Man to be charged with dog's death
A man is expected to be charged in court in the coming days, accused of causing Gaia's death, the police said.
Gaia is the female boxer found in a skip last Friday by a jogger who heard noises coming from the skip and went to investigate. The dog had been sealed in a garbage bag and dumped.
The dog was operated upon soon after it was found but died later in the day.
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George Smith
Oct 3rd 2011, 18:41
Jien manafx xkurag ikollom biex jamlu bhall ma ghamel dan ir ragel u minn jaff kemm isijru iktar. Diega kenna kass tal kelba Star. Tajjeb li iridu nifmu li dawn l-abbuzi irijdu jinqataw u ma noqoduwx neqirdu wara. Dawn atti barbari li isijru u minn iwettaqom ghandu jiehu daq li haqqu.
Andrew V.
Oct 3rd 2011, 15:37
I agree with punishing the "man" against animal cruelty...but let's analyze the situation: Married with 6 children! Should his children suffer the injustice as well? REMEMBER that they are INNOCENT. Such a fine is unacceptable. An increase in the prison sentence on the other hand is highly recommended! He will be paying for his own actions!
Odette Longo
Oct 3rd 2011, 12:54
Why hasn't the man's name been published ?
People have a right to know who he is and where he lives.
it is a FACT that persons who torture and murder humans have been found to have done the same to animals first .
Mr Matthew Grima
Oct 3rd 2011, 16:30
"People have a right to know who he is and where he lives."
LOL
Diego Csaba
Oct 17th 2011, 09:47
Why do people have a right to know who he is and where he lives? What would you do with this information?
Shaldon Micallef
Oct 3rd 2011, 12:34
It Goes to show you how much animal welfare is disregarded in Malta. So if someone loves his dog so much that he/she enjoys taking it to the beach, they might end up paying a fine of 4000 euros because they love their dog,while if someone commits such a barbaric act on a dog the maximum they will pay is a few hundred euros.
The law must be changed and the magistrate should have the power to jail these people for a long while.
People like this bas%&$rd give the whole of Malta such a bad repuation and will keep on doing so untill we put a stop to it
Mr l Azzopardi
Oct 3rd 2011, 11:35
il-problema reali li ħafna qed isemmu hija li l-liġijiet mhumiex jirriflettu biżżejjed il-ħruxija ta' xi każijiet.
Li hemm tajjeb li ħafna nies issa bdew juru d-diżapprovazzjoni taghhom ghal atti barbari bhal dawn. U dan ifisser ħaġa waħda li għall-elettorat il-benessri tal-annimali sar importanti u għaldaqstant il-politici se jkollhom jagħtu aktar widen.
hux hekk taħdem?
Jason Falzon
Oct 3rd 2011, 11:30
a person capable of causing such an evil barbaric act on an animal has something very wrong in his/her character which makes him/her dangerous even for humans. For this reason alone anyone caught in such acts should be jailed for a long time. But I won't be holding my breath as any lawyer worth 2 pence will find a loophole somewhere that will land the guilty with the minimum possible if not liberated altogether.
Joe Spiteri Gauci
Oct 3rd 2011, 10:25
sewwa ghidu....ahjar tiprova toqtol bniedem milli kelb/a....ghax tahel ikla habs, mentri ghal bniedem tohrog illiberat.....qeghdin sew
Shawn Grech
Oct 3rd 2011, 12:02
U int fejn taf li ha jehel il- habs dan il persuna? U J'hek jehel ikun jixraqlu ax annimal ghandu dritt ghall-hajja daqs il-bniedem. U ahjar titghallem taqra sew qabel ma taghmel il-kumment tieghek u taqa ghac-cajt kif ghadek kem ghamilt.
George Smith
Oct 3rd 2011, 12:17
Manistajx nifmek Sorry Joe Spiteri .... Jien nahseb trid tejt mott ieohor. Bejn bniedem u kelb/a hemm differenza kbira.
Christina Pace
Oct 3rd 2011, 12:31
Sur Spiteri Gauci, min kien li wehel il-habs talli qatel kelb/a? Illuminani ax sa fejn naf jien qas Alfred Vella ma wehel habs talli qatel lil Star. Da dik 10,000 euro wehel. Il habs wehlu talli produca arma minghajr licenzja biex jaghmel hekk. Waqt li il-piena massima hi ta sentejn habs din hi applikabli mit-tieni offiza biss u ghalekk, is-sur Vella, ma wehilx qas seconda habs talli lil Star rabtilha halqha u saqajha, sparala f'rasha u difinha hajja wara li qas indenja ruhu jassigura li din kienet fil-fatt mejta. U mintix tinsinwa allijistajkun li bniedem joqtol kelb/a hu inqas kriminali u perikoluz min xi hadd li jikkommetti omicidju? Kun informat li l-ghar qattiela bdew il-karriera taghhom bil-mohqrija u qtil ta annimali innocenti ghal pjacir personali. Min jasal jahqar annimal jasal jahqar bniedem.
Mil-banda l-ohra min kien li il-qorti sabithu hati ta omicidju u ma wehilx habs? Tigix issemmili xi kaz fejn il qorti ma sabitx lil akkuzat hati minhabba xi nuqqas ta evidenza jew akkuza zbaljata. Dawk huma semplici inefficjenza/negligenza mil-akkuza f'xoghlha. Kieku jkunu ghamlu xoghlhom sew il-ligi hi cara fuq il-pieni f'kazijiet ta omicidju.
