Cruel Intentions

How can a human being mistreat an innocent animal and act as if he did nothing wrong?
There was a recent case of animal abuse in the newspapers recently, someone had put a rubber band so tightly round a cat's neck that it ate into his flesh and nearly killed him. I'm sure there are a lot more cases of animal abuse that is never reported.
Each time I read such a report, it makes me sick. I can't understand how people can be so cruel? Even if you're not an animal lover, there is no reason to harm them. As chief-keeper of my own mini zoo, I would personally kill anyone who dares to lay a finger on any of my animals.

Its my 2nd day of pet-sitting for Ralph and Scampy, and I must say they are behaving themselves really well. Ok, Ralph is behaving himself but Scamp is really sweet. They do the most stupid and funny things, like this morning they wandered into the bathroom while I was having my shower and started to play with the water droplets on the shower screen. Once I was done, Ralph decided to step into the shower area, only to retreat with disgust when he realised the floor was soaking wet. And did I mention about how I came home to 2 kittens swinging on the curtains? Pictures of them when I get home