See the story below from WPRI channel 12 in Rhode Island. This young man has been accepted to study at University of Rhode Island, a state and federally funded college. If you pay federal or Rhode Island state taxes, YOU are funding the education of an animal killer and you are CONDONING the killing of innocent animals if you do not speak up and voice your opposition to the behavior of this individual. Your voice could have a major impact in the future of how those who abuse and kill innocent animals are treated. The laws need to be tougher, for punishment of crimes against animals. State and federal tax dollars SHOULD NOT be used to better the life of any individual who TAKES A LIFE. Please help me make a difference. This man's inhumane act made a difference in the life of an innocent animal. It ENDED that life.

ATTLEBORO, Mass. (WPRI) - An 18-year-old Attleboro man is facing animal cruelty charges for allegedly throwing something at a goose and then laughing as he and two friends watched it twitch on the ground before dying. "He actually threw something, striking and killing it," says Attleboro police chief James Keane. Shawn Timas pleaded not guilty on Monday to animal cruelty, being a disorderly person, giving police a false name and obstruction of justice for the alleged incident on Sunday. He remains behind bars at this time. "I don't know what goes through someone's mind when they kill an animal and laugh as it dies. I can't rationalize it," Keane went on to say. Police say Timas admitted to kicking the goose, but only in self-defense after the bird bit him. Police say he had no visible marks on his leg. "His statement was he was attacked by the goose. That was not true," said Lt. Keane. His lawyer asked that he be released on personal recognizance because he has been accepted to the University of Rhode Island. Eyewitness News went to his Brookhaven home where police say Timas lives with his mother. No one answered the door.

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