after hearing stories like that 18 year old who picked up the same cat, took it to the top of the block of flats and threw it off and then went back and got it 4 more times as it tried to drag itself away and did the same I think that people who are capable of such cruelty should be locked up for a very long time and have a lot of counselling. how people can do that is beyond belief though. I sway from thinking they should suffer as the animal did to thinking they need help to realise what they have done. it is a very emotive subject and I feel really upset just thinking about that cat and its pain and fear. Apparently the RSPCA staff had to have counselling as it was so distressing (the owner thought it had be in a car accident until the video footage of what really happened surfaced). And this is only one example from thousands out there that are never discovered.
At the RSPCA we had a couple of teenagers in doing community service as they were part of a gang that had kicked a kitten in the head and broken its jaw and filmed it on their phone. The boy who actually did it wasn't one of the boys but i think it was better for them to come and clear drains at a rescue centre and see disadvantaged animals and the people that care for them and maybe think about the implications of their actions rather than go somewhere completely unrelated.