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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He came back twiceI believe I’ve already told the story of the ‘headless zombie goose’ on these boards, so I’ll have to make do with the free diving dog.
We were out in the boat one afternoon and we’d stopped to catch some fish, bait for the lobster pots. There was a fair wind and current so my dad dropped the “anchor”. I say “anchor” cos it was actually a big fuck off rock tied to a length of blue nylon rope.
I had my back turned so I didn’t see the incident myself, but I did hear;
Splash (“anchor”)
Yelp (Sonny the dog)
Splash (Sonny the dog)
FUCK!(dad)
We both made a grab for the rope and quickly pulled the dog back up. It must have gone 30-40 feet down and was clearly not happy. The poor fella had a loop of rope round one back leg and his tail. Snorting and shaking throughout the trip to shore, I held him inside my oilskin jacket and he slowly cheered up. By the time we reached home he was back to his old self.
Sonny died a few years later, and was given a "burial at sea". An act of laziness rather than a romantic gesture to past adventures. Four days later he surfaced again, caught in a neighbours salmon net. He got a second burial, past the head of the bay this time. He wasn't seen again.
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Ring Of Fire A petty, drooling belming butthurt retard., Mon 10 Dec 2007, 11:42,
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OohJust like Holly Hunter in The Piano...
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