Animal Cruelty

kjm030584 · 11-15-2005, 02:46 AM

Maybe it's just a matter of changing the channel. But I always find myself engrossed in Animal Planets police shows. It's about helping animals who have been abused or mistreated and taking them away from neglectful or abusive owners.

I have a soft spot for all animals.... even for horses (way down some where). But especially when they show dogs who have been abused, or shot, or starved to the point where theres just fur stretched tightly over their skeletons I get a horrible feeling of anger towards the people that allow these things to happen to their dogs. I feel that it's almost worse than homicide because at least a human can defend himself in most cases. But no matter how hard you hit a dog their still going to love you and I don't see how anybody could do such a thing.

God, some people make me insane. :angry:

WhatWouldJewelDo · 11-15-2005, 04:58 AM

Warning! Warning! Warning!

Do not click this link if you have a weak stomach or cry easily.

IamsCruelty.com

Little Bird · 11-15-2005, 07:32 AM

Thanks for the warning Bobby, I won't be clicking the link. I can't watch even those simple veterinary hospital type shows as I get extremely upset just seeing animals sick, let alone the mistreatment and cruelty so many of them receive.

I just can't bear animal cruelty. They can't fend for themselve or even speak for themselves. I just need to see the sad eyes of a mistreated dog or cat and I am a shrivelling mess.

Growing up, I wanted to work with animals but when I got older and had a little bit of experience seeing animals coming into the clinic after severe mistreatment, I realised I just wasn't strong enough to cope. I just cry all the time. I really can't bear it.

On the bright side, the family dog we had, Oscar, that we adored and loved so very much was rescued from an abused owner. The owner actually died and Oscar went into the kennels but the owner had badly beat him when he was around. We took him in and he lived the happy well treated life he always should have had. I miss him so much now.

kjm030584 · 11-15-2005, 01:49 PM

We got dasher from a puppy mill. I'm not sure if that counts as direct animal cruelty but he was a week from being gased and he was only 1 month old.

WhatWouldJewelDo · 11-16-2005, 06:16 AM

i got my dog 4 days before they were going to kill him. i rescued him and I love him. he's a chihuahua mix and i got him for my birthday. his name is jack!!!

michaelsjewel · 11-16-2005, 07:08 AM

this is sickening - and quite sad - i remember hearing about it but wasn't certain what's all going on

the really sad part is those foods they mentioned as being non testing - i've never even heard of - it's like - um - where do u buy that - oh well - i hope this boycott sends a message to all the major companies to get rid of their testing - i don't see the point to testing - food is food

by the way bobby - your dog is cute!!!

Eibhlin · 11-16-2005, 01:57 PM

isn't Iam's supposed to be one of the "best" dog foods too? ah well, we don't get Iam's anyways, good thing I guess.

I was given a really good book called "Hope Rising" about a horse rescue ranch out in the midwest. It really made me tear up reading about the conditions of some of these horses that were rescued that had been abandoned to starve to death, and worse. Most of the stories ended well though, with the horse being rescued and nursed back to health and adopted by people who wanted them and cared for them.

Little Bird · 11-17-2005, 07:48 AM

yeah i like seeing and hearing the happy outcomes. But even when those types of shows are on TV and I know there's a happy ending, I just break down to a shrivelling mess if I watch them.

Peter always tells me off when I do coz he knows how I get.

I'm the same with anything to do with child cruelty and abuse. Can't bear the thoughts even.

Eibhlin · 11-18-2005, 09:19 PM

here is a Peta link that I found on a cooking forum

Foie Gras cruelty

apparently there are some disturbing measure used to make this "delicacy", I have never had it, personally mushed up livers sounds gross anyways!

Veilingmeat · 11-21-2005, 12:59 PM

Yeah Animal Cruelty, always been against it and always will...and on looking and reading at Bobbys warning link, it really makes me sick to think people out there can actualy do horrid things like that to poor helpless animals..
dogs gone crazy from intense confinement to barren steel cages and cement cells, dogs left piled on a filthy paint-chipped floor after having chunks of muscle hacked from their thighs; dogs surgically debarked; horribly sick dogs and cats languishing in their cages, neglected and left to suffer with no veterinary care

how can those barbaric sods go home and sleep normaly after there sick day2day doings such as that??? let alone even own a pet!?
I do get extreme gratification on seeing the lowlife culprits responsible for such doings and of animal cruelty in general, put away in shame of there doings, and its always a good thing to see the animals given a new life with a new home and loving companionship ;)

11-15-2005, 02:46 AM	#1
kjm030584 Moderator Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Pennsylvania, USA Posts: 1,843 Rep Power: 253	Maybe it's just a matter of changing the channel. But I always find myself engrossed in Animal Planets police shows. It's about helping animals who have been abused or mistreated and taking them away from neglectful or abusive owners. I have a soft spot for all animals.... even for horses (way down some where). But especially when they show dogs who have been abused, or shot, or starved to the point where theres just fur stretched tightly over their skeletons I get a horrible feeling of anger towards the people that allow these things to happen to their dogs. I feel that it's almost worse than homicide because at least a human can defend himself in most cases. But no matter how hard you hit a dog their still going to love you and I don't see how anybody could do such a thing. God, some people make me insane. :angry: __________________

11-15-2005, 04:58 AM	#2
WhatWouldJewelDo Members Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA Posts: 507 Rep Power: 0	Warning! Warning! Warning! Do not click this link if you have a weak stomach or cry easily. IamsCruelty.com __________________ <span style=\'font-family:Courier\'><span style=\'font-size:8pt;line-height:100%\'><span style=\'color:yellow\'> how 'bout stopping eating when I'm full up how 'bout me not blaming you for everything how 'bout me enjoying the moment for once how 'bout unabashedly bawling your eyes out thank you India thank you terror thank you disillusionment thank you nothingness thank you clarity thank you thank you silence</span></span></span>

