Another sad story today at the Cat Health Blog; we’re sorry to report that a man has pleaded guilty to charges of bludgeoning a cat to death in Canada. David Wayne Canaday was spending his Christmas holiday with a couple and their cat Groober in 2006. When the couple went out, Canaday attacked Groober with a broom, killed him and later claimed the cat had an accident.

The reason we’re bringing this to your attention is not, as you might think, to make you feel glum. Although this is a sad story, the most interesting part is that Canaday was sentenced to a mere 30 days in jail and pathetic $50 fine! When we wrote our recent report about David Tilley’s total neglect of 23 cats that landed him with a £5,000 fine and 100 hours of service, many people felt this wasn’t enough! I shudder to think how the British public would react if one of us beat a cat to death and got a month in prison and a fine you couldn’t buy your dinner for!

On the plus side Canady has been banned from keeping animals for 10 years (it should be for life) and order to attend counselling and psychiatric assessment. I don’t know what there is to assess – it’s obvious this man is insane!

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