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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Mayonessa's story reminds me of a similar incident chez Hatred.One of my parent's cats- a huge, furry creature called Jasper who was very dim but extremely good natured was sat on the work surface next to the cooker. My mother absent mindedly stroked his head as she walked past causing an involuntary movement of Jasper's tail- through the flame of the gas hob. This caused the very furry apendage to light and burn with some vigour. Although Jasper seemed unperturbed by this, my mother horrified at the sight, looked round for something to extinguish the cat. She was forced to use the only source of liquid available- her glass of wine to put the cat out. What was amusing with hindsight was that Jasper showed no alarm to being on fire but responded with the typical distain of a cat towards liquid. He was even less impressed when realising that he smelt like an All Bar One at closing time, we had to bathe him.
We learned over the course of Jasper's very long life that his fur was so dense that minor inconveniences such as being set alight took a while to register with his tiny brain. With this infomation learned, my mother paid more attention to his proximity to the cooker.
(, Thu 13 Dec 2007, 11:30, Reply)
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