11-15-2005, 07:32 AM	#3
Little Bird Administrator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wicklow, Ireland Posts: 6,178 Rep Power: 10	Thanks for the warning Bobby, I won't be clicking the link. I can't watch even those simple veterinary hospital type shows as I get extremely upset just seeing animals sick, let alone the mistreatment and cruelty so many of them receive. I just can't bear animal cruelty. They can't fend for themselve or even speak for themselves. I just need to see the sad eyes of a mistreated dog or cat and I am a shrivelling mess. Growing up, I wanted to work with animals but when I got older and had a little bit of experience seeing animals coming into the clinic after severe mistreatment, I realised I just wasn't strong enough to cope. I just cry all the time. I really can't bear it. On the bright side, the family dog we had, Oscar, that we adored and loved so very much was rescued from an abused owner. The owner actually died and Oscar went into the kennels but the owner had badly beat him when he was around. We took him in and he lived the happy well treated life he always should have had. I miss him so much now. __________________ In the end...only kindness matters MysteriousWisdom

11-15-2005, 01:49 PM	#4
kjm030584 Moderator Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Pennsylvania, USA Posts: 1,843 Rep Power: 253	We got dasher from a puppy mill. I'm not sure if that counts as direct animal cruelty but he was a week from being gased and he was only 1 month old. __________________

11-16-2005, 06:16 AM	#5
WhatWouldJewelDo Members Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA Posts: 507 Rep Power: 0	i got my dog 4 days before they were going to kill him. i rescued him and I love him. he's a chihuahua mix and i got him for my birthday. his name is jack!!! __________________ <span style=\'font-family:Courier\'><span style=\'font-size:8pt;line-height:100%\'><span style=\'color:yellow\'> how 'bout stopping eating when I'm full up how 'bout me not blaming you for everything how 'bout me enjoying the moment for once how 'bout unabashedly bawling your eyes out thank you India thank you terror thank you disillusionment thank you nothingness thank you clarity thank you thank you silence</span></span></span>

11-16-2005, 07:08 AM	#6
michaelsjewel Member's Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Lincoln, NE, USA Posts: 707 Rep Power: 242	this is sickening - and quite sad - i remember hearing about it but wasn't certain what's all going on the really sad part is those foods they mentioned as being non testing - i've never even heard of - it's like - um - where do u buy that - oh well - i hope this boycott sends a message to all the major companies to get rid of their testing - i don't see the point to testing - food is food by the way bobby - your dog is cute!!!

11-16-2005, 01:57 PM	#7
Eibhlin Oscillating Fan Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: North Cackalacky Posts: 2,044 Rep Power: 254	isn't Iam's supposed to be one of the "best" dog foods too? ah well, we don't get Iam's anyways, good thing I guess. I was given a really good book called "Hope Rising" about a horse rescue ranch out in the midwest. It really made me tear up reading about the conditions of some of these horses that were rescued that had been abandoned to starve to death, and worse. Most of the stories ended well though, with the horse being rescued and nursed back to health and adopted by people who wanted them and cared for them. __________________ I'd like to call you my wild horse and feed you silver sage Andrea an eye for an eye makes the world blind

11-17-2005, 07:48 AM	#8
Little Bird Administrator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wicklow, Ireland Posts: 6,178 Rep Power: 10	yeah i like seeing and hearing the happy outcomes. But even when those types of shows are on TV and I know there's a happy ending, I just break down to a shrivelling mess if I watch them. Peter always tells me off when I do coz he knows how I get. I'm the same with anything to do with child cruelty and abuse. Can't bear the thoughts even. __________________ In the end...only kindness matters MysteriousWisdom

11-18-2005, 09:19 PM	#9
Eibhlin Oscillating Fan Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: North Cackalacky Posts: 2,044 Rep Power: 254	here is a Peta link that I found on a cooking forum Foie Gras cruelty apparently there are some disturbing measure used to make this "delicacy", I have never had it, personally mushed up livers sounds gross anyways! __________________ I'd like to call you my wild horse and feed you silver sage Andrea an eye for an eye makes the world blind

11-21-2005, 12:59 PM	#10
Veilingmeat Veiling yet very Meaty Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Dismal Euphonic Ol' Blighty! Posts: 885 Rep Power: 0	Yeah Animal Cruelty, always been against it and always will...and on looking and reading at Bobbys warning link, it really makes me sick to think people out there can actualy do horrid things like that to poor helpless animals.. dogs gone crazy from intense confinement to barren steel cages and cement cells, dogs left piled on a filthy paint-chipped floor after having chunks of muscle hacked from their thighs; dogs surgically debarked; horribly sick dogs and cats languishing in their cages, neglected and left to suffer with no veterinary care how can those barbaric sods go home and sleep normaly after there sick day2day doings such as that??? let alone even own a pet!? I do get extreme gratification on seeing the lowlife culprits responsible for such doings and of animal cruelty in general, put away in shame of there doings, and its always a good thing to see the animals given a new life with a new home and loving companionship ;) __________________ Behold, my love, behold all that I simultaneously do: scandal, seduction, bad example, incest, adultery, sodomy! Oh, Satan! one and unique God of my soul, inspire thou in me something yet more, present further perversions to my smoking heart, and then shalt thou see how I shall plunge myself into them all! -Marquis De Sade-