The whole hit man thing felt like a set up, truly, they had a very flimsy case on that charge. But we don’t have the penalties for animal abuse and trafficking that I think we should, they just don’t carry any weight without the attempted murder for hire thing so I’m really conflicted about it sentencing and the verdict. He would have gotten off light without the hit man charge but the penalties for the things he was responsible for should be harsher.
I think I’m the most upset that that wild life protection bill didn’t pass. Lobbyists “donate” hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to political campaigns to accomplish what Doc Atler did by just bringing some monkeys and a couple of tiger cubs to the House of Representatives for photo ops.