Target: Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost
Goal: Ensure man who was convicted of throwing bleach on kitten is not freed due to legal loophole.
Alonzo Kyles, who was accused of soaking a cat with bleach, had his conviction overturned because it was thought the cat was a stray, and stray dogs and cats in Ohio are not given the same considerations under law as house pets. Cuyahoga County prosecutors are taking the case to the Ohio Supreme Court to try and have this decision overruled. They are also requesting the law be clearly defined to say that anyone who abuses a stray cat or dog will be subject to felony animal abuse charges.
Because it could not be proven the cat was someone’s pet, the judge overturned the conviction. The law, known as Goddard’s Law, makes it illegal to abuse any companion animal and states that the definition applies to “any animal that is kept inside a residential dwelling and any cat or dog regardless of where it is kept, including a pet store.” However, prosecutors argue that the legislators who wrote the law meant for it to protect all cats and dogs since they wrote “any dog or cat regardless of where it is kept,” instead of “any cat or dog that has received care.”
Not only is it important to change this law to make sure all abused cats and dogs receive justice, but it is imperative that such abusers be punished since they oftentimes eventually turn to either hurting or killing people. Sign this petition to demand the law be rightfully interpreted to mean that animal abusers be held responsible for heinous acts against all cats and dogs.
PETITION LETTER:
Dear Attorney General Yost,
Alonzo Kyles, who was originally convicted on a felony charge for throwing bleach on a kitten, will not be punished because a judge interpreted Goddard’s Law to mean that protections only pertained to companion animals, which are defined as animals that are “kept inside a residential dwelling,” or inside another establishment where they receive ongoing care. Because the law is worded in this manner, prosecutors surmised the judge focused on the word “kept” and allowed the man who reportedly committed this act to walk free.
Specifically, reports state the man threw bleach in a stairwell where a black kitten was located to try and remove the cat, and authorities found the distressed animal lying still and meowing at the bottom of the stairs. His paws were swollen and red, and the cat did not resist help, according to officers. Although a grand jury convicted the accused party on felony animal abuse charges, the case was appealed and another court decided that because it was not proven the cat had an actual home, or since the cat had not been kept somewhere on a regular basis, his conviction should be overturned.
Cuyahoga County prosecutors would like to see this decision reversed and are further requesting that the law’s wording be changed so that it specifically states all cats and dogs, including strays, be protected from the hands of animal abusers. Prosecutors proclaim officials who wrote the law meant for all animals to receive such protections, or else they would have said “any cat or dog that has received care,” rather than “any dog or cat regardless of where it is kept.”
Since animal abusers oftentimes move on to committing more serious crimes against other human beings, both people and stray animals will likely be at risk if this law is not interpreted differently. I therefore urge you to support the Cuyahoga County prosecutors’ case to ensure that all cats and dogs, including strays, receive equal protections from cruel acts of animal abuse.
Sincerely,
[Your Name Here]
Photo Credit: Mark Marek
People who abuse and torture animals:
Prosecute
Fine
Jail
Period!!
This jerk should have rescued the kitten and taken it to a no- kill shelter!
Put this jerk man in jail!!
IF I HAD MY WAY, JAIL TIME FOR THIS ASSHOLE IS A WASTE OF SPACE AND OXYGEN!!!! MYSELF I’D SHOOT THE BASTARD!!!!
FOUND THE ARTICLE BELOW, AT LEAST THE POLICE TOOK THE KITTEN TO THE VET CLINIC WHERE HE HAD ULCERS ON HIS PAWS, THEY ALSO HAVE A PICTURES OF THE KITTEN. HOPEFULLY THE KITTEN WENT TO A RESCUE>^..^<
https://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/2024/02/should-strays-and-pets-be-treated-the-same-in-animal-abuse-cases-cuyahoga-county-prosecutors-ask-ohio-supreme-court-to-decide.html
THIS IS SO GODDAMNED FUCKED. SO, BY OHIO’S LOGIC, I GUESS IT’S OKAY TO SOAK A HOMELESS HUMAN IN BLEACH?!?!?!?!
ALSO, IS THIS ALONZO KYLES OR ALONZO KYLE? KYLE IS A MOTHERFUCKER WHO BEAT HIS GIRLFRIEND’S 12-YEAR-OLD SON, SO I WOULDN’T BE SURPRISED IF HE DOUSED A CAT IN BLEACH. IF IT’S 2 DIFFERENT CUNTS, HOGTIE BOTH OF THEM, SHANK THEM ENOUGH TO BLEED OUT, AND TOSS ‘EM BOTH INTO THE DEEPEST RAVINE IN OHIO.
What a stupid law!!This means that if someone’s cat or dog happens to be out on the street it can be treated like this!! I have never heard of such ridiculous laws (i think this definitely needs to be changed or you will have all of the fucking psychos out there using this. Poor little kitten (did nothing to this prick – just happened to be there.). Get your laws in order Ohio! This dangerous dickhead is back out there on the street.
