"Hopitus2" wrote in message ...
Well, as Joyce points out, woman may have thought of herself as "loving" the
cats - to take them from shelter - but: to *not feed or water them*? When I
come home from work, the Evil 3 start nagging for their midnight "snack"
food spread......and that's just after 8 or 9 hours or so. Confined in
cages, unable even to seek out water nor anything to eat.....my blood boils
in its arteries (probably good for the blockages, but still....) imagining
this. Some people just can't stand to see anything hungry-looking, and I'm
one of these.....talk about wanting to kick someone's butt
*bad*................smacking is one thing. Starving is another.

I guess I don't see a lot of difference between the two. Physical
pain is physical abuse, just as inflicting psychological pain is
psychological abuse - both forms of animal abuse - starving and
beating - inflict both types of pain.

-l.