Mangey Mutts

It's the grieving process for pets too. I remember when Tara, my labrador died. I'd had her from a puppy right up until she died aged 13. I was 16 when she died so I had basically known her my entire life, like a sister. She never once snapped or bit. She was so soft and great with children, so patient. Gorgfeous dog. Even though she died in the mid 80s I still find it hard to look at photos.

My cat Cleo died 3 years ago. She's buried at the bottom of our garden and every saturday evening I'd pay a weekly trip to where she is buried. I did that every saturday for two years, rain, snow, sun, dark or light, didn't matter. It broke me when she died.

I still have my cat Theakston. He's cool. He's 14 now and he has always followed me everywhere. Sits with me at night, sleeps on my side of the bed. I've got tonnes of memories of them all.
 
Dodger was one month from being 13 when she passed away.I will always love animals.It's wonderful how they become part of the family.The only thing I hate is when people get animals,and don't take care of them.Like the people who had Arty,before he became our pup.I'm thankful everyday when I look in his eyes that we saved him.Arty is not our only dog,we also have Cindy.Cindy is 4 now,her birthday was March 2nd,she is special because she is Dodger's Pup. :D
 
Aw! That's cool!

I work with prolific, priority offenders. Persistent offenders. This involves burglary/shop theft/robbery rather than violence/abuse - although many are domestically violent. But I draw the line at working with two types of people: those who abuse children and animals. Whilst many colleagues seem to (bizarely) relish the idea (don't ask me but they do...) I draw the line there. I'd seriously kick ass given the chance.

Re animals: I cannot abide cruelty to animals in any form. Whilst I may present as strong and typical 'guy', I have a terrible weak spot for animals.

 
 
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Re animals: I cannot abide cruelty to animals in any form. Whilst I may present as strong and typical 'guy', I have a terrible weak spot for animals.

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I wish more people would feel like this. At the end we are all creatures which share the same planet. What gives us the right to kill all the seals for the wrong reasons? To systematically destroy the habitats of various lifeforms such as apes and gorillas in the rainforests all around the world? To kill whales just for the hope to gain some potency enhancing substances? And many, many more examples. The more you think about it, the sicker it becomes.

There was a documentary a couple of years ago on German TV which was called "The most dangerous animals on earth" which featured Mambas, Scorpions, Sharks, Spiders, Anopheles, Crocodiles and so on. At the end, at the first place, there was the human being. The most dangerous life form of them all since he is not only killing in order to feed himself and his family or to defend himself and his family (which is normal in nature) but for all the other wrong reasons.
 
Yep

I'm raising my daughter with maximum respect for nature and wildlife. I have supported Greenpeace for years, and the John Aspinall Foundation (Gorillas In The Mist type stuff), and Water Aid - and my daughter has just adopted a dolphin called "Sundance" in an estuary in Scotland.

The worst and most depressing thing I have ever seen is a movie made I think in the 80s called THE ANIMALS FILM. Take a look at it. I can never watch it again. It's a damning indictment of humans and their brutal relationship with fellow animals.

I always think...if an alien race caught some of our transmitted waves, and they just happened to tune into that film, they would give this place a wide birth. We are capable of inflicting the most incredible suffering and torture on defenseless, innocent animals. The stuff I learned about when I was doing psychology at University gave me sleepless nights.
 
I don't think my heart could take watching that movie Art.
 
I was 14. It upset me big time. I couldn't watch it again. Julie Christie narrates, bless her.

http://www.victorschonfeld.com/

Don't worry, no video, it's just the description.
 
They have a trailer on youtube:


This seems to be pretty hard to handle. Nonetheless that's reality. As sad as it is, but I'm someone who always feels the urge to face reality instead of looking away. So I will watch this, although I'm afraid this will be something I will never ever forget.

Just like this PETA educational video I just watched (WARNING: contains lots of cruel images, so do not watch it, if you think you can't handle it):


Watching this makes me really angry.
 
Which one is it? There are two on there I can't take: one is called HELL IN CHINA and the other is about the monkey BRITCHES
 
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