Posted on 01/16/2010 9:25:57 AM PST by JoeProBono
This is Timothy the Cat and his story has captivated viewers for weeks on our web channel. Sadly Timothy the Cat died from his injuries after he was found glued to a Minnesota highway. Now a reward for information on the crime has climbed to almost $10,000.
Timothy was found glued to a highway in late December. He was taken in by volunteers with Second Chance Rescue, but sadly he died a few days later. This past Saturday, an anonomous man from Yankton gave $1,000 to be used for reward money. Since then, volunteers say the donations have been rolling in both from South Dakota and Minnesota.
"Putting a 7 month-old kitten glued to a highway when cars are speeding by—that cat had to be terrifed—that bothers me. Timothy was a very friendly cat and very easy to get attached to, so it was sad to watch him go downhill so quickly and hopefully we can find who did it and hold them accountable for it," said Rosey Quinn of Second Chance.
If you have information about this crime contact Second Chance Rescue in Sioux Falls.
>>Only nutrition and the utility principle?<<
No. They also make excellent companions because of all the similarities - especially dogs, being communal animals.
But it is like movies. A good chick flick can allow me to suspend disbelief to the point that I cry. I see my dog in the same way. He is not the real thing, but he seems that way sometimes. I allow myself to feel that way, knowing that it is like the chick flick. It is not real.
And you will notice that I am consistent. :)
I have yet to see anything to contradict that position and everything confirms it.
I first articulated this viewpoint back in the 1980’s when sparring with some animal rights activists in front of a fir store. I expected to get handed my butt in debate since they live this stuff. Instead, they could not argue. Their entire position was that animals are like people.
BTW, I started the discussion by saying “I see Bambi had a strong influence on you as a child.
I had a hard time killing the Racoons that plagued our yard. There was a mother and three young ones. I got within about two feet of one stuck on a tree trunk at about the height of my chest. I had a baseball bat. I could not bring myself to harm it. I just scared them off. A few months later at around 3 in the morning there was a shrieking that woke up the neighborhood. The Racoon family was shunning one of the three “children. It was limping and it’s mother was attacking it.
That is the “cute reality”. That is when my “disbelief” is not suspended.
Oh, this same family, a year before all this, got a great meal of chocolate covered coffee beans from me. The candies (about four pounds) had melted together and were worthless. The Racoons really liked ‘em.
>>What an ignorant thing to say! Now babies don’t feel pain?<<
How is it ignorant? Did I say babies feel no pain? No. What I did was ask a question. How exactly is that ignorant.
Calm down. ;)
>>If you think animals cannot feel pain, you’re a sick piece of excrement. And I say that with all due respect.<<
I believe you need human consciousness to interpret the nerve stimulus as “pain”.
“Sick” excrement or not. :)
>>You’re a sick individual.<<
You don’t have enough evidence about me and my nuanced attitude toward animals to make that statement. You are entitled to whatever opinion you want, of course. It does not mean I have to respect it.
My wife finds it interesting that animals and I seem to form a “bond” almost instantly. People are amazed how animals that are normally not friendly to strangers or men, in particular, seem to love me. It must be a scent I give off. I really do love petting them, but I see them as just really sophisticated “teddy bears” for adults. But I can suspend disbelief just fine.
This is the last time I will reply to you.
I am not reading your comments, nor will I ever. Don’t waste your time. The bottom line is that anyone who thinks babies and animals feel no pain is a sick, sick person.
I am not reading your comments, nor will I ever. Don’t waste your time. The bottom line is that anyone who thinks babies and animals feel no pain is a sick, sick person.<< Based on your last sentence, all I can say is, apparently. :}
Interesting. When the time comes for this person (who is raised on a farm) to slaughter one of his animals, why does he invariably do it in the most humane way possible? Even your farmer bitten by his dog chose to shoot it and not, say, glue it to the road outside his house.
Respect for creation and decency. I never mean to suggest animals have no feelings whatsoever. A person would have to be cold indeed, if it took as much effort to be inhumane as to be humane, if they chose inhumane. As a living thing, it would be un-Natural not to have ANY empathy for animals.
Interestingly, and on a side note, I just watched Shrek. The characters are all computer generated, yet I found I had feelings for them. Go figure.
And it seemed as if something was “behind their eyes”, but we all know human beings can be easily fooled in this way. Look at all the women who trusted Clinton.
Despicable! People who can do this sort of thing are lacking in conscience and are a threat to human beings. Often psychopaths start off with animals and “graduate” to people.
Animals can’t help what they are and are at our mercy so it is up to us to protect them and keep them safe and the ones that are meant to be consumed for food, slaughter them as humanly as possible. This poor kitty suffered at the hands of a cruel individual, one who can ramp up and do it to people. There is a side of me that would want to take a .45 and deliver the ultimate punishment to this sick person if the law would allow it. However, I do believe in redemption and a second chance so takng him to the woodshed would suffice. I do believe animals do have souls and spirits, much like the American Indians, Buddhists, Hindus and Jains do along with many Judeo-Christians. I am Christian, Lutheran, myself but I do see the world’s religions like spokes on a wheel where at the center, you have God, sort of a Universalist belief. On animals and religion, I’m much like Michael Savage.
Come to think of it, maybe there will be a time machines will have souls if we make robots advanced enough. I get headaches thinking about it, but I often joke, but wonder, if at some point this will happen.
Indeed. This sort of behavior is how one identifies superficially humanoid bodies which lack that feature.
I don't believe that redemption is possible for a creature that has sunk to this level of depravity. All that can be done is to either punish it severely enough that it is afraid to act on its evil nature any more, or to put it down.
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