Man who fed puppy to 8' boa is sentenced to jail

[pcncb]

Man who fed puppy to boa gets 90 days in jail
Arizona man could have been sentenced to up to a year on cruelty charge
Stand and be counted

Updated: 5:38 p.m. CT June 14, 2007
PHOENIX - A man who coated a 3-week-old puppy in cooking oil and then fed it to his pet boa constrictor was sentenced Thursday to 90 days in jail and two years probation, prosecutors said.

Joseph Beadle, 40, pleaded guilty to an animal cruelty charge in March. He has served 51 days of his jail sentence while the case was pending.

Beadle, of Glendale, faced up to a year in jail on the charge.

Police reports said Beadle fed the mixed-breed puppy to the 8-foot-long snake last June as two 15-year-old boys watched. He poured the cooking oil on the dog so it would be easier for the snake to swallow.

Investigators seized his snake after finding it was the victim of neglect.

"The County Attorneys Office has made prosecuting animal-cruelty cases a high priority," Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas said in a statement. "Experience and empirical evidence have shown that people who commit cruelty to animals are more likely to commit crimes against people."

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[Red-Tailed_mustang]

That is sick why would someone do this? He only got 90 days He's lucky I wasn't the judge!

[owen.richards]

thats sick, just cus a boa can eat a certain thing doesnt mean it should, especially to just put on a show

[zsanorah]

Indeed I agree! Man what a sicko! If i were the judge it would be a LOOOTTT longer then one year >.<

[TheBoaGuy]

See this is where I think our country drops the ball. This guy should just be put to death. No need for this guy to be breathing perfectly good oxygen If you ask me we should just weed out the morons and maybe society would be better off in the long run? Just my .2 cents i could be wrong.

[pcncb]

I'd have to agree Boaguy. You can kill an innocent dog and just get jail time but if you kill a person who did something to deserve it, you could be looking at life in prison or death. I say we kill anyone who could torture and kill and innocent animal like this.

[Koda]

I agree completely! I think that you should be charged just as if you were assaulting or murdering a human being. Probably then and only then would ignorant people consider not buying an animal they couldn't care for or actually think about how stupid their actions are before they perform them. It's too bad this will never happen and these morons will always be allowed to have animals.

[Adrya]

I'm glad some here think the way I do about stupid people in society. lol