A man who beheaded a rabbit in a vile case of animal abuse has pleaded guilty to charges of animal torture and trespassing, which includes two years in prison.
In December, KCCI reported that the individual, 64-year-old Bobby Carothers from Iowa, had dismembered a bunny named Petunia at the Animal Rescue League in Des Moines.
The staff at the animal shelter escorted Carothers out of the building during closing time.
“Just minutes after he left the building, we discovered the unimaginable: our sweet bunny, Petunia, had been violently killed,” said CEO Tom Colvin. “The scene was beyond gruesome.”
Carothers admitted to barbarically cutting off the bunny’s head with a stick and leaving her to bleed to death, according to court documents. He claimed to have been hungry and said he was having rabbit stew later that night.
“Bobby Gene Carothers, who brutally murdered a rabbit named Petunia at the ARL in December, pleaded guilty to animal torture and has been sentenced to up to two years in prison … without the possibility of probation,” Colvin wrote in a Facebook post after the judgement. “He also received a $625 fine.”
“This has been an incredibly painful journey of recovery for our team,” he continued, “and while we are relieved to have a resolution in the courts for this case, our fight to improve Iowa’s animal welfare laws continues, and is now more personal than ever before.”
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He should never ever be allowed near an animal again!
I hope the IDIOT Bobby Carothers learns his lesson — Two years is too little time for his crime — his fine of $625 is way too little — he’s an INSANE wise-ass who has NO RESPECT for the life of others — we must get STRICT laws on the books so these IMBECILES do not repeat their depraved murders — keep an eye on him when released from prison — ENSURE he NEVER adopts again NOR is found to be anywhere NEAR Animals — due to his blatant, depraved lack of respect, the IDIOT just may repeat his sadistic crime — he belongs in a rubber room — FOREVER.
This monster deserves the death penalty!
How anyone can do this to a harmless little baby is beyond me. How do they live with themselves?
This insane, degenerate brain should have lost his weapons: HIS CLAWS. Jail is not enough for scum like that. This goddamn error of genesis is a ticking bomb. He will do it again. May be, a helpless child will be his next victim!
Je pense que tous ces tortionnaires tueurs devraient subir la même cruauté !
I just can’t celebrate a sentence of “up to two years in prison”. It seems wholly inadequate for this barbaric crime!
THIS MORON NEEDS TO BE IN JAIL FOR A HELL OF ALOT LONGER AND BE PUT WITH THE WORST MORONS. MAYBE THRY WILL CUT HIS HEAD OFF.
Horrific and disgusting cruelty.
I hope someone “befriends” him in prison and shows him so much “love” that he dies from it. I think you all know what I mean. THAT’S what this POS deserves.
The vicious heartless criminal who murdered shelter bunny Petunia MUST serve Maximum prison term. And the $625 fine is nonsense. Make him pay for the rest of his days minimum $100 a month to shelter (to help other beloved animals).
Should do the same torture like they do to rapists and molesters in prison
Should do the same torture like they do to rapists and molesters in prison
Not long enough unless he dies in prison.
Agreed!!
Not long enough unless he dies in prison.
USA typical treatment is JAIL well it is a good business for a few entrepreneurs but this guy is crazy he needs to be mentally treated before he takes some one life. Punishment doesn’t help.
GLAD THIS JERK IS GOING TO PRISON…HOPE FOREVER. HOPE HE GETS BOTH HIS HANDS CUT OFF…LET HIM SUFFER LIKE HE ALLOWED INNOCENT ANIMALS TO SUFFER & DIE.
I hope this A-Hole drops his soap in the shower daily over the next 2 years.
My problem with this sentence is he now gets FREE meals three times a day at taxpayer expense.
He should be beheaded himself or at a minimum his testicles hooked up to a 120 volt light switch and the lights turned on 24/7.
Glad he has been jailed!
I hope they never give him a moment’s peace in that prison, and may it feel like a thousand years to him.
Why is that psychologically disturbed
humanoid brainless creature not Decapitated.!!!!!!
I think when that kind of scum will have to endure the same as innocent animals, it will soon be over with hurting, abusing and killing animals that never hurt anyone.
