Clearly there are some very sick people out there:

A man pleaded guilty in the deaths of his ex-girlfriend's four small kittens, which were tossed into a fire pit after the couple argued.

Robert Tomlin, 22, of Smithsburg was sentenced Monday to 1 1/2 years in jail for aggravated animal cruelty. Washington County Circuit Judge John McDowell suspended the sentence except for the 134 days Tomlin has served since his arrest....

"Taking defenseless animals as you have, and destroying them ... there is no excuse for that," McDowell told Tomlin.

If you cook them, at least have the decency to eat them.

Maryland Man Admits Burning Kittens to Death [Associated Press]