WTF is that stupid law… That moron deserves the same treatment he did to this poor kitten. Throw bleach on that monster if you see him on the street. He should know how it feels. An eye for an eye.
You need help we can plead not guilty because laws aren’t worded correctly. 👍 Maybe we get the same judge. Was it trial by jury or judge makes decision 🤔???
LOVE YOUR POST AND OR EXACUTE THIS LESS THAN HUMAN BEING SICK PHYCOPATH SHOVE IT UP YOUR ASSES OHIO YOU HAVE SICK DEMENTED LESS THAN HUMAN BEINGS MAKING UP YOUR LAWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Agree all comments throw bleach on them a throw a match on them to burn to death. Whats wrong with laws countries and people . Eye for a eye.
Torturing cats and dogs in Ohio is allowed as long as those animals are STRAYS! I’ve never heard such paranoid bullshit before.
NO animal deserves to be a victim of DEHUMANIZED, DESENSITIZED and MENTALLY-DERANGEED SADISTIC PSYCHOPATHS, strays or not strays!!
NO animal-abuser should be allowed to get away with such a horrific crime committed on a homeless animal who needs food and love, not torture at the hand of lowlife human scum!!
Tormenting and killing animals has a brutalizing effect on our society and mankind as a whole. This satanic and pathological monster must be severely punished. He must also be forbidden from coming near, owning or working with animals.
SET a PRECEDENT, and punish to the full extent of the law!
MAX JAIL or DEATH PENALTY! Everything else is a SHAME on Ohio and its inhabitants and the authorities.
Could not agree more.
You said that extremely well. 👏
What a stupid law!!This means that if someone’s cat or dog happens to be out on the street it can be treated like this!! I have never heard of such ridiculous laws (i think this definitely needs to be changed or you will have all of the fucking psychos out there using this. Poor little kitten (did nothing to this prick – just happened to be there.). Get your laws in order Ohio! This dangerous dickhead is back out there on the street.
What happened to the kitten..?, does anyone know? This cruelty is beyond comprehension… this monster needs shutting away… he’s psychotic.
That is BS, strays are living breathing beings & should be treated the same as any animal. Just because they are living on the street because some stupid human decided they didn’t want them anymore. Put the charges back on this stupid person.
Stray animals , need all the help support and protection they can get : their little lives are hard cold and lonely, with no treatment when ill and injured , unable to avoid unwanted pregnancies and throughout their sad lives subject to abuse from ignorant sadists .
Of course they need and deserve all the protection the law can give them .
Street justice is a wonderful thing : people must know who and where this man is …..
No loophole for this subhuman and douse this POS with high grade gasoline and light him up to send him back to the demons and devils he worships . Just remember he’ll do this to our helpless children if he’s set free as they always do .
…to be let off on technical wording is absurd. Deliberate maiming and harm to an animal needs to be addressed by the law.
Ohio, like ao many red states, harbor criminals, pedophiles and animal abusers.
You’re one to talk about “red” states. I hear Springfield is now a Haitian haven where the illegals are catching and killing and eating peoples’ pets! Your democRats are doing nothing for your “blue” state. Get the color right. People like you are ruining this country!!!
I can’t believe how many cold hearted people live on our planet. Stray animals are unfortunate produce of some cold hearted cruel bastard that doesn’t deserve to be called human. Alonzo Kayles should pay hefty fine, it would be more useful than keeping him in the jail where he would just need tax payers money
There can be NO LEGAL LOOPHOLE. Animal abuse is ABUSE period.
Jail is S.O.B. scum bastard.
I agree with the comments of Tracey A, and
Urszula Lund
Death penalty for haters of animals
So many evil scums in this world…punishment for all monsters who hurt animals no mercy .
How can this not be animal abuse no matter where or how the animal manages to live.
The judge who overturned this needs to take a good look into his own heart.
Also the community needs to take at look at what kind of judge he is. Cares for the well off (pets) but others who need protection the most don’t get it?
So wait – Ohio is the same state that gets bent out of shape when a (false) charge is made that Haitian immigrants are eating people pets, but they don’t give a damn if some bastard throws bleach on a cat, as long as its a stray???????
That’s BEYOND fucked up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If he wants a loop how about a noose! Do not let this jerk off!
THROWING BLEACH OR ANYTHING ELSE ON ANY ANIMAL WHETHER ORVA PET ORVA STRAY IS ANIMAL CRUELTY AND ABUSE & MUST BE STOPPED IMMEDIATELY!!! THIS CRUEL AND ABUSIVE ASSHOLE SHOULD HAVE BLEACH THROWN ON THIS CRUEL & ABUSIVE ASSHOLE IN OHIO REPEATEDLY BEFORE BEING THROWN INTO A PRISON CELL!!!