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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lasercati used to live in a high-rise block that had a large family of feral cats living in the bushes round the back. there were always cats in the street, anytime, day or night.
one night, my friend brough his new laser pointer to show me. after messing around with it for a while, i shone it out of the window at the car park. as it was night-time, you could easily see the laser's red dot on the concrete floor.
so could the cat that was in the car park.
it decided to chase the dot, much like a cat will try to catch the light reflected off a mirror onto a wall. we played with kitty for about ten minutes, getting it to chase this dot all over the car park. then, without realising it, i shone the dot low down on the wall at the back of the car park.
either the cat was having too much fun or just didn't see it, but it ran full tilt into that wall.
i laughed like fuck for about 30 seconds, then realised just how cruel it was. i still feel guilty about it now.
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Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Thu 6 Dec 2007, 23:35,
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