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Dear Mr. and Mrs. Average Pet Owner II:
Driving along the interstate yesterday, I saw your “pet.†Stretched out, lifeless and cold, on the side of the road, with a streak of blood leading to the place where heâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]d been struck by a car before he crawled away to die, alone.
I used my cell phone to call animal control, who will come and undertake the thankless task of removing the poor animal to a place where his body will be incinerated.
Thatâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s the price of “freedom.†After all, itâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s so cruel to keep an animal indoors, isnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t it? So mean to prevent it from roaming free as it would if it didnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t have you, its proud “owner,†who throws some Olâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji] Roy into a dirty bowl on the back porch and refills its water bowl only when itâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s dry empty, and gets angry because your bitch seems to get pregnant “just to spite you†even though you never bothered to get her spayed.
Or maybe your “pet†was a cat, and you thought he was so cute when he was a kitten, but then he started scratching the furniture and yowling at you because youâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]d never had him neutered, so you decided he should “be free†and you let him go outside to impregnate all the female cats in the vicinity whose owners were just as clueless and irresponsible as you are, and lead to more and more kittens who are “free†out there, starving to death and getting hit by cars and killed by wild animals and freezing in winter and sweltering in summer, all because itâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s so “cruel†to keep pets indoors.
Oh, my fondest hope would be that you realize that a dog should never be outside unless heâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s with you on a leash or in a fenced yard (NOT chained up), and that a cat should be an indoor pet, period. That you figure out that all pets should be spayed or neutered, and that they need training and socialization to become the best pets. That you stop thinking “itâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s just an animal,†and realize that if youâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]re not ready to see that “animal†as a family member, youâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]re not ready to have a pet. But since I know thatâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s not likely, I hope that you do the rest of the world a favor and donâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t “replace†your pet, if you even notice or care what happened to him.
Failing that, I hope you die alone and scared and hurting by the side of the road, with nobody there to ease your passing. Not a very Christian thought, but no worse than the actions that brought me to it.
Sincerely,
Someone Who Loves Animals
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P.S. from Vibiana: I actually wrote this, it's not copied from anywhere. I don't mind if you copy it to other places, but please credit it to Vibiana if you do. Thank you.
Driving along the interstate yesterday, I saw your “pet.†Stretched out, lifeless and cold, on the side of the road, with a streak of blood leading to the place where heâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]d been struck by a car before he crawled away to die, alone.
I used my cell phone to call animal control, who will come and undertake the thankless task of removing the poor animal to a place where his body will be incinerated.
Thatâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s the price of “freedom.†After all, itâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s so cruel to keep an animal indoors, isnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t it? So mean to prevent it from roaming free as it would if it didnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t have you, its proud “owner,†who throws some Olâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji] Roy into a dirty bowl on the back porch and refills its water bowl only when itâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s dry empty, and gets angry because your bitch seems to get pregnant “just to spite you†even though you never bothered to get her spayed.
Or maybe your “pet†was a cat, and you thought he was so cute when he was a kitten, but then he started scratching the furniture and yowling at you because youâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]d never had him neutered, so you decided he should “be free†and you let him go outside to impregnate all the female cats in the vicinity whose owners were just as clueless and irresponsible as you are, and lead to more and more kittens who are “free†out there, starving to death and getting hit by cars and killed by wild animals and freezing in winter and sweltering in summer, all because itâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s so “cruel†to keep pets indoors.
Oh, my fondest hope would be that you realize that a dog should never be outside unless heâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s with you on a leash or in a fenced yard (NOT chained up), and that a cat should be an indoor pet, period. That you figure out that all pets should be spayed or neutered, and that they need training and socialization to become the best pets. That you stop thinking “itâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s just an animal,†and realize that if youâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]re not ready to see that “animal†as a family member, youâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]re not ready to have a pet. But since I know thatâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s not likely, I hope that you do the rest of the world a favor and donâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t “replace†your pet, if you even notice or care what happened to him.
Failing that, I hope you die alone and scared and hurting by the side of the road, with nobody there to ease your passing. Not a very Christian thought, but no worse than the actions that brought me to it.
Sincerely,
Someone Who Loves Animals
* * * * * * *
P.S. from Vibiana: I actually wrote this, it's not copied from anywhere. I don't mind if you copy it to other places, but please credit it to Vibiana if you do. Thank you.