This is about a trusted 19 year old house guest who had been staying at the Clowards’ home for 6 months. His name is Jordan Linquist.
There are two cats in the family. Shadow who is black and another cat we don’t know much about. Shadow was so badly tortured by the ‘nice’ house guest through punching and shaking that the police said that if Shadow had been a child he would quite probably have been killed. That is an interesting if very sad observation; cats are more resilient than babies. The video shows the appalling behavior. I don’t expect anyone to watch it. I watched 10 seconds of it. The cat’s caretaker can’t watch it.
The baby monitor (an internal video camera to keep an eye on what is happening in the home) was set up by Shadow’s caretakers because Shadow was starting to ‘behave strangely’ and they had taken Shadow to the vets on a number of occasions.
The camera images were relayed live to Mr Cloward so he was able to watch the streamed video remotely. He saw his ‘friend’ beating up his cat and called him immediately.
Jordan answered the phone as if nothing untoward was happening. Mr Cloward, furious at what he had seen, demanded that he stop harming Shadow. Jordan’s response was (a) to shout back (b) to look for the video camera and (c) to leave the house immediately afterwards.
He was picked up by the police, arrested and is facing a felony charge of animal cruelty. He posted a $5,000 bond to be released from Utah County Jail.
I guess the moral here is that you can’t trust a friend who you have allowed to stay at your home and who is cat-sitting effectively. It makes you think.
Source: inquisitr.com
Do you have any tips? 😉
There are damaged individuals and/or they are born with it. For all of us it is impossible to even think about doing what this ‘nice’ person did. I don’t think we can be too careful when we let a guest into our homes and leave him alone in the house with our cat. I am not sure I could ever do this.
Thank God I have a trusted fellow crazy cat lady to baby sit my baby when I have to be away from home! We take turns caring for each others cats. I would be horrified to see that happen to my fur-babies, even the dogs! I hope they throw the boot at that sick individual!
I pray that Shadow recovers fully and never is subjected to jerks again!
I commend the cat owner for his restraint. If Shadow was my cat and I saw that? Linquist would have left that house feet first.
Look at this man’s eyes, and you can see something odd. I can’t identify it. Learning about “micro-expressions” can help protect us from people who may turn out to be a threat. But it takes some time to study, and use with anyone, even someone who seems “nice”. That can be all part of a predator’s m.o.
Nanny cams have proven invaluable in homes with children and pets, but also in cases of burglaries and attacks, or any threatening behavior. I’d say it’s a priority investment for many.
So Horrible_ Anyone who abuses and tortures an animal will have the potential to do the same to a human being as well. Many serial killers started their criminal behaviors on the family pets or the neighbors pets or a stray.I have researched this subject in my efforts to understand what can possess a person to commit such acts without a conscious bone of remorse in their body . Their brains are wired differently than a normal one.
A serial killer accused of 35 deaths, all recounted animal torture in their childhood history.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/why-the-wild-things-are/201302/do-mass-killers-start-out-harming-pets [-transcript from google link-]