I didn't read the article (I'm getting squeamish in my old age) but I gleaned what I needed to know from previous comments. This is typical, I'm afraid, of the penalty that is meted out to people who abuse and torture animals. Judging from what they wrote on the walls, these kids are practicing at what they probably will do to humans one day. If I was a parent to any of the kids, I'd never sleep w/both eyes closed again.