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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In the name of atmospheric imageryMy mother directed a film once, which featured at one point an on-the-corner carp seller (you get these in the Czech Republic at Christmas apparently). The scene was set in winter but shot on a hot summer day, and she was concerned that the tub of fish didn't look suitably wintery. Offhandedly she mentioned this to the Director of Photography, who said 'no problem'. A short time later someone shows up with a handful of dry ice and tosses it into the tub to make some steam.
I'm not sure if it was the cold or the carbon dioxide suffocation, but either way the surface of the tub rapidly filled up with dead carp.
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flatfrog Staring vacantly into space, Fri 7 Dec 2007, 12:52,
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