man's disgusting and immoral crimes were exposed, his company fired him.

That's all.

Maybe this man will feel wronged. Isn't he just abusing cats and not hurting people? Why is everyone so angry that he even lost his job?

In fact, many people still think so. Don't they even think that they mistreat a small animal? What's the big deal? As for going online?

Although every cat abuse incident will certainly arouse public anger, for so many years, everyone can only condemn the cat abuser with morality.

At most, it is to lose a job, and the big deal is to find a new one after the limelight has passed. Such a tragedy will go away.

Because there is no anti-cruelty legislation in China at present, there is still a legal gap in how to get the animal cruelty punished.

Even for some people, this is still a legal blind spot, and it is not illegal to abuse cats anywhere.

So recently, there was a news in Thailand: a China man was caught abusing stray cats in Thailand, and when he was arrested, he said, "This is not illegal in our country."

According to the Thai police, Chi Hang, a China man in his thirties, entered Thailand on February 2 1, but he has been stranded in Thailand due to the epidemic.

From 65438 10-5, I have stayed in three hotels in Phi Phi Island, Thailand.

When cleaning the room, the hotel cleaner found cat nails and cat hair in the room of the pool, and even found blood in the refrigerator.

When the police raided his hotel room, they found at least three abused cats inside.

A black cat was shivering beside the washbasin in the toilet.

Next to the washbasin, there is a nail clipper, the tool for handling cases in the pool. The fingernails of the cat that was found were brutally cut to blood.

Other cats also have various injuries. One cat's head was stuffed into a plastic bottle.

When the police asked him what was going on, Chi also said that he loved cats very much and took them to his room when he saw that stray cats had no home.

I put the cat in the refrigerator because I thought it might be very hot.

He said they cut their nails because they were infected with bacteria. He explained that the cat was covered with plastic bottles because he was afraid of the cat biting him.

However, the police found photos and videos of him abusing cats in his mobile phone. He didn't bring them back because of poor stray cats at all, just to abuse them.

After the key evidence was discovered, he pleaded with the police in Pipi Island. He claimed that he knew nothing about Thailand's animal cruelty law, and even said that such behavior was not illegal in China, and there was nothing wrong with it.

However, Thailand's Anti-Cruelty to Animals Law passed in 20 14 stipulates that 20 kinds of behaviors against animals, such as hurting animals or even ignoring pets' diseases and not seeking medical treatment, can be sentenced to a maximum of two years' imprisonment and a fine of 40,000 baht.

At present, Krabi Court has made a judgment, sentenced Chi to 6 months' imprisonment, fined 1 5,000 baht (about RMB3,200) and suspended1year.

After that, he was escorted to the police station in Pipi Island, waiting for the tourist police to send him back to China immediately.

In fact, in addition to Thailand, more than 100 countries in the world have enacted the Law on the Prohibition of Cruelty to Animals, and some countries even impose heavier penalties on cases of serious cruelty to animals.

For example, in 20 16, a 26-year-old California man was found to have killed 2 1 innocent cats in two months, causing public outrage in the whole city.

20 15 10 a man named Robert farmer was sleeping in his car, and the patrolling police accidentally found the body of a tabby cat next to him.

The police took a closer look and found a pile of cat collars of unknown origin in his car. When the police found something was wrong, they immediately woke Robert up and checked his car thoroughly.

In the car, the police also found a lot of cat hair and blood, and even a set of bloody gloves and a knife.

After investigation, it was found that many cases of missing domestic cats were reported in residential areas near CAMBRIAN Park in the past two months, all of which were related to him. He not only stole domestic cats, but also turned stray cats into cars.

At first, Robert admitted to killing four cats, but after blood tests, the police confirmed that 2 1 cat died in his hands.

Many cats were killed by external forces. What's even more frightening is that some autopsy reports show that there are traces of sexual assault on cats.

At that time, the forensic doctor also diagnosed that Robert had an antisocial personality. The doctor said he lacked basic sympathy and remorse. This kind of behavior that harms animals may even develop into harm to human beings.

The man was finally sentenced to 16 years in prison for abusing cats and sexually assaulting animals. Even after being released for 10 years, you are not allowed to get close to cats or other animals.

Therefore, in fact, legislation to protect animals is actually protecting human beings.

Because when insane sadists can't find pleasure in cruelty to animals and completely lose their fear of life, maybe their next goal will be people.

No matter how angry a kind person is, he can't change the bad behavior of a heartless person.

The protection and reverence for life also need legal constraints and norms.