Ms Ruth MIZZI
Oct 3rd 2011, 10:21
ooohhh dear !! I tremble in me toes when I think of the harsh punishment that awaits this bloodless murderer !! issa naraw ... don't hold your breath !!! ://
Mark Mangion
Oct 3rd 2011, 10:14
If (and i repeat IF) this man is the culprit I hope the courts throw the book at him. An example needs to be set as it seems the 'Star' incident didnt deter this man from committing this disgusting act.
@Ms Isabella Luca Borg - I fully agree with your NAME AND SHAME suggestion and hope all our newspapers take this on. If he is found guilty all newspapers should start putting a full front page photo with the culprit's name in large block letters and this should become a standard practice,
Jennifer Styevens
Oct 3rd 2011, 10:07
if he can treat a defencless animal in this way I wonder how he treats human beings
Jennifer Styevens
Oct 3rd 2011, 10:03
what this man did to this poor animal is barbaric I hope he gets everything thrown at him
Franco Farrugia
Oct 3rd 2011, 09:57
Many people are here talking without not having an idea what they are on about. Not everyone has ever been TOUCHED and FAVOURED by the love that a non human animal can give you - as simple as that. You need to be one of the chosen, in order to be able to speak dispassionately and from the heart, in things related to non human animals.
This was a barbaric act, and act of evil - let there be no mistake about it and I hope that readers will know what the word 'evil' is about. It's not just a question of being wicked or doing bad things. Being 'evil' means that there is no way you can ever be saved, redeemed! When you behave in this dismal, disgusting, shameful and absolutely evil manner of disposing of a non human animal, there is no further bottom area you can reach in your dismal and empty and futile life. To have a pet for even a few days and then choosing to get rid of it - no matter what the situation is - in this manner which has no inkling what dignity is all about, then, all I can say is that you are not even worthy of the murky and dirty ground you thread on.
To take away a non human life is wrong. It is a life like any other's including the human one, but since we, human beings, are supposedly superior and are in charge of Nature around us, we don't give a fickle about non-human lives - well, on second thoughts, we don't even care much for OTHER human lives, let alone non-human ones, but anyway.
If anyone in his sense thinks that the perpetrator will be given a sentence that resembles even in a small way the serious action that has been done, think otherwise! For starters, the courts have their hands tied by stupid, senseless, non-binding legislation in things concerning the wellbeing of animals; secondly, the Courts will not mete out the maximum of the puny punishments envisaged. There is no political or judicial will to bring animal cruelty to an end and the fact that Star's killer is still out there in the streets, instead of being where he belongs at best, shows how right I am. Mark my words: Gaia will be forgotten the same way Star was forgotten and many other animal victims before them.
We need to instil in our politicians the need to have proper animal legislation that focuses on the needs and the dignity of non-human animals. Perhaps, then, and only then but not before, we will give this country, Malta, a semblance, however fade, of a truly civilised country.
Brian Gatt
Oct 3rd 2011, 09:14
Hope to God that an example is made of this guy (if you can call him so). Animals should be protected at all costs
Louis Galea
Oct 3rd 2011, 08:17
Simply monsterous! These so called persons should taste their own medicine.
Ms B Cassar
Oct 3rd 2011, 08:12
Hafna paroli u kummenti fuq it-times of malta fuq din l-imsejkna kelba imma jiddispjacini nghid li paroli biss u fatti xejn. Dan in-numru ta kummenti u kundanni minn ghand in-nies saru anke fil-kaz ta star. Kulhadd gie hawnhekk igerger, jikkundanna u jajjar lil min ghamel dak l-att krudili u jitlob li jinqabad. Immaginajt li meta min kien jinqabad, kien se jkun hemm quddiem il-qorti xi grupp ta nies mhux hazin u at least jghidulu f'wiccu kemm hu bla qalb u juruh id-disprezz taghhom. Pero meta dan inqabad u tellawh il-qorti, ma kien hemm hadd itih erba tajjiriet kif jixraqlu. Stennejt ghall-inqas xi forma ta protesta biex dan ir-ragel jifhem kemm veru malta tiddisprezzah imma ma kien hemm hadd u xejn. Dan kollu wassal biex nifhem iktar kemm il-maltin tajbin biss biex ipecilqu u jeqirdu fuq dawn il-pagni ghax meta jigu ghal fatti mhuma kapaci ghal xejn.
Minn naha l-ohra hemm ir-ridikolagni ta ligi imbaswra u sentenzi tal-qamel. Jien ma frahtx ghax inqabad. Mhux ghax ma rridtx gustizzja (anzi haqqu iktar aghar milli ghamel lil kelba) imma naf li se jmur quddiem il-qorti, se jghidulu giex kelmiet u johrog b'xi sentenza ta xi xahrejn habs sospizi probabli. Qas haqq il-hin li jkunu hlew il-pulizija. Allura x'uzu fiha ix-xoghol kollu biex naqbdu lil min ghamel dan biex imbaghad ma ssirx gustizzja. Bhal ta Star, tellajnieh il-qorti ghalxejn. Se jappellahha. X'hemm x'tappella meta huwa zgur 1000% fil 1000% li hu li ghamlilha hekk. Certu appelli qas imisshom jippermettuhom. U tghidux ghax il-procedura, il-ligijiet ghandu jassiguraw li min haqqu jhallas u hux ihallu il-lok ghal loopholes fis-sistema. Ma jinteressanix mid-drittijiet tal-bniedem u x'naf jien. Dak li haqqek ta ghemilek ghandek tiehdu - ahsibha qabel taghmel.
