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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Then Don't Read ItThat said, I do agree with you in part. Deliberate cruelty to animals is sick. But this thread is about accidental cruelty. Big difference.
And I know I posted two stories about things I did when I was a sprog that, looking back on, are cruel. Killing pheasants and trying to explode seagulls. As far as the pheasants go, I've no problem what I did. I was a country boy and pheasants are fair game. In fact, that's the only reason they're in England in the first place - as game birds.
As for the seagulls, that was childish curiosity and I freely admit that I was a nasty little kid. I grew out of it.
A lot of childhood cruelty is ignorance or lack of empathy. Which is why I believe that all kids should have pets. It helps them to empathise with animals and makes them less likely to be cruel to them as they grow older.
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Legless Mister Stabby - shanks for the memory, Fri 7 Dec 2007, 4:08,
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