Target: Sim Gill, District Attorney of Salt Lake County, UT
Goal: Prosecute case against couple who allegedly tortured pet kitten to fullest extent.
Utah officers investigating a suspected illegal encampment received quite a shock when they encountered Justin Epperson and Emily Allred. The couple was inside their car, which reportedly contained narcotics. But it was the faint mewing sound apparently coming from the vehicle that most got the officers’ attention. Upon further investigation, they discovered the source of the noise: a duct-taped lunch container. The officers report that inside this small container was a six-week-old kitten.
Feces allegedly covered the small animal, and only her head was free from the object. Officers described the kitten as being in very poor health. She has since received treatment and is now reportedly making a remarkable recovery with her new name: Athena. Because Athena was seemingly a companion animal, any cruelty case brought on her behalf could be classified as a felony and carry prison time.
Sign the petition below to demand maximum charges in this disturbing case if the suspects are deemed guilty.
PETITION LETTER:
Dear DA Gill,
Justin Epperson and Emily Allred have been accused of imprisoning a six-week-old kitten in a small lunch container and endangering her life. The case grabbed national headlines and highlights the seriousness of animal cruelty cases. Utah state law has a provision for classifying these crimes as felonies if torture of a companion animal is involved.
If the evidence merits, please pursue the fullest punishment in this case and reaffirm that harm to any living being will not be tolerated.
Sincerely,
[Your Name Here]
Photo Credit: Ty Swartz
They need to be eliminated!! Horrible cruel people that would harm and almost killed this innocent 6 week old kitten. They need THE MAXIMUM PUNISHMENT as they will continue to hurt/ kill the innocent and possibly little children will be next. Put them away FOREVER!!
I agree! I did drugs when I was younger and actually functioned. I have been rescuing cats/ kittens since I was a kid. I had an abusive mother etc. My point is I never hurt animals or my own kids because I was horribly mistreated and did drugs. These people are just plain evil!
These folks need killed off.
I agree 100%.
Where do I apply to the waiting list?
and further…charges of felonies should not just apply to torture of companion animals…
It should be ALL animals!!!!!!!
Sim – please use your position and power to prosecute Justin Epperson and Emily Allred to the fullest extent allowed under Utah law. These uneducated animal abusers were intending on killing this innocent kitten, and it was just dumb luck that she was discovered by a police officer. People who abuse and murder animals are shitty people; please get them off the street…
Death penalty for these bastard abusers,SOB! Cowards,burn in hell!
Justice for the poor kitten!
That poor little soul! I don’t know the mental condition of the two perpetrators, but no one in his/her right mind would deliberately lock a living, breathing animal in a container to dies. Please treat this case with the seriousness it deserves. These people should undergo psychiatric counseling (at their expense) and if found guilty of animal cruelty, be sentenced to jail and ordered never to have animals again!
Fucking useless junkies! Charge them with felony animal cruelty!! I agree ALL animal cruelty should be a felony, and they all should have the same punishment as if they did it to a child.
Please….maximum charges to Justin Epperson and Emily Allred for the for the deliberate abuse of Athena. Use of narcotics is NOT an excuse for this intentional/heinous act.
THIS IS THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS ACT OF ANIMAL ABUSE AND CRUELTY. TAKE THESE 2 SCUMBAGS, DUCT TAPE THEIR MOUTHS, WRISTS BEHIND THEM AND ANKLES.DROP THEM OFF IN SHARK INFESTED WATERS AND “SCREW THEM”
These scum will probably get off but before they are allowed to go free I think they need to be given a taste of their own medicine. Put these nice people in a cell with their hands tied behind their backs and feet tied together as well. Place a plastic bag over their heads. Leave them there until they are out of air completely before saving their sorry butts. They do not deserve saving but it’s what we do when we are not scum. Let them see how it feels to be without sir to breathe. Let them wonder why they are offensive to another enough to die in such agony? People must learn how it feels when they do horrible things to small animals. They will learn or die!
WHAT THE HECK IS WRONG WITH THESE NEANDERTHALS. THEY MUST NOT BE ALLOWED TO GO HEAVILY UNPUNISHED AND THEN BE PUT AWAY FROM SOCIETY…FOR GOOD. WHAT NEXT, PEOPLE ON FREEZERS…FOR A LAUGH.
MENTALLY INSANE….CLEARLY NEED TO BE LOCKED AWAY FROM ANYTHING AND ANYONE.
THEY MAKE MY SKIN CRAWL….GET OFF THIS PLANET, YOU DO NO GOOD!!