U haga ohra nappella lil gazzetti kollha li jsemmu b'ismu u kunjomu lil dan il-bniedem skerz tan-natura li ghamel dan kollu. Ghall-inqas in-nies isiru jafu minn min ghandhom izommu il-bod. Imissu jisthi johrog barra. Sincerament minn qalbi nawguralu il-hazin kollu tad-dinja. J'alla l'id t'alla tasal fejn il-gustizzja umana mghandix gutz tasal. Imbaghad nissejhu kattolici??? Sew nghid jien statwi u knejjes ghandna biss imma xi tfisser imhabba hadd ma jaf.
Joseph Portelli
Oct 3rd 2011, 09:10
NAQBEL MIEGHEK MIJA FIL-MILJA! LIGIJIET AKTAR HOROX GHAL MIN JAHQAR L-ANNIMALI LLUM QABEL GHADA!!!!
David Caruana
Oct 3rd 2011, 09:46
Ma tistax tghajjar lill-poplu Malti bhala paroli biss. L-ewwel haga, li taqsam l-ideat tieghek fuq media bhal din il-pagna hija diga inizjattiva tajba.
Protesti kontra l-mohqrija tal-annimali saru, u bosta kienu li attendew. Meta JPO ressaq petizzjoni kontra l-mohqrija tal-annimali, din kienet l-ikbar wahda fil-gzejjer maltin - 40,000 firma.
Nixtieq infakkrek li dawn il-kawzi jinqatghu fost il-gimgha fil-hinijiet tax-xoghol meta hafna minna jkunu x-xoghol. U fuq kollox nahseb li ghandna d-dicenza li moqziez kemm hu moqziez, lil dan il-bnidem inhalluh jiehu li haqqu skond il-ligi u mhux insallbuh pubblikament.
Naqbel mieghek li l-ligi ghandha tinbidel biex timponi pieni iktar horox dwar mohqrija ta' annimali.
Ms B Cassar
Oct 3rd 2011, 10:12
@David Caruana
Li isiru meta in-nies ikunu ghax-xoghol mhix skuza. Saru tant protesti u affarijiet fost il-gimgha. Daqqa ghax kontra gaddafi, daqqa kontra ta sirja u ma nafx kemm saru affarijiet. Il-problema taf xinhi?? Hi li il-maltin maltese gemgem biss. Hadt ma jorganizza xejn. Naghmlu il-protesta, immorru nimxu xi mixja u daqshekk. Taf fejn ghandha issir il-protesta, quddiem il-parlament jew kastilja forsi xi darba dawk il-kocc iccassati li hemm jithalsu il-belli liri biex jorqdu fuq is-siggu nhar ta tnejn u erbgha, jaghmlu xi haga sura ta nies. Ara meta jridu jivvutaw ghal xi taxxa, hemmhekk mall-ewwel iqumu fuq taghhom.
Skond il-ligi xejn. Il-ligi f'dawn l-ahhar snin illiberat lil l-akbar kriminali. Halliet nies kriminali jigru mas-saqajn semplicement ghax m'hawnx biza ta xejn. Ilni li tlitftha sur caruana il-fiducja fil-gustizzja. Trid nilghabu imhatra li jehel cucata, jappellahha u johrog frisk bhal hassa mill-qorti??? Kellhom xempju bhal dak fil-kaz ta STAR. Dak li wehel fuq ta STAR kompla mela bil-kuragg nies li jahqru l-annimali. Infatti kellna storja li regghet irrepetiet ruhha u se tibqa tirrepeti ruhha. Dan pajjiz fejn min ghandu ragun ma jiehdu qatt u il-kriminali jigu ippremjati.
R. Mazzitelli
Oct 3rd 2011, 07:00
hope he gets a well deserved sentence issa mhux xi cucata biex nghidu 'tellajnih il-qorti!!!'
Ms B Cassar
Oct 3rd 2011, 08:32
in our dreams only imma!!
Mr Lawrence Fenech
Oct 3rd 2011, 05:56
Imissu jisthi min jghamel hekk lil-klieb u min jipprofitta ruhu minnhom.
Ms B Cassar
Oct 3rd 2011, 08:33
il-hazin ghax ma hatfitux u gidmitu gidma sew, imqar taqtalu idu.
Mr Joe Micallef
Oct 3rd 2011, 05:00
Now he go's to court and he get a slap on the hand if that happen the court might as well close it's doors .
Ms Isabelle Luca Borg
Oct 3rd 2011, 01:28
NAME AND SHAME!!! NOW!!!
Mr Charles Muscat
Oct 3rd 2011, 01:09
How about showing the other dog's face.
Mario Camilleri
Oct 3rd 2011, 00:30
Nisperaw li issa l-qorti tagħti eżempju ċar li l-pieni għal min jaħqar l-annimali mhux ser ikunu aktar ta' sentenzi sospiżi, inkella nibqgħu naraw dawn it-tip ta' moħqrija fuq aktar klieb. Hemm bżonn li jibdew jeħlu l-ħabs u l-multi, mhux multi talli tieħu l-kelb jgħum gaħx hawn bil-kontar nagħmluhom l-affarijiet.
Ms B Cassar
Oct 3rd 2011, 08:34
Mela bhal ta STAR ezatt. Ezatt ha dak li haqqu il-purcinell l-iehor.
Brian Mifsud
Oct 2nd 2011, 23:49
go for the max judge !!!!
Mr Stephen Florian
Oct 2nd 2011, 23:23
Enforce microchips on all dogs and cats in the country and do it NOW !
