What Is Man Capable Of?

It's so true that one learns something new everyday. I am always very glad when I do. Except, unfortunately, that sometimes not all of them are what I would be glad to learn. Some are of course, informative, helpful, useful or simply interesting. Others could be sad, annoying, stomach turning or utterly incredible, in a horrendous sense, making you wonder how sick in the head some human beings can be.

I learned about such a case yesterday, which continues with updated details today. A man here in Spain was arrested yesterday, for having raped a pony. A pony?!

The owner of the little animal heard his dogs barked late at night. He got out to investigate, first his garden, then the stables he had behind his country house, where he keeps 3 horses and one pony. When he approached nearer, he saw a man running away, but with his very powerful touch he could make out that the man was someone he knew, not as a friend, but someone who lived in the same area.


On examining his stables, he found his pony had it's 4 legs tied together, behind it there was a chair which didn't belong to him. His further investigation caused him to suspect the most detestable violation performed on the poor animal, which continued to emit guttural sounds of pain. The blood curdling evidence of cruelty and inhumanity showed clearly on it's injured behind.

The owner later told the police that he recognised this man being the one, who had in the past week or 10 days been lurking about near his property, once even on the ground within, and had been warned off. The vet had provided the unmistakable confirmation of this hideous and cruel crime.


The prosecution asked for 10 months of prison and 771€ of damage, which is the exact figure of the vet bill. Not having any precedents to go by, the charge was reluctantly termed as ' cruelty to an animal'. It should have been 'rape' with more than ample evidence, had it happened to a person, the prosecution added.

Normally, when the term of imprisonment was less than 2 years, the man was automatically entitled to conditional discharge, but in this case no, as he is already pending court hearing on another rape charge, to a woman. It had also been pointed out that the crime was planned ahead with such intention; the repeated looming around the property days ahead, and the chair he had brought over as aiding prop to the crime scene attested to that.

Makes you wonder, doesn't it, what with people killing their own family members after mere differences of opinions, couples beating each other to a pulp, fires set to other's property for fun, robbing old and defenceless people with violence, abducting. violating and killing young girls ... raping now even animals!! What other atrocities are human beings capable of??

How is that the world can be so very beautiful yet also so ugly and beastly at the same time?

Tags:Rape,Violence,Pony

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