Republican Abuse of Animals Scandals

Severed a cat's paws, strung the animal up and then set it on fire with the help of four of his fraternity brothers all because it didn't use the litter box properly resulting in criminal charges and expulsion from his fraternity

Punched and kicked his family's 14-year-old dog on Christmas in front of his wife and young daughter who was yelling for him to stop

Killed her 14-month-old puppy for the crime of acting like a puppy on a hunting trip and later proudly wrote about the incident in her book as if shooting unruly puppies was a perfectly normal thing to do

Shot her family goat once and then picked up an additional shotgun shell from her truck to finish the job since her first shot didn't kill the animal

Doused his girlfriend's cat with bleach and then beat the animal to death

Chemically burned his girlfriend's cat so viciously that its tail had to be amputated, threatened to "inflict chemical burns" on responding police officers and told one detective that he'd "make him pay" if he was arrested

Kicked a woman's dog so forcefully with his boot that the animal suffered a cut to its stomach

Poured boiling water on his fiancé's helpless dog and beat her other dog so forcefully that he broke its ribs

Placed his dog inside a carrier strapped to the top of his family car and set off on a 12-hour trip during which the dog became ill with diarrhea that his children had to watch streak down the back window

Allegedly bragged about killing his neighbor's dog with a shovel to multiple colleagues in the months and years after the incident