Frank Borg
Oct 2nd 2011, 23:19
I died today.
You got tired of me and took me to the shelter. They were overcrowded and I drew an unlucky number. I am in a black plastic bag in a landfill now. Some other puppy will get the barely used leash you left. My collar was dirty and too small, but the lady took it off before she sent me to the Rainbow Bridge . Would I still be at home if I hadn’t chewed your shoe? I didn’t know what it was, but it was leather, and it was on the floor. I was just playing. You forgot to get puppy toys. Would I still be at home if I had been housebroken? Rubbing my nose in what I did only made me ashamed that I had to go at all. There are books and obedience teachers that would have taught you how to teach me to go to the door. Would I still be at home if I hadn’t brought fleas into the house? Without anti-flea medicine, I couldn’t get them off of me after you left me in the yard for days. Would I still be at home if I hadn’t barked? I was only saying, “I’m scared, I’m lonely, I’m here, I’m here! I want to be your best friend.” Would I still be at home if I had made you happy? Hitting me didn’t make me learn how. Would I still be at home if you had taken the time to care for me and to teach manners to me? You didn’t pay attention to me after the first week or so, but I spent all my time waiting for you to love me.
...
I died today. Love, Your Puppy
steve loveridge
Oct 2nd 2011, 23:07
Welcome to the land of gentle people and animal lovers? if you believe that you'll believe eveything.
Ms B Cassar
Oct 3rd 2011, 08:41
Please don't cross us all. There are alot of people who would give all their money if their loved dog could still be kept alive. I am one of those people. I had my beloved blacky for 19 years, he died in my hands last January. I paid all I could to make him live but unfortunately age took him away from me. After 10 months I still haven't recovered from the loss and can't see his pictures without crying. I can't accept it yet. I paid alot of money, during summer months when the heat so high I even rented medical oxygen to help him breather at home. I've done all I could and even though I knew it will soon be over due to his age I was never prepared for it. I buried him in his favourite clothes and in a wooden box just like people and sometimes I just wish I could dig that whole again and find him back with me. It's stupid but it's unconditional love. All this story so that you can understand that there are really some animal lovers on this island. True love. Unfortunately there are some bastards that deserve nothing more to be hanged for this cruelty.
Ms Maria Vella
Oct 3rd 2011, 09:34
don't generalise Mr. Loveridge - with all due respect there is a wide majority of animal lovers and gentle people on this island however, it is the monstrous crimes that people prefer to look at - in a destructive manner
Mr david debattista
Oct 2nd 2011, 22:18
This just cannot go on . Lets hope the court makes it very clear this time !
mark borg
Oct 2nd 2011, 22:14
Magistrates time to set up an example !!!!!! Also name and Photo on papers of this sadistic scum .People should be aware who the author of this crime is , as the perpetrator is also a threat to society.
Stephen Mangion
Oct 2nd 2011, 21:59
Name and shame please
Petra Nemet
Oct 2nd 2011, 21:18
@ Robert Mifsud:
You´re mistaken, it´s actually human...no other living being is capable of such cruelty.
In some other countries the child protective services would start to investigate as well, because insane cruelty doesn´t just stop with animals !!!
V Cassar
Oct 3rd 2011, 01:57
Apparently you are not so in touch with nature Petra, but many animals are capable of such cruelty...
Watching a male-Zebra smashing a new born offspring to the ground untill death, simply because it is from another father, or
a few dozens of Japanese hornets massacring thousands of bees with their claws just to feed.
We humans are as cruel as any other living creature can be, we just have more means to commit them and have the ability to control it if we are psychologically strong enough.
Petra Nemet
Oct 3rd 2011, 08:44
Only humans kill and torture for fun ! The examples you´re given based on natural selection and natural falling to prey.
V Cassar
Oct 3rd 2011, 10:07
That is only because humans have the ability to reflect on their actions. Every species has his own reaction of violence. And after all, the ends are all the same, death.
In this particular case we do not know if the convict simply threw the dog in the skip for the fun of it albeit it being a gruesome act for certain.
L Farrugia
Oct 2nd 2011, 21:05
Jekk tiehu il kelb/a tieghek ghand vet diga pass tajjeb ghax hawn min lanqas qatt ma mar ghand wiehed imbasta jrabbu l annimali,jigifieri min jiehu il pet tieghu ghand il vet u jraqdu sinjal li hemm raguni valida..Dawn ikunu nies modra u ma jfiequx jekk jehlu €1000 biss.
Marina Sammut
Oct 2nd 2011, 20:59
Let's hope that this is the END of a series of shocking animal cruelties!!!!
MAGISTRATES please take note!
DR EMMANUEL BEZZINA,MA,MAG.JUR.[EU Law],LL.D.,
Oct 2nd 2011, 20:56
The death of GAIA is beastly and should definitely not be condoned. However equally beastly is THOSE having pets of whatever kind and not properly taking care of them,such as by littering the streets and roads with the pets` dirt, or not holding on to dogs by the leash on the ground that that pet is harmless,or allowing these pets to make nuisances of themselves as with heaving-barking dogs,very much as they do in NOTTE BIANCA when at Midnight to an empty square,an idiot is blasting loud music away when simultaneously there may be some dying individual or a latter in pain and badly in need of sleep: oh yes there are beasts,but several types of them!!
Neil Collins
Oct 2nd 2011, 22:12
was with you all the way upto Notte Bianca. Not sure you can compare a night of festivity with a suffocating dog.
