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re post 65. To put it simply. I believe that the important thing about every human endeavor is not what we do but WHY we do it. If I have extra kittens and I put them in a bag and brain 'em with a bat and throw 'em in the garbage, I am being a steward, like when I put out rat traps.

If, on the other hand, I beat 'em to listen to 'em scream, I am doing something wrong. No argument with you there.

My main point is that there are much worse wrongs that people can do that really bother me. When Jesus used the parable of the lost sheep it was, in fact, a PARABLE. The listeners (and we)could relate because they knew how valuable a sheep, as an investment, was. And it was, in fact, property!

When I hear of people doing what these people did, it makes me very sad. Not for the kitten, but for the people participating in the activity. Theirs are the souls Jesus died for, not the kittens. They are demonstrating a lack of respect for His creation and a lack of respect for themselves.

We ALL do it in other ways. Theirs is just more emotionally charged for most people than using drugs or prostitution.

Animals are, in fact, property and need to be cared for as such.

Shoot, did anyone on this thread spend any time on a ranch or farm? Is this all just city folk here? Animals are most definitely NOT people and should never come close to LEGALLY rising to that level!

I lived on a small farm, yes we ate our chickens. But if I
had done anything like these people did, my Dad would
have slapped me silly. And he was not a religious man.
but he respected life.

"Shoot, did anyone on this thread spend any time on a ranch or farm? Is this all just city folk here? Animals are most definitely NOT people and should never come close to LEGALLY rising to that level!"

Just so you know you're not alone, I grew up on the farm. You express my sentiments exactly. Most of us are afraid to speak to such emotionally charged city folk about their pets. Good luck.