The National Sheriffs Association was also a strong backer of the FBI’s policy change. But the group’s motivation wasn’t animal welfare.When Randour first brought the idea of tracking animal abuse data to the FBI a decade ago, John Thompson sat on the agency’s policy advisory board. It was dismissed as trivial. But several years ago, Thompson, now deputy executive director of the National Sheriffs’ Association, was presented research that many serial killers, like Son of Sam, foreshadowed their penchant for violence at an early age through abusing animals.Research has backed up that animal abuse can be a precursor to future violent crimes. In the popular Netflix true crime series, “Making a Murderer,” the principal character burned his cat alive.“I’m on a mission because all these years I’ve missed it and it was sitting right in front of me,” Thompson said.
tbh, I'm kind of surprised that they didn't track that stuff already.
You mean that one time I may or may not have put a frog on a chunk of dry ice and then uploaded the video to YouTube was illegal?
a step in the right direction
