And the people in this article really PISSED ME OFF.
quote:To some, Weinhart was known as Tarzan - a man with a special feel for big cats. An employee said Weinhart could walk into a pen of leopards, where the cats would fight with each other to rub up against him.
But others had a different view of Weinhart. Natalie Paulson, the director of animal welfare at a sanctuary in Los Angeles County, told the Times she called the USDA to complain following a visit to Weinhart's Tiger Rescue operation last summer.
"It was horrendous," Paulson told the newspaper. "All the animals were malnourished � no water, no shelter from the elements or shade; there was an African lion fully grown that was in a box with no water or shelter. ... Everything was so dirty. Some of the tigers were infested with fleas."
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I'm a cat person too. I certainly feel horrible when I hear about any mistreatment of animals, but I've got a special spot in my heart for cats. And mistreatment of cats is one of the few things that can really, totally, completely piss me off.
I mean REALLY... what can posess someone to ignore or mistreat such cute animals?
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Cruelty to animals enrages me in a way that nothing else does... NOTHING. It brings out the deepest primal instinct I have... the urge to kill.
(I do suppose that makes me a hypocrite, though, for not being a devout vegetarian)
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That's awful. We have three cats; the third we got because she'd been abandoned by her mother when only about two weeks old, and was near death - heard about this from our vets and decided we'd adopt her if she pulled through (a sibling was also found, but didn't make it). She did, she's now six months old, coal-black but for a white splash on her chest. She's totally adorable (if extremely naughty) and keeps our other two on their toes. Her name is Molly. OK, she wasn't mistreated in the way described in ther article, but I guess I'm just trying to articulate how I feel about cats.
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To be fair, the wife was the one who let him outside during the storm... Dang cat hid under my car. Went to pull out to go to "work" and... RRRRO(crunch)OOOWWWWW!!
So, yeah... we both should be shot for that one.
quote:Originally posted by Malnurtured Snay: How, er, ironic.
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I heard about this crap too. Drop the geezer in Tsavo at midnight, I say. And smear him with monkey blood!
What boggles me is why we have these large quantities of big cats being bred in the west and just...kept. So egotistic, not to release them into countries where they are supposed to be and can make a difference.
On a related note, I've started practising acupressure on Theo. On the, what is it called in english, the little pads on their paws? The swedish translation would be tread-cushions.
Anyway, it seems to work (he lets off that weird drilling-sound) but he only lets me do the front as of yet, he seems to be ticklish on the hind paws.
Egh, now would be a bad time for diabetics to visit Flare.
[ Edit: It seems they're called "paw pads". I wasn't that far off then, was I? Live and learn. :.) :.) ]
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Hand another one named Snowball but SOMEONE ran it over during a snow-storm...
I had a cat named Snowball. He died! He died!
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Liar!!! Are you sleeping?
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"Cruelty to animals enrages me in a way that nothing else does... NOTHING. It brings out the deepest primal instinct I have... the urge to kill."
Y'know, there are people out there who do his sort of thing to their own children. I mean, I'm not saying the guy shouldn't have his nuts ripped off by the selfsame tigers he fucked over, but, really, some perspective might be warranted...
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No, I was replying to Tahna. I wasn't sure why he was calling Omega a liar.
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