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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When 1 pigeon becomes 2Recounted by a mate of mine:
A flurry of noise in the kitchen, one morning prompted my mate and his brother to investigate. Seems their cat had acquired a pigeon, brought it in via the cat flap, only it was still alive, and understandably, pissed off.
After much chasing, the cat was shepherded towards a door and made to relinquish its impending meal, where it can hopefully fly away without needing assistance. Pigeon hits the floor, flutters, reorients itself, takes a run up, and takes to the air.
Now where is the cruelty in this tale ?
It seems the pigeon got a bit more damage than my mate realised when he allowed it to go on its merry way. For, after a brief period in the air, the unfortunate bird, well, broke in half (normally mimed with two fluttering hands that seperate with squishing noises), hit the floor and promptly died.
(, Thu 6 Dec 2007, 15:21, 1 reply)
The description of the 'breaking'..Reminds me of the animated "Goodbye blue sky" section in Pink Floyd's "The Wall" film, where the dove splits into bloody pieces. Yum.
Sorry for irrelevance :D
(, Thu 6 Dec 2007, 17:02, closed)
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