All Animal Cruelty Is Local
Feline deaths a concern
Dallas: Officials don't know causes; residents fear criminal activity
08:28 PM CDT on Sunday, August 7, 2005
By JASON TRAHAN / The Dallas Morning News
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A warning sign
She said several well-known serial killers and mass murderers, including many young men responsible for school shootings in recent years, killed cats and other animals for pleasure.
"Deliberate mutilation of an animal is much more intimate, which makes it more disturbing and suggests that the perpetrator may demonstrate behavior disorders and sociopathy," she said.
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"People who do this, there's no telling what they're capable of," she said. "It's very, very sick and scary."
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"Our concern is that these kids, if it is kids, will get tired of killing animals and their abuse and attention will turn to other things," he said. "When you start seeing dead or tortured animals, it's the tip of the potential iceberg if it's not stopped."
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