Cat-Beating YouTube Teens Arrested

As part of its coverage of the story, the local news station KSWO featured clips of one of the videos (both of which have been pulled by YouTube). The clips show a gray cat, named Dusty, being beaten and flailed around by a boy dressed in pajamas and a ski mask.
According to Comanche County District Attorney Robert Schulte, the boys are entitled to a trial by jury, although they also have the right to go before a judge. Either way, Schulte says that, if found guilty, the boys could be sentenced with psychological treatment, court monitoring, community service, or court custody.
While it is disturbing enough that children engage in this kind of violent behavior, it's even more troubling that these boys were so emboldened as to post footage of it on YouTube. We are happy to report, though, that the two cats are presently in the custody of an Oklahoma veterinarian.
"They are doing well," Schulte reported. "And they are expected to be adopted out into a good home in the next few days." [From: KSWO via: Newsvine]
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Subscribe to commentsDaveFeb 19th 2009 5:05PM
I think it is dicusting
Animal LvrFeb 22nd 2009 11:38PM
What is really disgusting is how easily these disgusting little rats are being let off. Court monitoring, community service? Give me a break! This isn't going to teach them squat. You want to teach them something, you do exactly to them what they did to the poor animal. Treat them like an animal and they will be not only apologetic, they will realize what they've done. If not, they will end up in jail where it sounds like they belong anyways. I'd give them 10 years in juvi if it were up to me, or as many years in juvi until they're 18 and then the rest of the ten years in state prison, where they really belong anyways. If you have enough mentality to hurt another creature, you've got enough mentality to serve the punishment for it.
D.I.TuckerFeb 22nd 2009 3:27AM
Hopefully the justice system will do a little beating of it's own on those moron's.
anthonyApr 5th 2009 5:26PM
you are right. my favorite animal hapins to be a cat. I wish i could come over there and talk to him and see what they would like if some one beat them like they did to those cats
rick lawrenceFeb 19th 2009 8:53PM
Give me 10 minutes with these two a-holes.
I guarantee that they won't be capable of doing anything like this again (or much else, for that matter).
CassandraFeb 19th 2009 5:35PM
Someone should beat them & see how it feels.
NancyFeb 19th 2009 5:49PM
If I was the judge, I would make it a mandatory 10 year jail sentence, no early release for any kind of animal abuse. If the animal is killed, then 20 yrs., no early release. Maybe then it would teach these people.
MandyFeb 19th 2009 6:51PM
Those boys deserve harsh punishment for this cruel and disgusting act.
BobFeb 19th 2009 7:11PM
must be related to Charles Manson. It is common for kids that do these things to become hardened criminals. what a start for a pair of losers.
BUBBAFeb 19th 2009 7:09PM
THOSE LITTLE BAST---- DESERVE TO HAVE THE BOOK THROWN AT THEM! IF THEY ARE THIS DAMN MEAN TO A HELPLESS LITTLE ANIMAL, WHAT WOULD THEY DO TO A LITTLE BABY? I HOPE THEY GET A TOUGH JUDGE THAT GIVES THEM THE MAX!!!
AnthonyFeb 19th 2009 8:36PM
I am not sure about them becoming hardened criminals , But just the fact that they did do something like this to these little creatures that are so cute and loveable makes me think that something was once done to them ,
Or maybe not done to them , maybe they were ignored their whole lives ?
whatever the case , there is some serious mental issues at play there , without question and will undoubtedly graduate unless action is taken .
I have read that kids that behave like this often times can become murderers or rapists ,that sort of person, so they had better fingerprint these two kids because chances are we'll probably be hearing from them again in the future .
They had better watch these kids like hawks to see what makes them tick and I have a feeling this is not just the first time , those poor animals and everyone elses around those kids have probably been tortured !
LOOK AT THAT POOR CATS FACE , LIKE HE KNOWS WHAT IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN BUT CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT !
That is so sad, I can't even put it into words .
Times like this I wish I could freeze time , what a shame !
OssieFeb 19th 2009 9:36PM
I am apalled at the "boys" cruel and inhumane behavior.It's crimes like this, no matter whether teenage or adult, that make me think that these persons need to be tracked for say, 5 years or so, just like child molesters. Then if the same person(s) commit another such crime, they could get slapped with more than "animal cruelty" charges, and thus get harsher punishment. Animal cruelty, in my opinion, is not punished harshly enough and the laws should be changed. Now, it's nothing more than slapping their hands and sending them home.
OssieFeb 19th 2009 9:49PM
PS- If they feel like kicking something, why don't they try kicking and torturing each other. In this case, I would condone it.
lizFeb 19th 2009 9:51PM
Hopefully the Judge will lock these sick bastards away or hand down a harsh sentence that stays with them for the rest of their lives!
Sure some of you with sick minds might find this amusing stating it's only a cat/kitten ...but maybe the next victim may be your child/brother/sister or close family friends ..what then?
I think people who feel the need to harm innocent animals are COWARDS!!!!
MollieFeb 19th 2009 9:52PM
I wish they would hang those evil monsters. That is how serial killers start out , with animals. You let these little scumbags go, it will be people they torture and murder next.
drktranquillityFeb 19th 2009 9:57PM
I'm just glad they were stupid enough to get themselves caught.
lizFeb 19th 2009 10:04PM
I give credit to who ever reported & had these bastards arrested!
Thank You!
It's about time that animal cruelty is taken seriously!!
We are their voices,without our help many are suffering.
john gFeb 19th 2009 11:38PM
just plain morons
wpmanFeb 20th 2009 10:09PM
hope they jail these guys.. could become sadistic later.
remember Jeffery Dahmer, the serial killer who cut up people, stuffed them in freezer to eat later....he started out by torturing animals..
robertFeb 20th 2009 2:07AM
I have always been a cat lover have 4 now and a dog and as a retired cop let me tell you give me 5 mins with them and I will shopw them what its like to have this done to them what a pair of losers and where were there parents what were they doing