"Kitten killer" perfectly describes the senile elderly man the offender who callously tortured and murdered a defenceless kitten in cold blood.
A clear open and shut case of brutal, vicious, calculated and premeditated
A person who enjoys inflcting such a brutal crime on a defenceless animal would pose in my view a threat to the community. Sick, twisted and perversed old man with a psychopathic personality disorder.
If you can kill a kitten you could easily kill a defenceless child.
Animal liberation groups would be horrified that it was only a $20,000 fine. A two year prison term plus a larger fine would be a bigger deterrent to sick animal murderers.