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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Frog vs PumpI keep koi, and have a device called a skimmer which takes the top layer of the water into a pump,then a filter and then returns it to the pond. This keeps the surface clean - same reason a swimming pool has the overflow bit around the edge.
One day I removed the basket which collects leaves etc, and walked down the garden and hosed the basket out, replaced it moments later and walked away. Being lazy i left it running without a basket for the short time it took, as i couldn't be arsed to walk around the pond to turn it off.
A few minutes later i realised the skimmer wasn't pulling water as it should, and investigated. I screamed like a girl when i saw the problem.
Turns out those few moments was all it took for a frog to jump into the pond, be sucked into the skimmer and have a one-sided fight with a pump capable of moving 2500 gallons per hour.
Be warned - its not pretty, and took ages to get out with some long nosed pliers.
KERMIT SUICIDE
(, Sun 9 Dec 2007, 20:57, Reply)
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