1.   But friends say he was a bright boy who struggled with his grades, that he built tree houses for his young neighbors but also tortured small animals.

2.   The animals were tortured, burned and poisoned by the thousands, all the while portrayed as child-eating sneaks.

3.   They torture the animal in an often fruitless effort to make it mean.

4.   Real animals were tortured and killed on-screen.

5.   But classmates knew he had bragged about building bombs and torturing animals and voted him Most Likely to Start World War III.

6.   In order to seize a gun, there must be evidence that the person recently tortured animals, threatened to kill himself or others or acted violently.

7.   There must be evidence that the person recently tortured animals, threatened to kill himself or others or acted violently.

8.   The Israeli army has opened an inquiry into allegations from a soldier that his comrades tortured animals on the Gaza Strip, the military spokesman said Friday.