Accidental animal crueltyI once invented a brilliant game - I'd sit at the top of the stairs and throw cat biscuits to the bottom. My cat would eat them, then I'd shake the box, and he would run up the stairs for more biscuits. Then - of course - I'd throw a biscuit back down to the bottom. I kept this going for about half an hour, amused at my little game, and all was fine until the cat vomited. I felt absolutely dreadful.
Have you accidentally been cruel to an animal?
This question has been revived from way, way, way back on the b3ta messageboard when it was all fields round here.
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rob, Thu 6 Dec 2007, 11:13)
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A guy at schoolwho was in the special classes once told me that he got a swan caught on his fishing line, so to put it out of it's misery, he reeled it in with some difficulty, before trying to drown it.
He didn't know how strong swans were, and seemed to forget the fact that they are quite used to being under water.
Phase two of the mercy killing saw him make the enlightened decision to, perhaps in homage to some cartoon he'd unfortunately been exposed to, attempt to tie it's neck in a knot.
It took a long time to die, and ended up being kicked around the river bank in desperation.
So it was kind of accidental, in that it was supposed to be a mercy killing, when in actual fact it probably wasn't in a great deal of pain to begin with.
(, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 13:49, 1 reply)
Aww...This makes me sad
Although I did chuckle a bit at "tying its neck in a knot"
O_o
(, Tue 11 Dec 2007, 15:49, closed)
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