One wonders what mammal might be a politically correct meal for a large serpent. Is it ok to feed a rat to the snake, but cruel to feed a puppy? How about a kitten?
I question the rationality of a system that sentences a man to 3 months in jail for feeding his pet a meal that, otherwise, most of us might find cute and cuddly. (even if he is a horses rear end)
I’m thinking kittens ought to be fair game. Otherwise they’ll just grow into cats.
i once watched a “friend” of mine many years ago, feed a mouse to his boa and thought it was disgusting. had he fed this snake a dog i would have done him great bodily harm. he didn’t remain a friend very long. dogs are and always have been pets and have given us love and companionship sometimes when we don’t deserve it. they don’t deserve to be used as food for snakes. snakes would use us as food if they could and sometimes are reported to just that.
Yes (okay to feed rat to snake), yes (cruel re puppy), and yes (okay re cat.)
Puppies are special. They are fully fledged members of human families.
The perp is lucky that I wasn't deciding his sentence.