man kills girlfriend’s cats? YES

Perhaps you remember the story of Sean Lynde, a 36-year-old nyc graphic designer accused of killing his girlfriend’s cats.

Lynde moved in with his gf, Rachael Strate, when she had two cats. Three days later, one was found dead with a broken jaw. Then the other cat suffered extensive head trauma. Lynde’s gf then adopted two kittens, one of which was returned after suffering trauma, and another that “fell off a table.” She then adopted two MORE kittens, one of which suffered a broken paw and then went missing, and the other of which went blind and was then found with a broken neck.

Despite his initial pleas of innocence, Lynde pleaded guilty yesterday to aggravated animal cruelty, admitted that he had killed at least one of the cats.

At least one? So the others were just a coincidence? I still think both Lynde and his ex-gf need serious mental help.

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man kills girlfriend’s cats? maybe.

It goes without saying that any story of animal cruelty makes me sad and completely furious. But I just read a story that I can’t stop thinking about.

Sean Lynde, a 36-year-old graphic designer from here in New York City, has been accused of killing at least four of his girlfriend’s cats during a four-month period. But the case isn’t as simple as it sounds.

Lynde moved in with his gf, Rachael Strate, when she had two cats. Three days later, one was found dead with a broken jaw. Then the other cat suffered extensive head trauma. Lynde’s gf then adopted two kittens, one of which was returned after suffering trauma, and another that “fell off a table.” She then adopted two MORE kittens, one of which suffered a broken paw and then went missing, and the other of which went blind and was then found with a broken neck.

Lynde’s guilt or innocence will be decided in court. But something is very wrong here regardless. If your cats started dying in mysterious ways after your boyfriend moved in, would you keep adopting more? The girlfriend had to have been lying about her previous cats to any adoption services, because there’s no way they’d let a cat go to someone who’d had four cats die on them in as many months. I’m not saying she’s guilty of anything other than being oblivious, but this doesn’t seem as open and shut as it should.

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