billyro Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Animals are just one thing. Whoever treats an animal nastily on purpose all the time is sick in the head. Sure, I've been angry at my dog and it recieved a bit of punishment, but that's different. If I went out of my way to go and hurt my dog for no reason, I'd be the worst person on earth. I can't even imagine doing it.Same goes for any form of violence. When I watch a battle on TV or play games, violence is sooooo good. In real life, however, as soon as a fight breaks out I feel really bad. (No I'm not a weakling, I just not self-centered) Although I'd still hold my own in a fight, I wouldn't go looking for one. Not even with an animal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halororor Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 So do I and she is smarter and better mannered than some humans I know too. :whistling: http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/9869/sailingsetters.jpg Just had to say, that is one beautiful retriever. We've also got one that looks almost just like that. Totally won my heart over. I love that dog more than anything in my life. :P http://i53.tinypic.com/el39y8.jpg But back onto topic, I've had a bit more personal experience with animal abuse, and I certainly think it's a someone being very disturbed. I had/have a friend who used to own pet rats, and they always ended up getting injured and killed in mysterious ways, but the guy always had a believable cover story for why it happened. Naturally, we found it odd that his rats were subject to such horrible luck to get injured so often, but we didn't really think too much for it, because you really wouldn't take him to be the type to abuse his pets. One day his girlfriend went to pay him a surprise visit at his house, and she stumbled in on him torturing one of the rats in the bathroom sink by holding it underwater. She freaked out, called the cops and animal welfare came to his house to take the rats away. He was forced to go see a psychiatrist on a weekly basis, and he's not allowed to keep pets any longer, meaning his entire family can't have pets either because he's not allowed to be around them. From what I've heard after the entire incident, he was suffering from depression, and he was basically using the pets as an outlet. :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyYou Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 (edited) Isn't it absolutely amazing how something with just one look, can melt your heart? How ANYONE could hurt an animal is beyond me. I didn't really want a dog...... and certainly not one in the "giant" class of dogs..... but...... when the lady brought Sophie over to show us, I sat down on the ground, and she crawled into my lap, (the puppy, not the lady.... though I wouldn't have minded that either....) and looked up at me with those multicolor eyes, and that was it. I couldn't refuse her....... I have had dogs in the past, but, never raised one from a puppy. Its an interesting experience. Frustrating, and rewarding at the same time...... I am REALLY enjoying it. :D Edited August 17, 2011 by HeyYou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halororor Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 I have had dogs in the past, but, never raised one from a puppy. Its an interesting experience. Frustrating, and rewarding at the same time...... I am REALLY enjoying it. :D It's amazing to raise a dog from a puppy. My dog is also the first dog I played an active role in raising, the previous ones were all either before my time or when I was still very young. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DariusMoranda Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 I have a very short answer to that. Some people are cruel to animals, because they don't have guts to be the same way with humans. Speaking of animals, I raised a wild rabbit and she is 9 years old now. Her name is Mesec (spelled 'Mesetz'), which means 'Moon' in serbian language. The name rhymed with 'zec' (spelled 'zetz), which means 'rabbit' in serbian, so I found it funny and nice to give her that name. Here she is. Good that I started with Flickr recently, as I can't upload anymore photos on here, due to image share limit. Animals makes a man happy. It was the time when I worked more then now on rather dangerous jobs and this precious creature was the only one to be joyful to see me, when I come back home from work. I owe her my life. And those who are cruel to animals, doesn't deserve a place on this planet, not to mention to grew a family of their own. Moranda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted472477User Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 I have a very short answer to that. Some people are cruel to animals, because they don't have guts to be the same way with humans. Speaking of animals, I raised a wild rabbit and she is 9 years old now. Her name is Mesec (spelled 'Mesetz'), which means 'Moon' in serbian language. The name rhymed with 'zec' (spelled 'zetz), which means 'rabbit' in serbian, so I found it funny and nice to give her that name. Here she is. Good that I started with Flickr recently, as I can't upload anymore photos on here, due to image share limit. Animals makes a man happy. It was the time when I worked more then now on rather dangerous jobs and this precious creature was the only one to be joyful to see me, when I come back home from work. I owe her my life. And those who are cruel to animals, doesn't deserve a place on this planet, not to mention to grew a family of their own. Moranda what a pretty bunny, Moranda! She's lovely. Back on topic, last year there was that evil old hag in England or someplace who put a poor cat in a trash barrel and shut the lid. I'm pretty sure she knew what she was doing, because she looked all around to make sure no one was watching. Sucks to be her: it was caught on video. She