Adam Britton, a leading zoologist who has worked on BBC and National Geographic productions, pleaded guilty to 56 charges relating to bestiality and animal cruelty.

He also admitted to four counts of accessing child abuse material.

The Northern Territory (NT) Supreme Court heard the 53-year-old filmed himself torturing the animals until almost all died, and then shared the videos online under pseudonyms.

His abuse went unnoticed for years, until a clue was found in one of his videos. Britton was arrested in April 2022 after a search of his rural Darwin property, which also uncovered child abuse material on his laptop.

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    He also admitted to four counts of accessing child abuse material.

    This seems like it should have also been in the headline.

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      i mean sure looking up that shit is bad but fucking dogs to death is worse i think

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        I didn’t say don’t put the dog part in the headline, I said put both in the headline. “He’s also a pedophile” shouldn’t be something that people need to keep reading to find out about.

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          Why? The term itself has become almost totally devalued after a decade of conservatives labeling everyone with it. When I see the word now I just think it identifies the information as clickbait or propaganda.

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        I don’t think he actually fucked the dogs to death. I think they died of actual sadistic torture.

        Which isn’t any better, but somehow the former just feels worse to me.

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      “He tortured at least 42 dogs, killing 39 of them, according to court documents seen by the BBC”

      This is beyond being a pervert. This is a fucking serial killer. He tortured and killed the dogs in a shipping container on his property, and fed them to other animals.

      The video that got him caught involved torturing 8 puppies.

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        And to my horror as a dog owner, he tricked pet owners into given them to him. It’s not rational but it feels worse when they all had names and people who loved them.

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    woa and the summary does not even get into the general description of what he did that sounds so bad I don’t want any details. I want to hit I need to take a half day in chat and then take tomorrow to.

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      RTFA

      Britton usually went to great lengths to avoid identifying himself or his location in his videos, but in this one a bright orange City of Darwin dog leash could be seen in the background.

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        Anyone who down votes this has no idea how fucked up Britton was.

        As someone who was sexually abused as a child, I can say with certainty that Britton’s capacity to inflict suffering far surpasses 99% of child rapists.

        If you disagree, I’m certain you do not know the details of Britton’s crimes.

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          There’s some idiots so damn bandwagoned by popular media that they think some dude getting excited about kids is equal to torturing to death several living things. These are people who are out of touch because they don’t live with real problems or know how bad pain can be. They’re only gonna react with what they think is most socially reinforced.