Yeah, I think possums are cute, too. Except for the tails.

I think that any "ugly animal" contest that doesn't include Cheney is rigged from the start! "With its fleshy, hairless, dick-shaped head and repulsive natural sneer, this bloated mammal rips into any prey it can find, rendering it into small, digestable chunks for <i>Halliburtonus corruptus</a>, AKA the common corporate weasel."

Speaking of animals, let's move onto the more lovable variety:

Asshole kidnaps neighbor's cat and--as his lawyer sez:

"Cortes' attorney, James Benjamin, said the cat was a stray and that his client saved the animal's life by not leaving it at an animal shelter, where it could have been killed.

'He took it to a safe-looking place where there are a lot of mice'."

The place? He dumped the cat in the FUCKING EVERGLADES.
Mice, alligators, whatevah. HUMANITARIAN of the YEAR award!

Most annoying thing: after the incident's happy ending (hooray!), he didn't get charged with "kidnapping with intent to kill," as he would if the victim was a human, but "petty theft."
People who abuse, torture or kill pets go on to abuse, torture or kill human beings. Have you ever heard of a serial killer who loved his pets? When will the law ever recognize this? Why are there harsh mandatory sentences for victimless crimes like "statuatory rape" and "pot smoking," but slaps on the wrists for the torture or murder of pets? And which perp goes on to be a bigger threat to the community?