Ms Sylvia Zammit
Oct 2nd 2011, 22:27
Equally beastly?!!!! No way! Do you know what you are talking about? You are just mentioning things that annoy people, not that hurt/harm the dogs themselves! Not taking care of a dog properly means not giving the dog adequate food, shelter, care excercise etc. It has nothing to do with not letting it annoy people (which is not to say I condone that either!)
Petra Nemet
Oct 3rd 2011, 04:54
Beastly or animalistic is definetly the wrong term, as no animal torture and kill just for fun. - That´s only another HUMAN error, like to confuse the insane assassination of a living being with unleashed dogs and festive activities.....
Giovann Demartino
Oct 3rd 2011, 18:49
What nonsense!
CAROLINE CACHIA
Oct 2nd 2011, 20:49
BE THE VOICE TO THE VOICELESS....come and join the Worldwide protest this Saturday 8th October at Pieta near Bocci club (near ex-Sa Maison Hotel) between 4.30pm and 7.30pm...where at the end everyone will be lighting a candle in remembrance of all those annimals who were killed, those animals who are being tortured or killed....and for all those who are suffering and no one is listening to them....THIS EVENT WILL BE HELD WORLDWIDE...ALL AROUND THE GLOBE....SO LET US ALL ATTEND.....WE ARE THEIR VOICES, THEY HAVE NO ONE IN THE WORLD...BUT WE CAN CHANGE THEIR WORLD.
George Smith
Oct 3rd 2011, 08:48
@ Caroline Cachia Please share this news on animals lovers links. http://www.facebook.com/gbugie#!/groups/139534036818/
Ms maria bonnici
Oct 2nd 2011, 20:44
some people do not talk from their mouths but from somewhere else!!! i also condemn people throwing out their pets because they don t want them anymore!!!! but going to the vet and put a sick dog to sleep is the most reasonable thing to do!!!! those who do not own pets and love them not use them do not know the meaning
Ms maria bonnici
Oct 2nd 2011, 20:39
full agree that when sick and in pain they should be put to sleep, by the vet, throwing a dog in a skip to die suffocated is truly condemnable! there are slefish ruthless people who are capable of many atrocities , children too, and this is punishable without mercy!
Vanessa Attard
Oct 2nd 2011, 20:09
Give us his/her name please and Authorities:................................ If guilty, S / HE MUST PUNISHED FOR THIS CRUEL ACT!!! Hope s/he won't get the same holiday which was given to the culprit who killed STAR!! WE WANT HARSHER PENALTIES !!!!!!!!!!!!
Mr leo attard
Oct 2nd 2011, 20:05
is there going to be an autopsy to determine the cause of death -- illness or abuse or both?
Marianne Tabone
Oct 2nd 2011, 20:03
Either this person is guilty or not! I don't know! But if found guilty he should be punished severely! We are supposed to be a civilised country and such cruel acts should never be done or tolerated. Have such people no concience? Or feelings? How can they treat a dog like this? It seems to me that this dog must have been tame and trusting to an extreme to have allowed anyone to put him in a bag and not bite! The person who perpetrated this crime is sadistic and sub-human! As I said in the case of Star he should not be allowed to roam the streets if he is found guilty! A good sentence in prison should be dealt to him!!
Ms D Galea
Oct 2nd 2011, 20:02
I hope that the court will make an example of the inhumane creature who is guilty of such barbarity !
D Borg
Oct 2nd 2011, 20:01
So Gaia ought NOT have a soul.....
whereas the man who dumped her has one.....
yeah sure!
VV Bartolo
Oct 2nd 2011, 19:56
If guilty give him what he truly deserves. JAIL!!!
Robert Mifsud
Oct 2nd 2011, 19:28
I know its extreme,but I wish he gets a life sentence for such cruelty to a helpless dog if he is found guilty.This is the way I feel to whoever is able to act in such unhuman ways.What ever the sentence will be the poor dog died a horrible and painful death for no reason at all.Surely that the Lord did not wish this dog to die such a terrific death.
( Robert Mifsud - Sliema)
David Caruana
Oct 2nd 2011, 19:01
As much as I want justice for Gaia, I cherish justice first and foremost.
Innocent until proven guilty.
Let's wait for the courts to do their job, THEN, if found guilty everyone is free to give their opinion.
Tony Mangion
Oct 2nd 2011, 20:08
can you see any reason or excuse for this cowardly act?
George Smith
Oct 2nd 2011, 18:54
Hanerga nirrepetija din ..... Minn zewg nahat tal kamra tal parlament ghandom jiehdu din bis serjeta u ma joqoduwx ikaxkru saqajjom u paroli biss. BIEX JOQODU JIPPUZAW U JITKELMU FIL VOJT BISS KAPACI GHAX META JIEGU FIR REALTA MAJASLUWX. Il ligi ghanda tihrax u irijd ikun hemm ftejiem minn zewg nahat tal kamra. Ahna ghanna insemmaw lehinna ghall dawn l-imsieken annimali li mandomx VOT.
David Caruana
Oct 2nd 2011, 19:38
Tinsiex kemm huma tajbin biex jaqtgħu ż-żigarelli!
Mr Lawrence Calleja
Oct 2nd 2011, 18:54
Well done to the Cottonera district police.
Elizabeth Micallef
Oct 2nd 2011, 18:49
Justice for Gaia who surely did not deserve such cruelty.
Lina Bonnici
Oct 2nd 2011, 18:34
Hope he gets what he truly deserves...if needed the law should be urgently ammended so harsher penalties can be given....and publish the date of his hearing so he will have an audience waiting...Well done to whoever was responsible for his capture!!!!!
