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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below the age of criminal responsibilityMy introduction to the realities of where meat comes from started at a very early age. Whenever my dad took the car out he’d invariably take a gun or two with him just in case he came across any rabbits, ducks, geese or other animal that was too tasty to live.
No problems there. If you look at the amount of cruelty involved in a pack of sausages, or harvesting wildlife, the latter is by far the less of two evils.
My dad was a bit lazy, so his hunting consisted of winding down the car window, shooting the animal, and then sending me and my 7 year old twin brother* to collect the kill. In short he used us like human gun dogs.
Where it went wrong though is, although the majority of animals would be cleanly dispatched with the gun occasionally one wouldn’t be. And me and my brother didn’t really have the strength or the technique to administer a quick clean kill…..so we’d end up…sort of…basically…beating the injured animal to death. Some of my earliest memories involve bashing an injured squealing thrashing rabbit, shouting “die die die” . At the time it was just dinner, but looking back on it now I do wonder what the old man was thinking of.
*I’m the evil one by the way.
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Oh, and there was the method of castrating lambs that my Grandad used;
Make a small cut in the lamb, bring it up to your mouth, suck the testicles through the cut, bite them off and spit them out. Though I heard it said that some of the old fellas used to swallow them, I never saw it myself.
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Ring Of Fire A petty, drooling belming butthurt retard., Tue 11 Dec 2007, 12:09,
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Of courseYou should have cut its spine with a hunting knife. I'm surprised your dad didn't arm you more appropriately
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Hunting Knives???That comes under either overkill or intentional cruelty with added spraying blood. Seven year old Ninjas galloping around the countryside attempting to perform the Wabbit Death Jab with oversize cutlery - could be a gameshow concept here but a little OTT.
A good thump behind the ear does the job - where do you think the term 'rabbit punch' comes from?
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even the old manwasn't dumb enough to give sharp knives to young kids running on rough ground.
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Ring Of Fire A petty, drooling belming butthurt retard., Tue 11 Dec 2007, 13:38,
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