An interesting perspective on animal abuse
This morning I just perused the net for...you guessed it!...pet-related news. I found this interesting article on human behavior when it comes to two polar-opposite types of animal cruelty.
Compare this...
Dogs rescued by Santa Cruz County Animal Services from a home north of Boulder Creek, California rest in the safety of the Animal Services kennels in Scotts Valley, California on Monday July 28, 2008. Shmuel Thaler/Santa Cruz Sentinel ( Shmuel Thaler )
To this...
Deborah Wright of Sicklerville, N.J., holds the cat dubbed "Princess Chunky" which she picked up at the pound last weekend. The 44-lb. cat is really a male name Powder who was abandoned by his owner after she lost her home in foreclosure. (McClatchy-Tribune photo by John Costello / July 31, 2008)
The article also has a point in that so many healthy animals that come from fairly happy beginnings often get passed up because so many people want that pet that has a history. So yeah...go down to your local shelter and adopt whatever animal you fall in love with...regardless of it's history!!
Oh my God, that momma dogs face is just heartbreaking!!! What she must've been through!!! I hope someone adopts her and the pups SOON. She's probably terrified at that pound!
It's disgusting what the former owners did to that cat as well.
I guess it is the intention that separates the two forms of cruelty. The fat pet owners ARE harming their pets, but with kindness. The pet isn't aware that he's being harmed, and at least lives a happy life until the health problems kick in. The other abused pets are suffering horribly.
Hopefully now that Chunky has a new home, he'll be put on a diet!
yeah! Allot of people think that they're pampering their pet by feeding them certain things but they're really not. Marcie constantly begs for the Trader Joe's yogurt that I like so much (and yeah I admit I've given her a little bit to lick off my fingers) but I don't give it to her at all anymore. I do my best to give her the best quality pet food. She's a little chunky but the doctor said that she's fine and that she should stay at the weight that she's at. He says that she's actually all muscle and that muscle is heavier than fat. That's good to know. But yeah 44 pounds for a cat is insane!
The story of the dogs is extremely heartbreaking. I hope she gets adopted soon too!
BEVERLY HILLS, CA – September 18, 2008 – The Elder Law Committee of the Trust and Estate Section of the Beverly Hills Bar will present a lunch program to be held on September 24, 2008 at 12:30 p.m. “Planning for Older Clients and Their Pets: including Update on S.B. 685.” The New California Pet Trust Law which was approved on July 22, 2008, by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger replaces California's “honorary” pet trust statute with provisions that enable enforcement of an animal guardian’s intent.
Reservations for the program can be made on the Beverly Hills Bar website at http://www.bhba.org or by calling (310) 601-2422. Pet Trust speaker Attorney Michael Blacksburg can be reached through his website http://www.blacksburg-law.com or by calling (415) 861-9900.