Steve Camilleri
Oct 2nd 2011, 18:18
The comments I read under similar news disgust me. There are rarely seen any comments of the sort when the victim is a human being. Why ? Is this because you all chicken out? Everyone becomes the know it all and express their expression when they have nothing to lose ;) but when something is more serious involving a human being and your comments here can jeopardize your own safety, you all zip it. Is this what a reasonable person would do? Everyone knows how to bla bla bla ... what if your own son did this? would you still write your wanna be justice statement? 99% you'ld be begging the court not to publish his name in the news and get him out of trouble.
@R. Gauci "The Maltese have spoken, all want justice for Gaia's death, now it's the Court's turn to listen to the people and make justice." ( Who appointed you to make such a statement?" ) Have you visited all Maltese people door to door? I doubt. So you deserve to be prosecuted for making a false statement?
Do you think you are any better when you go terminate your pets life by an injection? or even giving them to RSPCA? Remember that whatever you do to get rid of your pet, you are still a monster.
Mr Edward Camilleri
Oct 2nd 2011, 19:15
May I ask you, so you are disgusted by the comments defending the poor dog, but not with the torture the dog was given unnecessarily?
No wonder such disgusting things continue happening in this country.
George Smith
Oct 2nd 2011, 19:19
Sur Camillieri qabel tiekteb jew tirrispondi , irrifletti naqa kemm tista twegga nis li ihobbu l-annimali. Nahseb iktar ikun MONSTER dak il bniedem li jibqa lura milli ma jitkellemx. Ahna iriejdu nitkelmu ghalijom ghax huma mandomx vuci jew jiddefendu lilom infusom. Meta persuna tiehu il kelb jew tip ta annimal tahha ghand il Vet biex iraqduh ghax ikun hemm raguni serja biex mabatijx .
Neil Collins
Oct 2nd 2011, 19:20
Speaking as a foreign observer that has been reading these posts for quite a few years now. I would like to say that on the whole the Maltese citizen is very quick to condemn wrong doing in whatever form it takes.
And as a nation you should be proud of those who stick up for what is right - especially for poor animals who cant stick up for themselves.
If you cant see that or even understand why its humane to put animals to sleep that are suffering - then i feel sorry for you.
Kimberly Borg
Oct 2nd 2011, 20:08
''Everyone knows how to bla bla bla ... what if your own son did this? would you still write your wanna be justice statement? 99% you'ld be begging the court not to publish his name in the news and get him out of trouble.''
If my daughter where to do such a thing as this horrific act I would PROUDLY take her my self to the police and proceed against her in court and also order that a psychologist is needed because certainly none of the people who do such things are in a good state of mind ''or well at least by the time they are doing such things they surely are not'' and on the other hand if a dog attacks my daughter on the streets for nothing I would make sure that he is either rehabilitated or put to sleep... because every one deserves to live and no one can stop anyone's life like it's nothing PRO LIFE!!!! LIVE AND LET LIVE:)
Mr Emmanuel Ebejer
Oct 2nd 2011, 20:27
@ Steve Camilleri...you should sit down and take a good look at yourself in the mirror!!
Steve Camilleri
Oct 2nd 2011, 21:02
@Kimberly Borg
"If my daughter where to do such a thing as this horrific act I would PROUDLY take her my self to the police and proceed against her in court and also order that a psychologist is needed because certainly none of the people who do such things are in a good state of mind ''or well at least by the time they are doing such things they surely are not''
Mill paroli al fatti hemm bahar jikumbatti
"on the other hand if a dog attacks my daughter on the streets for nothing I would make sure that he is either rehabilitated or put to sleep... because every one deserves to live and no one can stop anyone's life like it's nothing PRO LIFE!!!! LIVE AND LET LIVE:)"
Really ? read it again "put to sleep" and you dare writing PRO LIFE!!! LIVE AND LET LIVE:) in Capital letters ? Isn't this a contradiction? :/
Marina Sammut
Oct 2nd 2011, 21:07
Mr Camilleri, who is going to defend these victims?? Definitely not you!!
Ilaria Sullivan
Oct 2nd 2011, 21:16
Steve... Your comments have shocked me and actually made me sick to read... You should honesty be ashamed for saying it!!!
I am a Maltese girl living in London... When I read such news about animal cruelty it horrifies me to say these are people who come from the same place I do! Its people who stand up for beings who have no voice that make me proud to be Maltese!
As Kimberly Borg well said... If I knew of anyone in my family who would do such a thing I would be the first to report them and request psychiatric help cause clearly they are not mentally well!
A few months back I was unfortunate enough to be in the middle of the riots here in London... And EVERYONE (both in London and back home) said the same comments about the people who caused the madness here... And many parents actually turned in their own children when they found out they had anything to do with it!!
There is a difference between right and wrong.. Regardless if its to another human being or an animal... Everyone has the right to live. For such a 'religious' country... This is unbelievable!
In regards to your comment about putting a dog down.... I had a dog for many years who I can tell you was as much a part of the family as I was... I was very unwell and the dog did not move from my side for a minute... That is more then I can say for some people! He unfortunately got very ill and after treatment we still couldn't cure him and had no choice but to put him down... I can say that was a very sad day for me and the rest of my family... My 62yr old grandfather was destroyed... That day we didn't lose an animal.... We lost a part of the family
If you are condoning what this horrible person has done to this poor dog then you are as bad as they are... And from my heart I can say I genuinely feel sorry for you... And I will pray that you will open your eyes.
