I think she resents having to help take care of the animals. We just adopted two little black kittens. As much as I love my son, I think I would press charges if he did that repeatedly to new kittens. If therapy didn't help, that is. In our city, animal cruelty was made a felony. It won't go on her record of she's under 18. I doubt she would go to jail, anyway. I wonder if criminal charges would make her understand how serious this is. The judge would probably just order her to go back to therapy and do community service. But, you could make her think she's going to jail.
