Of all the questions raised by the horrific killing of a cat in Camrose, Alta., late last month, the most important was uttered by the mother of one of the four teenage boys allegedly responsible.
In an interview with the Edmonton Journal, the woman said people are asking why she didn't stop them. "How do you do that?" she said. "That's really quite difficult."
The boys, three of whom are 15 and one whom is 13, are alleged to have broken into a house on Dec. 30 and put a cat in a microwave. They are now facing various charges, including unlawfully killing an animal.
Little is known about the motives or backgrounds of the children involved, and the allegations against them have not been proven.
But in other cases of animal cruelty, experts have seen a troubling link between young people who abuse animals and serious incidents of violence later in life.
So how should parents and society respond when kids demonstrate an act of callous disregard - or worse - toward an animal?
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