September 9, 2014
The Ohio Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is pushing for animal cruelty charges against North Ridgeville, Ohio police officer Barry Accorti, according to the Morning Journal on June 12. Executive director of the Ohio SPCA Teresa Landon, told the Morning Journal that she felt Accorti should be punished for what he did. He opened fire in a residential neighborhood and killed the kittens in cold blood while the children watched. “The kittens were just sitting there. They didn’t have to die. They were only 10 months old at most and they still could have been socialized,” she told the Journal.
A homeowner requested help from the local humane society when a female cat and her babies started giving the homeowner a flea problem. Her husband had tried to remove the cats himself, only to be attacked by the aggressive mother who did not want her kittens to be touched. The part-time humane officer told the woman that the shelter was full so these kittens would have to go to “kitten heaven.” He then shot the kittens to death while the women’s four children watched in horror from an upstairs window.
When the shots were almost over, the children ran downstairs to their mother's arms screaming and crying. Residents in the neighborhood were outraged. No one told them what was going on as they began to fear for the life after the first shot was fired.
The chief of police plans to take no disciplinary actions. The homeowner has filed a complaint with the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
What do you think the officer should have done differently?
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