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peace frog

(5,609 posts)
Tue Aug 30, 2016, 10:31 PM Aug 2016

New Jersey cat killer raises concerns in Delaware

Source: delawareonline

A convicted New Jersey cat killer has since moved to Dover, where he adopted at least five cats off Craigslist, according to the animals' former owners and an animal cruelty investigator familiar with the case.

Now, the cats are nowhere to be found, and animal advocates want answers from the state Office of Animal Welfare about 58-year-old Anthony Appolonia.

In neighboring New Jersey, Appolonia received the maximum punishment of five years in prison after pleading guilty to charges of animal cruelty in 2008. He admitted to investigators that he had tortured and killed 19 kittens and cats, which he had obtained through newspaper ads. In graphic detail, he described how he stomped on them, broke their bones and slammed them against walls before drowning them.

Following his release, Appolonia began renting a townhome near Dover Air Force Base. Beginning last summer, he responded to Craigslist ads for free cats and kittens in Delaware using either his real name or aliases, according to statements from six residents who say they gave him felines.

Read more: http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2016/08/27/nj-cat-killer-raises-concerns-delaware/89336910/



Animal torture-killer alert in Delaware!
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New Jersey cat killer raises concerns in Delaware (Original Post) peace frog Aug 2016 OP
How long before he moves from cats to people? n/t woodsprite Aug 2016 #1
assuming he hasnt already? mopinko Sep 2016 #23
Let me guess... jmowreader Aug 2016 #2
sorry, anyone who would do something like this TDale313 Aug 2016 #3
He was locked up but they let him out. LisaL Aug 2016 #4
It's bad enough what he does to the cats, even if he never lays a finger on a person. JudyM Aug 2016 #18
Couldn't agree more. n/t TDale313 Aug 2016 #21
His face needs to be easily recognized by more people: Judi Lynn Aug 2016 #5
That's for sure. LisaL Aug 2016 #6
Oh yeah. This guy's definitely moving on to people, probably children next anneboleyn Aug 2016 #16
he broke terms of parole? or broke Judges order no pets allowed? Sunlei Aug 2016 #7
He wasn't on parole. He served his time. LisaL Aug 2016 #8
sickening kaotikross Aug 2016 #9
My first thought is what it would be like to do the same to him. rusty quoin Aug 2016 #10
NEVER, EVER post an animal as 'FREE' on Craigslist alittlelark Aug 2016 #11
I am a cat person awoke_in_2003 Aug 2016 #12
My wife and I have three rescue cats. Sand Rat Expat Aug 2016 #13
ugh. Liberal_in_LA Aug 2016 #14
Sentence him to one of those cat rescue prisons packman Aug 2016 #15
Perfect solution. If only. JudyM Aug 2016 #17
he does not deserve to have a cat sleep on his lap. irisblue Aug 2016 #19
He shouldn't be anywhere near cats. LisaL Sep 2016 #22
I'll never understand the entertainment people get from killing animals LanternWaste Aug 2016 #20

TDale313

(7,820 posts)
3. sorry, anyone who would do something like this
Tue Aug 30, 2016, 10:51 PM
Aug 2016

Needs to be locked up for a very, very long time. Or committed indefinitely. They are a danger to society and perfectly capable of doing the same to humans. Take this kind of crime seriously. Far, far more of a threat than someone caught with a joint who can find their lives ruined.

LisaL

(44,973 posts)
4. He was locked up but they let him out.
Tue Aug 30, 2016, 11:15 PM
Aug 2016

And now multiple people say they gave him cats and kittens, and these cats and kittens are nowhere to be found.

JudyM

(29,233 posts)
18. It's bad enough what he does to the cats, even if he never lays a finger on a person.
Wed Aug 31, 2016, 02:21 PM
Aug 2016

Pity that state laws are so grossly lax on animal cruelty.

Judi Lynn

(160,516 posts)
5. His face needs to be easily recognized by more people:
Tue Aug 30, 2016, 11:17 PM
Aug 2016

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What an ugly, vicious, filthy, disgusting, evil way to spend his life. His mother must be so proud. [/center]

anneboleyn

(5,611 posts)
16. Oh yeah. This guy's definitely moving on to people, probably children next
Wed Aug 31, 2016, 01:01 PM
Aug 2016

One of the hallmark signs of a budding serial killer is the torturing of animals. This guy is fucking dangerous -- we can probably guarantee that he murders a human being before long, and I wouldn't doubt that the cats are stand-ins until he works up the "courage" to assault children. I really wish the laws were tougher on this sort of thing as these creeps are absolute plagues on society. And they never stop -- and they frequently escalate (as the FBI puts it) to people. His mug shot is fucking terrifying.

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
7. he broke terms of parole? or broke Judges order no pets allowed?
Tue Aug 30, 2016, 11:23 PM
Aug 2016

Hopefully the Judge set some release rules.

LisaL

(44,973 posts)
8. He wasn't on parole. He served his time.
Tue Aug 30, 2016, 11:27 PM
Aug 2016

Moved to another state. Now multiple people say they gave him cats and kittens but those cats and kittens are nowhere to be found.

 

rusty quoin

(6,133 posts)
10. My first thought is what it would be like to do the same to him.
Wed Aug 31, 2016, 12:13 AM
Aug 2016

But that's wrong. What the hell kind of satisfaction could any human being get from that behavior. I cannot imagine it.

alittlelark

(18,890 posts)
11. NEVER, EVER post an animal as 'FREE' on Craigslist
Wed Aug 31, 2016, 12:25 AM
Aug 2016

I work with animal rescue groups and we focus on trying to teach ppl this.....

Some will sell them to labs at $50+ apiece... and as for the other ones.....

 

awoke_in_2003

(34,582 posts)
12. I am a cat person
Wed Aug 31, 2016, 12:33 AM
Aug 2016

Can't stand dogs. But if you torture and kill dogs, you are despicable. People who abuse animals will abuse humans, given the chance

Sand Rat Expat

(290 posts)
13. My wife and I have three rescue cats.
Wed Aug 31, 2016, 12:35 AM
Aug 2016

One of them I found abandoned as a kitten. Ten years on, he's the most affectionate animal I've ever known. He follows me around like a dog would and cries if he's separated from me. It chills my blood to think that some humans (I refuse to refer to this pond scum as "people&quot torture defenseless animals for some twisted reason.

If I were to clap eyes on this wretch, I'd have to resist a very powerful urge to curbstomp him. He needs to be either imprisoned or institutionalized, or else people in his community will find that children start disappearing. He'll work his way up there eventually.

 

packman

(16,296 posts)
15. Sentence him to one of those cat rescue prisons
Wed Aug 31, 2016, 10:39 AM
Aug 2016

Where the inmates care for and are allowed to have cats for pets. I'm sure the guys there would welcome him with open arms.







http://mentalfloss.com/article/66916/cats-find-homes-prisons-and-reform-inmates

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
20. I'll never understand the entertainment people get from killing animals
Wed Aug 31, 2016, 04:35 PM
Aug 2016

I'll never understand the entertainment people get from killing animals. Thinking about it though, I'm kind of glad I'll never understand that particular mechanism of enjoyment.

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