I honestly hope whoever has done this will get what they deserve and I will not ever read such a story again!
Keep the comments going everyone... Eventually it will get to the politicians who can make a difference... And hopefully the same laws we have in London will come into action in Malta... No tolerance for animal cruelty!
Steve Camilleri
Oct 2nd 2011, 21:39
I'm not going to waste anymore time here I believe I made myself clear that most of the comments you people put here are simply pointless and disgusting.
Lesson of the day:
Every time you kill a rat guess what That's animal cruelty! (don't dare telling me that its not)
Every time you eat meat that's animal cruelty. (eating it is not the cruelty itself the way they are kept its the cruelty but you demanding meat increases the mentioned animal cruelty.) How would you feel being kept in a cage till you grow up just to end up murdered and cooked? ;)
And stop this that animals cannot talk for themselves. When they attempt to talk for themselves they are identified as dangerous and are put to sleep, again animal cruelty. See where it is going? No matter what you say most endorse animal cruelty all the time.
If you never done the above you may throw stones and can call yourself an animal lover.
and finally
human cruelty > animal cruelty
Give human cruelty more importance from now on ;)
Steve Camilleri
Oct 2nd 2011, 22:08
@George Smith
"Sur Camillieri qabel tiekteb jew tirrispondi , irrifletti naqa kemm tista twegga nis li ihobbu l-annimali. "
When a person is murdered and you don't do anything about it probably it hurts more their friends and family then any animal lover over an act of animal cruelty.
"Nahseb iktar ikun MONSTER dak il bniedem li jibqa lura milli ma jitkellemx."
The fact is that you people make a fuss over an animal more than when a human being is murdered.
"Ahna iriejdu nitkelmu ghalijom ghax huma mandomx vuci jew jiddefendu lilom infusom."
when a person is murdered I doubt he has a voice from 3 feet under yet no one makes such comments ;) we are scared of the murderer aren't we?
"Meta persuna tiehu il kelb jew tip ta annimal tahha ghand il Vet biex iraqduh ghax ikun hemm raguni serja biex mabatijx ."
Raguni serja ... "ghax mandix fejn inxommu iktar" , "ghax se jkolli baby" etc etc (tell me what happens about unwanted pets that are never adopted what happens with them?")
@Mr Edward Camilleri
"May I ask you, so you are disgusted by the comments defending the poor dog, but not with the torture the dog was given unnecessarily?"
Disgusted by the weight given to animal cruelty over human cruelty. Defending the poor dog means using this as medium to attack the government? The dog is dead no matter what you do the dog is DEAD!
@Neil Collins
"And as a nation you should be proud of those who stick up for what is right - especially for poor animals who cant stick up for themselves."
What I am pointing out is that why all this fuss about animal cruelty and when human cruelty is around no one sticks up?
if you cant see that Human Cruelty is a bigger and more serious problem over Animal Cruelty I suggest you analyze your rational reasoning.
"If you cant see that or even understand why its humane to put animals to sleep that are suffering - then i feel sorry for you. "
Putting animals to sleep is animal cruelty, deal with it. If its not allowed to put humans that are suffering to sleep with their go ahead then who are you to put an animal to sleep regardless of their wish?
A Dimech
Oct 2nd 2011, 18:16
if this person/s did this cruel act to a dog , he is capable to do the same to humans.
I expect a good punisment against this person. Malta expects this.
Mr Anthony Borg
Oct 2nd 2011, 18:14
The Courts should send out a clear message to barbarians living amongst us, that civil people will not tolerate them!
A fine and a few months in prison will not transform a barbarian into a civilized, human being. These types of barbarians are lucky that in civilized societies that’s all they are going to get.
Frank Borg
Oct 2nd 2011, 18:06
Inutli tikkritikaw il- qrati - l- magistrat meta jigi biex jghati sentenza ma jistax jaqbad u jivvinta wahda - jimxi mal-ligi jrid. Il- ligi dawk il- 65 iccassat li hemm fil- parlament iridu jibdluwha - Huma jridu jaghmlu pieni aktar harxa halli l- Qorti tkun tista timplimenthom. B' Hekk biss nies bla qalb bhall dawn ikunu jistghu jiehdu li haqqhom.
Arthur Vella
Oct 2nd 2011, 18:03
Name him, and do the same he did to Gaia.
marthese formosa
Oct 2nd 2011, 18:36
Fully agree!
Mr joseph mifsud
Oct 2nd 2011, 18:02
min ghamel dan l-att krudili fuq dan il povru kelb mhux tajjeb gha socjeta u hemm bzonn jiehu dak li haqqu.
Ruth Cauchi
Oct 2nd 2011, 17:57
If he is the perpetrator, let us hope he gets punished for his cruel acts with a defenseless dog. After Star died, this should never have happened .... it seems that these people have to learn the lesson the hard way .. otherwise these atrocities will keep on happening. Let us TRULY say NO to Animal Cruelty.
Ray Col
Oct 2nd 2011, 17:55
Please tibqawx iggibuh dan ir ritratt ghax ma niflahx narah povra Kelba. J Alla jekk hati jehel il habs u mhux sempliciment multa.
Ms Sylvia Zammit
Oct 2nd 2011, 17:50
Great news - holding my breath though!
John Falzon
Oct 2nd 2011, 17:47
Society and the police have done its part. Now the ball is in the court of the justice system, PLS DO NOT LET US DOWN!