got death threats and everything over it. Two years ago 4Chan found two teenagers through net sleuthing who had posted video of themselves abusing the one boy's family cat. Thankfully the cat lived and was removed from the home. I don't know what the authorities did to the a-holes, but 4chan's Anonymous group let them have it. They found the kid's identities, etc., and that's how the cops knew who to find. Whatever else you want to say about them, don't mess with cats...or any other animal, I expect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaph0 Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Yeah, it is very sad when I scroll past a post and see how a furry is bragging about what he did with his pet the night before. People like that dont deserve to live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arcane20 Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Majority of people have been responsible for the suffering of an animal in one way or another. Some are just more so than others. I personally don't think any of them can be justified. There's probably people posting here who eat meat. Most animals when they die have the arteries running down their necks sliced open. I don't think that eating meat justifies this but it's one reason why people are cruel to animals. Sticking with the market angle people who wear furs are responsible for the death of whatever animals it came from and in some cases in south east asia and other places animals are skinned alive then thrown into a bucket and left to die. Whaling is another issue especially in japan I don't think it's right to kill a 100+ year old animal for your own personal gain. Bear grylls and that hunter on that dual suvival show and the like have all killed animals before. Sarah palin hunts wolfs just before heading off to a rally to ironically claim she's pro life. there's also sacrifices in some countries; a new kali warrior where the blood of a chiken is spilt over them. Then you just have people who just don't view animals as having the same rights as humans. Some people feed animals to their pets. Quite frankly most animals will be eaten viciously just by being in the hostile environment that is the wild. As an anti natalist I would argue people in the save the tiger foundation who's goal is to double the current tiger population are responsible for the suffering of those animals but I think that's an entirely different debate. And of course a very small percentage of all animal suffering is cause by sick people who just get a kick out of it. But I guess my point here is that it's more abundant than you realize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoshh Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 Some people are just sick enough to take pleasure out of being cruel to animals. Gives them a sense of superiority I guess. Not to mention that these people probably have some kind of mental disorders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginnyfizz Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 I think this thread is starting to tread on some dangerous ground. Arcane20, some of the comments you make cannot be replied to because they would involve religious debate which is banned here. Arcane20 comments "There's probably people posting here who eat meat". So what exactly are you saying? That meat eaters should not be posting here, or that meat eaters are automatically monsters who inflict unwarranted cruelty on animals, and are therefore hypocrites who should not have a right to comment on this? As for "Some people feed animals to their pets" - well I hate to tell you this, but it is quite normal for animals to eat each other. Alive in some cases. Keepers of birds of prey and also snakes may feed whole chicks, for example to their pets, but would kill them first, but this would not always happen in the wild. Well I am unashamed to say that I eat meat. I am also aware of how animals are slaughtered and yes, I have actually seen it, both in an abattoir and otherwise. I was a recorder during the foot and mouth cull here in the UK when the government appealed for any licensed slaughterpersons to volunteer, and a friend of mine who was a hunt master volunteered, I went along to record the ear tag numbers. So I have heard the crack of the captive bolt gun and seen more cows and sheep crumple in front of me than I would ever have wished to. After stunning with the bolt they were then promptly and humanely despatched by means of severing the spinal cord. I will not go further into the gruesome process of exactly how it was done here. And I am well aware of the shocking practices that went on during that cull and that go on in abattoirs, and don't excuse them. The problem is, in that example, there was a dreadful job to be done and some of the people who did the most to make sure that the condemned animals suffered least were those who you would probably howl down as being sadists - hunt staff. For me there is no conflict between eating meat and being an animal lover. I will only buy meat, milk and eggs that have been produced in freedom conditions, the meat having travelled the minimum distance to slaughter. Yes, decent butchers here will be able to tell you that kind of info. And I have been dragged away by the police for standing in front of trucks at Millbay Docks in Plymouth trying to load live animals onto the ferries for slaughter abroad. On the hook, not on the hoof. I have also reported numerous instances of cruelty and neglect when I have come across them. Starving horses with grossly deformed feet, yobboes tieing fireworks to cats and other dreadful acts. I do, however, view with dismay the type of people who are so pro animal rights that they think it is perfectly fine to terrorise research scientists and put bombs under their cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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