Just about the time I think people are at their worst, they make new lows.
GRRRRRR.
I ******* HATE people that abuse animals!
Animal cruelty, pedophilia and abortion ... I’d throw these monsters in jail and NEVER let them out!
If I had my way, these crimes would be handled in the following manner: the punishment would fit the crime. Always. No exceptions.
Who does these kinds of things??
The more time I spend on Earth, the more I realize that good people are the exception.
Otherwise, people pretty much suck.
Several years back, when my oldest was a toddler, there was an article in our paper about a bunch o’ kittens found under a porch, and the local shelter was looking for someone to adopt them.
So, we sauntered on over to the shelter, figuring even if those kittens were adopted already, we would adopt a kitten for our son to pal around with.
We looked at the kittens, they still had a few of the ones that were in the paper, and we were all set to ‘adopt’ the them. Until the adoption cost was explained...
They wanted over $200 for each of the kittens that were in the paper (to pay for their medical treatment), and the other kittens were about $125 I think (just mut cats). Full grown cats were $90 bucks I think.
Well, we are all for ‘adoption’ but the wife and I both thought that was a bit much. We thought we were doing the shelter a favor by offering to adopt them. We didn’t realize that being good of heart also meant dropping a hefty sum of cash on top of it.
We were given quite the guilt treatment, told how they had so many kittens that would probably have to be put down if they weren’t adopted, and the older cats were basically going to be put down if they weren’t adopted ASAP because no one wants an older cat......
I became irate, and explained to the teen aged girl, that we were willing to help out, so the cats wouldn’t have to be put down, but there was no way we were paying that kind of money. She basically sneered at us, her look indicated at that point that she felt as if we weren’t good enough. It was obvious that the whole shelter thing was nothing more than a pet-store, using guilt and threatening death to the animals if we didn’t act NOW.
So my feelings on shelters is now pretty mixed. I don’t know how to take their tactics.
But, we figured one kitten was as good as another when it comes to needing a home. We ended up getting 3 kittens out of the newspaper for free, and they are still with us (although much plumper and lazier).
I know folks complain about pet stores, and pet-mills etc, but I have never had a pet store employee tell me “buy this at an exorbitant price or we’ll have to kill it”, which was really what was going on.
Animal cruelty is a state of mind. It is not about the animal. It is about the intent of the human. If, in the mind of the humans involved, this is strictly about using the best bait, it is not about being cruel to animals. It is about catching fish, aligators, etc.
It is like using live worms. Whether or not it is animal cruelty depends on where you draw the line. Don’t get me wrong. Kittens are not worms, but nor are they human infants.
I know PETA thinks there is no difference, but I do.
they would place the kittens in a sack, tie a rock around it and throw it in the water....
its not my way, and I couldn't do it...I don't even like to thread a worm...but it was a reasonable practice for some....
Babies & kitty cats. My two fav things. This pisses me off. Poor little dears.
I’m no PETA proponent, but geez, kick the livin’ #Y&* out of this psychos!
I will admit that I've made humorous comments about using puppies, small dogs and kittens as trolling bait for muskies here in S.E. Michigan but I would never have thought that someone would actually do that.
I'll be the first to shove my way to the front of the line to exact justice on whoever was responsible for this.........In fact I would have set fire to the boat that they were found in.
“People” that commit acts like this are likely to do the same things to humans.
I can’t stand that the person(s) who committed this crime will probably get a year or two if even that.
If this were done to my cat there is a good chance that I’d just lose it and beat the guy (and then of course I’d be the bad guy).
OMG those poor babies. I’d take both of them in a heartbeat.
Sad *PING*.
It’s Bush’s fault. Damned cat killer.