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"Diane L. Schirf" wrote in message .net... In article Spmge.11608$aB.7273@lakeread03, "blueberries79" wrote: I have always thought the best remedy is to let the people who treat their animals that way be treated in the same manner so they can understand what harm is being done! Of course, it will never happen, but it does make me feel a little better instead of just being outraged and helpless. Aha! When I see people just screaming and screaming irrationally at their kids for no particular reason (I mean, the kid had usually just done a kid thing, like skipping on the sidewalk, horrors), I feel like taking them into a room and having someone screech at them for hours on end, with no recourse, so they get to know what it's like to be a kid at the mercy of an idiot parent. /rant -- http://www.slywy.com/ I wonder if there is a correlation between the people who scream/hit/abuse their children and the people who scream/hit/abuse their animals? |
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I wonder if there is a correlation between the people who scream/hit/abuse their children and the people who scream/hit/abuse their animals? There is- see http://groups.msn.com/AllBreedAnimal...rwebpage2.msnw for a list of stuff on this Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs |
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"Diane L. Schirf" wrote in message k.net... In article , "KellyH" wrote: They do require daily brushing, not hours, though. How hard can it be? -- http://www.slywy.com/ Not hard, but definitely time-consuming. My first cat was feral but definitely a Persian mix (but this was years ago before some breeders ruined the beautiful Persian face to develop that squashed-in look -- and created breathing problems along with it). He had to be *very* carefully combed and brushed over every inch of his body. Otherwise, he would quickly begin to develop mats that would compact very tightly to his body. Since he was feral, you can imagine the sad shape he was in when I adopted him. This was a procedure that I actually enjoyed, and eventually so did he. However, it certainly was not a routine where a person could count on setting aside just a few minutes a day and assume that the "brushing" would be finished. MaryL |
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Kelly wrote: Anyone who neglects, abuses, tortures another living creature should have the same thing done to them. It's sick, and I don't understand how people can do things like that. -- -Kelly You go, girl. It's never too late for a career change....I want you to consider going to law school and becoming this county's next DA :-) Seriously, it's hard to prosecute any kind of animal abuse case when the district attorney isn't sympathetic toward animal issues. They're still calling me "Little Bo Peep" at the sheriff's office over a sheep neglect case from five years ago. Sherry |
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Diane L. Schirf wrote: In article Spmge.11608$aB.7273@lakeread03, "blueberries79" wrote: I have always thought the best remedy is to let the people who treat their animals that way be treated in the same manner so they can understand what harm is being done! Of course, it will never happen, but it does make me feel a little better instead of just being outraged and helpless. Aha! When I see people just screaming and screaming irrationally at their kids for no particular reason (I mean, the kid had usually just done a kid thing, like skipping on the sidewalk, horrors), I feel like taking them into a room and having someone screech at them for hours on end, with no recourse, so they get to know what it's like to be a kid at the mercy of an idiot parent. /rant Heh. Your forgot something. In addition to being locked in a room and having someone screech at them for hours, they need to have someone in there who will also "yank" on their arms incessantly. I was in Wal Mart checkout behind a screeching arm-yanking mother the other day. That's a circle of hell in itself not only for the child but the spectator. Sherry |
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"blueberries79" wrote I'm sure this has been expressed before but I just *cannot* stand the way some people treat their animals... cats, dogs, horses, etc. At our house, we can't watch Animal Planet unless we make sure the Animal Cops show isn't on because I will start tearing up as soon as I see it. How some people can neglect their 'beloved pets' is just amazing! What killed me last night was the fat woman who had left her dog chained in her kitchen and starved him nearly to death. In her KITCHEN, meaning that she had to fix meals with him standing there starving. And he is the sweetest dog. He gained 12 pounds in two days. That was on Animal Precinct. |
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"ceb" wrote in message ... "Wendy" wrote in news:yKqdnaeoJe0TcxzfRVn- : At any rate he was left at the SPCA because he had fleas but the previous owners said he'd never been outside. Yea right! In all fairness, it is possible for cats to get fleas without going outside. My cat Nickleby, who never went outside in his youth, got fleas one time that I had apparently tracked in. It was a terrace-level apartment with carpeting. I didn't even know that could happen before it happened to us. It happened to me when I lived on a lake where the soil was sandy and the weather tropical. I tracked them in and my cat got them. |
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"ceb" wrote in message ... "Wendy" wrote in news:yKqdnaeoJe0TcxzfRVn- : At any rate he was left at the SPCA because he had fleas but the previous owners said he'd never been outside. Yea right! In all fairness, it is possible for cats to get fleas without going outside. My cat Nickleby, who never went outside in his youth, got fleas one time that I had apparently tracked in. It was a terrace-level apartment with carpeting. I didn't even know that could happen before it happened to us. -- Catherine & Rosalie the calico Yes, this can happen, but anyone who spends even a modicum of time caring for a cat should notice the presence of fleas long before it gets to the point of a major infestation (and he certainly would *not* have had leaves embedded within fur mats, as described here). MaryL |
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"ceb" wrote
In all fairness, it is possible for cats to get fleas without going outside. My cat Nickleby, who never went outside in his youth, got fleas one time that I had apparently tracked in. It was a terrace-level apartment with carpeting. I didn't even know that could happen before it happened to us. That is true. I had fleas in my house and I'm not exactly sure how they got in. But still, I'm talking about a cat in horrible shape. If they had been brushing him at all, they would have noticed the fleas. -- -Kelly |
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