I'm with DCer. I don't get the point, unless it is just to be cruel. How do people get in trouble with the law for dog fighting and get away with stuff like this. A living being is a living being. An octopus is highly intelligent, but I don't think that being cruel to one is any different from being cruel to a less intelligent kitten. When are we going to wake up and stop this? If you've ever spent any time at all with a cow, you know that eating one is the same as eating a dog.