Two Little Girls – Just 4 and 6 Years Old – Allegedly Beat Dog Nearly to Death With Plastic Bat

[KamaAina]

http://ladyfreethinker.org/two-4-and-6-year-old-children-allegedly-beat-a-dog-nearly-to-death-with-a-plastic-bat/

Two children residing in Daneville, Virginia are being investigated by authorities for the abuse of a dog belonging to a resident in their neighborhood.

The children, aged 4 and 6 years old, allegedly beat the dog nearly to death with a plastic baseball bat. A three-pound Yorkie named Cash is recovering after suffering from a concussion following the incident. The owner of the small dog, Angela Purdy, states that her dog was in the backyard of her parents’ home when found....

Purdy says that two girls living in the neighborhood admitted to the crime, but the police have yet to release any details concerning their involvement....

Animal cruelty by children — especially a case this severe — raises many red flags. Often, the behavior stems from childhood abuse. According to Joni E Johnston of Psychology Today, “Most commonly, children who abuse animals have either witnessed or experienced abuse themselves. For example, statistics show that 30 percent of children who have witnessed domestic violence act out a similar type of violence against their pets.”

[surrealAmerican]

1. This should not even have been possible.

Those children are too young to have been unsupervised.

[malaise]

2. I'm betting they practiced what was

practiced on them

[hedda_foil]

3. The dog is a tiny, 3 pound Yorkie. Those little girls are almost definitely abuse victims imho.

This from the same article:

Animal cruelty by children — especially a case this severe — raises many red flags. Often, the behavior stems from childhood abuse. According to Joni E Johnston of Psychology Today, “Most commonly, children who abuse animals have either witnessed or experienced abuse themselves. For example, statistics show that 30 percent of children who have witnessed domestic violence act out a similar type of violence against their pets.”

That statistic is mind boggling

[a kennedy]

4. OMGOSH.....this is just so sad.