Why oh why are people so dumb and cruel?

Just going through the SAD stories at pet abuse and came across this

http://www.pet-abuse.com/cases/8642/

Just dont understand the mentality of people at times

It never fails, I still hear about this stuff and I always feel sick. I guess I just think that someday it will end, and people won't be cruel anymore. I know that's naive, but if I don't think that, I would go crazy thinking about all the animals getting abused and tortured. I really feel ill.

I read the sad case of the 7 week old kitten mutilated while being neutered, without anesthestics, with SCISSORS in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. A Dennis Perrault is charged with the crime. The poor little baby died, after numerous attempts to save him. I am glad that your suffering is over, little one, and that you are now playing happily over RB. Thank God that there are people out there, such as those at Pet-Abuse.com, that are fighting the good fight to stop all these abuses!

Originally Posted by catsknowme

I read the sad case of the 7 week old kitten mutilated while being neutered, without anesthestics, with SCISSORS

in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. A Dennis Perrault is charged with the crime. The poor little baby died, after numerous attempts to save him.

I am glad that your suffering is over, little one, and that you are now playing happily over RB. Thank God that there are people out there, such as those at Pet-Abuse.com, that are fighting the good fight to stop all these abuses!

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Oh gosh, Im glad I didnt come across that one Thats just sickening!!

I urge you to read the story behind this website.

http://www.pet-abuse.com/pages/about.php

There are no more dedicated people on the planet to prevent pet abuse than these.
As sickening as their web site may make us feel, theirs is a labor of love to get this information out there for people to ACT.
Besides the actual cases, There are many many resources for people to use and find information on.

Originally Posted by catsknowme

Thank God that there are people out there, such as those at Pet-Abuse.com, that are fighting the good fight to stop all these abuses!

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Alison Gianotti, Pet-Abuse's founder, RULES!

I think it might have been a case of attempting to euthanize the puppies, like you might drown unwanted kittens...

Is it really too hard to just drive them down to a shelter, where at least they have a chance at life?

Originally Posted by Callista

Is it really too hard to just drive them down to a shelter, where at least they have a chance at life?

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For you or me, this all makes sense. But (and I'm not excusing these abuses), a lot of people -- maybe a growing number -- are raised without pets in the home or social circle, without a lot of support and attention as they grow up. It stands to reason that if you have not been around healthy, normal models for how to behave with animals, you may not automatically "just know." I know I have a lot of people to thank for helping me learn about pets and animals, from my parents and extended family, through neighbors and wiser pet owners and friends.

When there ARE animals around but the rest of the family situation is dysfunctional, there is research that says that animals can be among the first targets of abusive behaviors. Why? Because they are small and weak, relatively speaking.

When we teach humane values to our children, they grow up to respect animals. Helping care for pets while parents and guardians supervise, can give children a great deal of self-respect. And self-respect helps children in many ways.

This is why it's very important for animal organizations to communicate with and collaborate with other social service agencies -- yes, we help animals, but we need to see our role as helping people, too, it's just that we are experts in dog and cat questions while other agencies may be expert at healing a relationship between human beings.

Do you want to know what the saddest part of this story is?

I know for a FACT that the Portsmouth Humane Society, the shelter that serves the City of Portsmouth, would have taken those animals in FREE OF CHARGE! They would have asked for a donation, but it cannot be required since they are the contracted animal shelter for the City.

http://www.portsmouthhumanesociety.o...eandLucky.html

These animals will be up for adoption on Tuesday, May 30th and the shelter opens at 11:00am.
It's going to be a madhouse with all this media attention.
But that's a good thing.