Gangs of young people with weapons loaded with ammunition such as ball bearings and bolts target and even kill beloved pets, waterbirds and wildlife in London and further afield.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/51951183

⚠️ DARK STORY:

I saw a squirrel being hit by a car the other day and quickly dying after, which was really really horrible.

That was an accident, but some kids in the UK are hurting / killing pets and wildlife as part of some horrific TikTok trend…

Guess this is what happens when lazy people let corporations co-parent their kids and Animal Rights are weak.

Animal abuse should be punished much more severely IMO.

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/exposed-the-sick-world-of-tiktok-animal-abusers-306137/

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/03/15/children-kill-pigeons-with-catapults-in-tiktok-trend/

  • Taldan@lemmy.world
    12·
    3 days ago

    Just leave these boys to hunt and mutilate animals all alone

    What the fuck, no. Absolutely not

    Let them go mutilate more animals in the hopes they feel guilty? No, they need to be arrested. They need real, penal consequences forbtheir actions

    The goal is to prevent animals being tortured and murdered

    • chaosCruiser@futurology.todayEnglish
      11·
      3 days ago

      Should be arrested. Totally agree.

      In reality though, they will continue to commit these atrocities as long as they can outsource their thinking to the hive mind. Enforced change is unlikely to endure. Change emanating from within tends to last.

        • chaosCruiser@futurology.todayEnglish
          2·
          2 days ago

          Those murderers are probably psychopaths. Are you suggesting that we have a sudden surge in psychopath count? I think it’s more likely that they are normal boys who just aren’t thinking about their actions.