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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Skinned pigeonAs an undergraduate, I used to cycle to and from lectures. Still cycle to and from work actually, though haven't encountered this situation again.
Bright summer morning, tourists out and about and a ton of pigeons all over the place. Over the road, the pavement, whatever. Now, pigeons are quick little buggers. Unless you're really making an active attempt to hit them, they dodge. Except the one incredibly stupid pigeon in front of me. When it saw a 14 stone bloke on a bike zooming towards it, did it fly off? No. Did it move to the side? No. Did it run straight ahead in the hopes of outrunning the bike? Of course it did, like something straight out of a cartoon. I braked, but pigeons aren't the quickest of creatures, and the poor little sod had a load of feathers skinned off its back before it finally got it into its head that it should fly.
No idea what happened to it after that, for I was late for my lecture. I doubt it survived though :S
(, Thu 6 Dec 2007, 15:23, Reply)
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