Does keeping a pet reflect the kindness of owners?

In Pet owner jailed for dog cruelty, David Lee Jones was convicted of “letting his pet dog starve to death” for three weeks. This is distressing and heartbreaking to see the cruelty done by human being. RSPCA inspector, Edwina Davidson said,” I lost sleep over this case because it was so harrowing.” She failed to look again to the pictures of the dead pet dog because it indicated what the dog went through. Plaster, the stricken pet dog, was abandoned in a council house after its owner lost the keys. The report said that there were scratching marks left on the wall showing that Plaster has been gouged to try to escape and extract moisture of walls after three weeks deprived of food and drinks. To cope with this inhuman act, RSCPA is glad to Mr. Jones’ custodial sentence. Ms Davidson added that, “The magistrates obviously took a very dim view of this case and at least Mr. Jones will have some time to reflect on his actions."”

This article has deeply impressed me of its content about how a pet owner killed his pet dog. In this case, keeping a pet doesn’t reflect the kindness of a pet owner at all. The convict chose to escape from being charged rather than to rescue his own pet out of conscience. He left his dog lived without food and drinks for three weeks and then prayed to god he wouldn’t get caught by police. He is sentenced to be guilty because giving no mercy to a life that even the magistrate judged him to be jailed for dog cruelty. According to the report, this is a rare sentence to be handed out, which also indicates that how severe the crime has been committed. Letting a dog die of starvation is ethically unforgivable, we could see a pet owner who lost not only humanity but also morality.