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Would you say a person who enjoy killing small animals in his youth will likely grow into a serial killer?
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That’s a question that can only be answered by a criminal psychologist, but my answer is “no”. “Serial killers” are defined as people who kill over three victims, so the “serial” part would not apply in the case of killing a few animals as a child. But many child killers do grow up to be serial killers. It’s important to note that “serial killers” often start off killing animals as children, and many other people who kill animals as children do not go on to be serial killers. People who get sexual gratification from killing animals as a child are much more likely to go on to kill humans.