AR-News: (AU) Kitty cruelty makes soldier life tough

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Soldiers in the north Queensland city of Townsville claim they have
stopped wearing their uniforms in public because of the fear of
retaliation over the torture and killing of a litter of kittens.

Some soldiers say they have been spat at and threatened after six
soldiers from Lavarack Barracks appeared in the Townsville magistrates
court on May 10 and pleaded guilty to animal cruelty.

They had urinated on a litter of kittens and dragged one behind a
motorcycle then crushed its head under the tyre of a four-wheel dive and
doused the others with fuel and set them alight while still alive.

They were fined $2,000 and ordered to do community service - but escaped
without convictions being recorded. 

full story:
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/05/29/1085641749116.html
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