May be too graphic for some...

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 10:57 am

Woodland Calif. police Saturday arrested a man discovered

skinning a pit bull.

Transient John Hummer, 47, was found alongside a gas station

skinning the dog with a knife. Law enforcement officials

said his hands were drenched in blood.

Animal control officers collected the body and determined

the dog had several puncture wounds and had died within

the previous hour.

Hummer was charged with maliciously and intentionally

killing a dog, a felony, and booked into the Yolo County

Jail.

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 11:04 am

even though i would have liked to have been the arresting officer, to make sure he didn't fall down or anything, i also suspect he is profoundly mentally ill, like so many transients.

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 11:46 am

What a sad, sorry, sick world we live in :-1

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 12:49 pm

I just read this in the local news here. :-1 People are just off the deep end sometimes...SAD..

Peg · Post by **Peg** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 3:06 pm

Was he planning on eating the dog?

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 8:23 am

Peg wrote: Was he planning on eating the dog?

Article didn't say, but after mental illness, that was my other thought.

Why he would do it seemingly where he was visible to passers-by

though, I don't know.

I think there are too many services out there available for a truly hungry

person to resort to that.

Jives · Post by **Jives** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 11:37 am

Even though I'm anti-Pit Bull, let's get this straight....

I would NEVER stand for torturing or abusing any animal!

Dude..that's just plain wrong.