Why is that psychologically disturbed
humanoid brainless creature not Decapitated.!!!!!!
I think when that kind of scum will have to endure the same as innocent animals, it will soon be over with hurting, abusing and killing animals that never hurt anyone.
Hopefully the human race will wise the H*ll up. WE the human race are supposedly the “apex predator” which is nonsense of course, we are aberrant chimps. WE ARE NOT A NECESSARY SPECIES, and in fact rely on all the other species and plants on this planet…they mostly do not rely on us (except for domesticated animals).
IF the human race disappeared tomorrow, the other species would for the most part be better off (except for domesticated animals).
Better start treating your animal cousins with more respect
Honestly people like this man make me very ashamed to be a part of the human race
I hope that evil old m*******f***** suffer greatly behind bars for what ”it” did to Petunia. Maybe some of the inmates, especially the lifers, would have the courage to take the head off that piece of moldy sh*t and leave “it” to perish in agony. Or better yet, perish from natural causes on the day of “its” release.
SO INHUMANE! SO CRUEL!
Too bad that piece of shit isn’t decapitated in prison!
This man should have his head cut off and if there’s no volunteers with any courage I’ll be glad to volunteer to do it because this is called karma when someone does something bad something bad happens to them it’s called karma I’ll be more than happy to remove the head of this bunny murderer no problem at all
HERE IN GERMANY WE DON´ T HAVE THESE LAWS !
TO HURT AN ANIMAL IS THE LAW ABOUT TO DESTROY SOMETHING, NOT A BEING.
IT IS RIGHT !
HERE IN GERMANY WE DON´T HAVE THESE LAWS !
Not good enough. He deserves the death penalty. RIP poor rabbit.
WHAT? 2 BLOODY YEARS? HE SHOULD BE GIVEN LIFE IMPRISONMENT AND A $100,000 FINE. I hope the bastard is killed by other inmates in prison.
Stupid worthless judge should also be charged severely for this good for nothing ruling.
This sadistic demon should be in prison for the rest of his life. He shouldn’t even be permitted to walk the Earth. What a useless moron! Who lives with and around this demented, evil waste of protoplasm and does nothing about it? Hopefully he hasn’t found anyone idiotic enough to breed with him. Sick, sick, sick.
Good! I hope this POS spends 1 year and 364 days in prison, and dies the day of his release. Bastard.
And yet the Kitten Killer who decapitated kittens with a machete got nada – he walked.
How is this different? But LFT tried – we signed for justice there, too. There’s always Karma.
Glad animal abuse, torture and murder is finally being taken seriously.
What’s peaceful and friendly after seeing the cruel things people and children do to animals. May God help them
Thank you, thank you and thank you! I hope the pos gets a full two years to serve out! And I hope some animal lovers find out about him while he’s in there and they beat the you know what outta him!!!
Lock that S.O.B. up and throw away the key!
This “person” has obvious mental issues – how many other animals were tortured before? How are you hiring these people? please revisit shelter staff…this is nuts. He may have other crimes against animals/children – beware.
This man needs the maximum punishment.
STORIES LIKE THIS MAKES ME SICK TO MY STOMACH. THE POOR RABBIT DIDN’T STAND A CHANCE. HE SHOULD GET MORE PRISON TIME FOR WHAT HE DID.
Two years?” Not nearly enough. This man will always be a brutal dangerous monster and should be put away for life. He will do the same to humans if he hasn’t already done so.
THAT POOR PETUNIA BUNNY PETUNIA!!!I SAY AN EYE 4 AN EYE LETS GET THE BASTARD WHO DECAPITATED PETUNIA & & LETS CUT HIS HEAD OFF 😡👺😡👺😡EVERY1 PLS SIGN ASAP🐰🐰
Hope the bastard starves to death in prison! Maybe with luck, someone will cut his head off. Let’s hear it for Hannibal Lecter!
Sick, evil, monster. If he were really hungry, he could have asked for a handout or stolen food from a supermarket. This was just pure evil.
The bastard needs to go to prison more than 2 years.He could have gone to a grocery store to get rabbit for supper. I hope the bastard gets the worse sentence for killing the rabbit.