New Jersey cat killer raises concerns in Delaware

[peace frog]

Source: delawareonline

A convicted New Jersey cat killer has since moved to Dover, where he adopted at least five cats off Craigslist, according to the animals' former owners and an animal cruelty investigator familiar with the case.

Now, the cats are nowhere to be found, and animal advocates want answers from the state Office of Animal Welfare about 58-year-old Anthony Appolonia.

In neighboring New Jersey, Appolonia received the maximum punishment of five years in prison after pleading guilty to charges of animal cruelty in 2008. He admitted to investigators that he had tortured and killed 19 kittens and cats, which he had obtained through newspaper ads. In graphic detail, he described how he stomped on them, broke their bones and slammed them against walls before drowning them.

Following his release, Appolonia began renting a townhome near Dover Air Force Base. Beginning last summer, he responded to Craigslist ads for free cats and kittens in Delaware using either his real name or aliases, according to statements from six residents who say they gave him felines.

Read more: http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2016/08/27/nj-cat-killer-raises-concerns-delaware/89336910/

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Animal torture-killer alert in Delaware!

[woodsprite]

1. How long before he moves from cats to people? n/t

[mopinko]

23. assuming he hasnt already?

i wouldnt.

[jmowreader]

2. Let me guess...

This sick bastard is making fetish movies of him killing these cats.

[TDale313]

3. sorry, anyone who would do something like this

Needs to be locked up for a very, very long time. Or committed indefinitely. They are a danger to society and perfectly capable of doing the same to humans. Take this kind of crime seriously. Far, far more of a threat than someone caught with a joint who can find their lives ruined.

[LisaL]

4. He was locked up but they let him out.

And now multiple people say they gave him cats and kittens, and these cats and kittens are nowhere to be found.

[JudyM]

18. It's bad enough what he does to the cats, even if he never lays a finger on a person.

Pity that state laws are so grossly lax on animal cruelty.

[TDale313]

21. Couldn't agree more. n/t

[Judi Lynn]

5. His face needs to be easily recognized by more people:

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What an ugly, vicious, filthy, disgusting, evil way to spend his life. His mother must be so proud. [/center]

[LisaL]

6. That's for sure.

[anneboleyn]

16. Oh yeah. This guy's definitely moving on to people, probably children next

One of the hallmark signs of a budding serial killer is the torturing of animals. This guy is fucking dangerous -- we can probably guarantee that he murders a human being before long, and I wouldn't doubt that the cats are stand-ins until he works up the "courage" to assault children. I really wish the laws were tougher on this sort of thing as these creeps are absolute plagues on society. And they never stop -- and they frequently escalate (as the FBI puts it) to people. His mug shot is fucking terrifying.

[Sunlei]

7. he broke terms of parole? or broke Judges order no pets allowed?

Hopefully the Judge set some release rules.

[LisaL]

8. He wasn't on parole. He served his time.

Moved to another state. Now multiple people say they gave him cats and kittens but those cats and kittens are nowhere to be found.

[kaotikross]

9. sickening

what a terrible person.

[rusty quoin]

10. My first thought is what it would be like to do the same to him.

But that's wrong. What the hell kind of satisfaction could any human being get from that behavior. I cannot imagine it.

[alittlelark]

11. NEVER, EVER post an animal as 'FREE' on Craigslist

I work with animal rescue groups and we focus on trying to teach ppl this.....

Some will sell them to labs at $50+ apiece... and as for the other ones.....

[awoke_in_2003]

12. I am a cat person

Can't stand dogs. But if you torture and kill dogs, you are despicable. People who abuse animals will abuse humans, given the chance

[Sand Rat Expat]

13. My wife and I have three rescue cats.

One of them I found abandoned as a kitten. Ten years on, he's the most affectionate animal I've ever known. He follows me around like a dog would and cries if he's separated from me. It chills my blood to think that some humans (I refuse to refer to this pond scum as "people&quot torture defenseless animals for some twisted reason.

If I were to clap eyes on this wretch, I'd have to resist a very powerful urge to curbstomp him. He needs to be either imprisoned or institutionalized, or else people in his community will find that children start disappearing. He'll work his way up there eventually.

[Liberal_in_LA]

14. ugh.

[packman]

15. Sentence him to one of those cat rescue prisons

Where the inmates care for and are allowed to have cats for pets. I'm sure the guys there would welcome him with open arms.







http://mentalfloss.com/article/66916/cats-find-homes-prisons-and-reform-inmates

[JudyM]

17. Perfect solution. If only.

[irisblue]

19. he does not deserve to have a cat sleep on his lap.

[LisaL]

22. He shouldn't be anywhere near cats.

Unless these cats are tigers.

[LanternWaste]

20. I'll never understand the entertainment people get from killing animals

I'll never understand the entertainment people get from killing animals. Thinking about it though, I'm kind of glad I'll never understand that particular mechanism of enjoyment.