Cruelty to animals I have just read a piece of news about horrible evil that happened several days ago in one Russian town. It is so awful that I cannot find appropriate words and do not know if I will be able to fall asleep today. Here is the story. There was a dog named Chernysh (meaning Black). He had an open brain injury made by an axe. This dog suffered very much not only from the injury itself, but also from betrayal ofa person that evidently did it to him. The surgery cost very much, it was sponsored by volunteers. The dog displayed will power and struggled hard to survive. In two months he recovered and appeared to be very friendly and cheerful. The volunteers started to look for a new home for him. One day two women came, they never arose any suspect. The women looked for a pet and they chose Chernysh. In three days the volunteers visited the women to check how Chernysh was doing. To their surprise they were not allowed to see the dog. The volunteers called for a police. When a police officer came, he found a separated head of Chernysh in the yard and some meat boiling in a pan on the stove... Later the women confirmed that they took Chernysh deliberately from the shelter. They were not looking for a gay, friendful pet, but for a fat one... Not to love him, but to eat... As the news said, it is still being solved whether to initiate a criminal case or not... Anyway, the maximum punishment is only 2 years of imprisonment. According to the newspapers this crime was explained by the bad financial situation of the family, hard economic situation, bla-bla-bla. I frankly do not understand if there can be any justifying reason at all. My only thought now is that such people are worse than the animals.