Ms maria bonnici
Oct 2nd 2011, 17:46
fine? i don t expect a merciful fine and a pardon for first timer!!!!! I I EXPECT ONE MERCILLES PRISON SENTENCE, AND A HARSHER FINE! YES THAT S ALL I EXPECT FOR SUCH A RUTHLESS OFFENCE
M. Bezzina
Oct 2nd 2011, 17:33
mhux jehel xi Elf Euro biss u scott free!!!!!!!!!!!Ligijiet tac cajt aw go dal pajjiz
Mr Ian Xuereb
Oct 2nd 2011, 17:32
Hope that the courts will severly punish this man if he is found guilty. Who ever the perpetrator is, he is able to kill a person like he killed this defeceless dog. Hope that he is not charged a few euros and let free.
R. Gauci
Oct 2nd 2011, 17:27
The Maltese have spoken, all want justice for Gaia's death, now it's the Court's turn to listen to the people and make justice. A fine or short prison term will not be enough for us. A person who puts a healthy dog inside a garbage bag and throws it inside a skip to die has committed torture and murder on man's best friend, such an individual deserves to be closed for a couple of years inside a psychiatric hospital, he's surely a danger to society, I myself would be very worried to raise my kids close to such a person.
Kimberly Borg
Oct 2nd 2011, 20:10
very well said :)
Mr Joe Mallia
Oct 2nd 2011, 17:26
What happened to the gozo incident involving those 3 dogs. Is the law different there. Surely there are very few 'tal fenek ' breeders there.
Roger Flett
Oct 2nd 2011, 18:56
There seems to be a bit of confusion in what you say. The owner of the tal fenek's is known, in fact he called the police. It was someone else who killed his dogs, and has still not been brought to justice.
Michael Vella
Oct 2nd 2011, 17:22
Name and shame him! And please make sure our weak justice system for ONCE hands out a tough sentence. Lets put an end to this barbaric ignorance by setting an example!
George Smith
Oct 2nd 2011, 17:18
Well done to the Police force and who help to bring this person to justice. Sadly we keep hearing these horror stories only because we have no harsh penalties and so this goes on and on. There should be no mercy from the courts. Please take Notice !! We all need harsh penalties and make justice to be done.
Mr Johann Mifsud
Oct 2nd 2011, 17:07
Altough we're still waiting for the government to pay us for the overtime worked and union, we still do our job at our best. Well done to the investigating officer.
Mr Anthony Borg
Oct 2nd 2011, 18:08
The present government (please leave politics out of it) was quick to reward itself with a horrendously large increase in income, but it's dragging its feet to give what is rightfully theirs to police officials who performed their duties without being reimbursed.
I will not stop shouting SHAME on this legislature! And where is the voice of the fathom Opposition?
Kurt Grima
Oct 2nd 2011, 17:00
If guilty, give him a life sentence - Courts please lead by example
Mr Alfred Cassar
Oct 2nd 2011, 20:47
U ejja let's not exaggerate now....life sentence!
J. Scicluna
Oct 2nd 2011, 16:46
While this piece of news is more than welcome...I was under the impression that the Police should be just as OR faster in solving the murder of PERSONS!
David J. Hili
Oct 2nd 2011, 17:46
Obviously, the police gives importance to murders but in my opinion, it's not a matter of whether a living creature is an animal or a human being but a matter of suffering. If a person is dying in a skip and a dog has a bruise I would first try and save the human since he/she is in the most danger of dying. Conversely, if a dog is dying in a skip and a human has a bruise, I would see to the dog first and then to the human, not to the human simply because it's a human. That's how I see it. To me it's about who is suffering the most at the given time not always saving humans first because animals feel pain just as much as us.
Claire Scicluna
Oct 2nd 2011, 16:37
The greater your expectations the bigger your disillusion. My favourite motto. So I shall not expect a harsh penalty from our courts as usual and we will never learn from other peoples' mistakes. He ll just walk away grinning...
Fran Abela
Oct 2nd 2011, 17:38
Unfortunately as the law stands today, a first offender gets a suspended sentence or at most made to pay a fine. To me that is not enough. The law needs to be updated and from what I understand, correct me if I am wrong, only Parliamentarians can change laws ?
Mr Ramon Zammit
Oct 2nd 2011, 16:37
Can't wait to see him brought to justice...NAME AND SHAME!!! NAME AND SHAME!!!
JOE ZAHRA
Oct 2nd 2011, 16:35
There should be no mercy from the courts
Mr Karl Consiglio
Oct 2nd 2011, 16:34
Sickening
Maria Sammut
Oct 2nd 2011, 16:33
Now let's see what kind of fine he'll get!
Mr Jeffrey Mallia
Oct 2nd 2011, 16:39
200 Euro and suspended sentence for a year !!! What do we expect from our "justice" system .
Mr martin chetcuti
Oct 2nd 2011, 16:28
A big Well Done to the Police force.. NAME AND SHAME do not worry....he deserve nothing better
Monica Cilia-vincenti
Oct 2nd 2011, 16:25
Name him and shame him! May he get what he deserves.
Giovann Demartino
Oct 2nd 2011, 16:24
The best piece of news. He should not be treated better than he treated his poor best friend.
joseph michael vassallo
Oct 2nd 2011, 17:11
Treat him the same way!!! Place him in a skip in front of law courts to await judgement.
Joseph Michael Vassallo
josephhfhconcept@gmail.com
R. Gauci
Oct 2nd 2011, 17:28
For once I agree with Mr. Demartino.
mary pace
Oct 2nd 2011, 16:21
THANK GOD! but i hope the courts be hard on him & he gets HARSH sentence!!!