Animal Control Supervisor Kevin Murphy Saves Some Money, Kills Some Kittens

[Lizard]

Prosecutors filed six counts on Monday against an Adelanto Animal Control supervisor who allegedly drowned roughly 50 kittens over a four-month period,officials said. Kevin Murphy, 36, faces six misdemeanor counts of cruelty to animals.

Hill said the charges stem from Murphy allegedly drowning the kittens between July and October. If convicted, Murphy could face six years in county jail for the drownings.

"We were not friends, but we were colleagues," said Kathy Williamson, manager of the Victor Valley Animal Protective League in Apple Valley. "I was really surprised when I heard that someone supposedly trying to do the right thing by rescuing animals is then charged with killing them. It doesn't make any sense."

Williamson said she has an agreement with Adelanto Animal Control to take in whatever animals its workers bring her. The city pays a fee for each animal her shelter takes in. The fee for a dead animal is less than for a live one.

Adelanto pays the shelter $23 to take a live cat and $10 to take -- and then dispose of -- a dead one. Williamson said Adelanto Animal Control officers brought her 47 dead cats and dogs in 2005. In 2006, they brought 65. Last year, the total was 119.

"For every animal they don't bring me alive, they save money," she said. "But it's not [Murphy's] money, it's the city's money."

http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/dro...s_officer.html
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la...,5815383.story

[Angel]

It's a good fucking thing he didn't work at an orphanage!

[ThreeOnAMeathook]

^ Hahaha


Jesus buddy, you couldn't spare an extra $13 to give a cat a home? Cheapskate.

Nice shades.

[TheMorningStar]

I bet this sick fuck got some kind of pleasure out of this. I doubt he needed the $650. I can't imagine any amount of money that would make me drown even one kitten. They better keep an eye on this guy after he gets out of jail. He's on the psycho path.

[Lizard]

I'm an animal lover, I have to bump this. Have you SEEN tiny kittens, FED them with a bottle, BURPED them afterward? Drowning them would have to be like starving a baby. (Okay, you moms, don't flame me, but c'mon, could you drown a baby animal?) Anyone interested, there's a relatively new book out explaining how all the animals that are euthanized in the U.S. die unnecessarily, so could we save a few more kittens? Hell, yeah. Holy shit, we think we're all that and we kill the animals that we've made dependent on us (see thread on dangerous breed bans).