I HATE

ktbug10474 · #1 06-28-2008, 01:16 AM

people that just abandon animals on the side of the road!!!!

i found a gorgeous golden lab puppy just hanging out on the side of the road near my house today. you could tell that the puppy hadn't eaten in a couple of days because you could see bones.

i took her home and i'm keeping her.

it just pisses me off to no end when people do that to animals.....

AKA_Monet · #2 06-28-2008, 01:42 AM

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Originally Posted by ktbug10474

people that just abandon animals on the side of the road!!!!

i found a gorgeous golden lab puppy just hanging out on the side of the road near my house today. you could tell that the puppy hadn't eaten in a couple of days because you could see bones.

i took her home and i'm keeping her.

it just pisses me off to no end when people do that to animals.....

How do you know if it was "somebody" who did this? Did the animal have any identifying human marks, like a collar, or computer chip?

Also, some chick hoarded all kinds of cats, namely persians and others, nearby my city. And the cats had sat in their feces for ~6 months, etc. This isn't like a farm, this is like chick's house.

In her garage, etc... Somehow some unfortunate plumber had to do a job at her house and he promptly called animal services!!! The poor kitties...

Before throttling, give some time, get checked by a vet and then nail the bastards...

luv n tpa · #3 06-28-2008, 02:30 AM

We found my cat on the side of the road when he was a kitten, maybe about a month and a half to two months old. We knew someone dropped him because he approached my mom without hesitation, and as soon as we set up the litter box, he knew what to do.

We live down a long windy road that's in marsh land. People seem to think that this area is a place for their obscene amounts of large trash they don't want to pay extra to have picked up. Evidently, they feel the same way about leaving animals. We actually saw a car with the kitten right before we got there. We're not sure whether or not they dropped him or just stopped to look, but either way, how could they leave him?

texas*princess · #4 06-28-2008, 09:45 AM

stuff like that makes me really sad too.

On the radio the other day they mentioned how animal shelters were seeing such a huge increase (something around the neighborhood of 35%) in animals surrenders that they have had to turn people away. Those people will likely take them to shelters with "kill' policies or abandon them.

The shelters think it has something to do with the economy.

It COSTS money to properly take care of any pet, whether it is a fish or a cat or dog or horse. I wish people wouldn't take pet responsibility so lightly and think they got a "free" dog. I also wish people would spay/neuter their pets to help control the animal population, but when people get pure bred dogs, they think they can be expert breeders to make a few bucks.

summer_gphib · #5 06-28-2008, 11:29 AM

We live in a society that assumes everything is disposable. And that includes most people's pets. It sickes me to the core. If you haven't heard the story of Ella... here it is. This happened not far from where my office used to be. I hope she rots in hell.

http://miamiherald.typepad.com/crazy.../rip-ella.html

carnation · #6 06-28-2008, 12:06 PM

I posted a rant on here a couple of years ago about the people down the street who let their puppy run around in the yard and my little girl and I saw the puppy get run over. So did the owner. What did she think would happen when she let a very young puppy run around in the front yard? That it would stay on command?

We still get upset when we think about it.

AlwaysSAI · #7 06-28-2008, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by summer_gphib

We live in a society that assumes everything is disposable. And that includes most people's pets. It sickes me to the core. If you haven't heard the story of Ella... here it is. This happened not far from where my office used to be. I hope she rots in hell.

http://miamiherald.typepad.com/crazy.../rip-ella.html

That disgusts me. I'm the type of person that wants to save every chinchilla I come across, because my girls get top notch care. But, as my mom always tells me, "You can only save one. Give the best care you can to the ones you have."

KSig RC · #8 06-28-2008, 02:51 PM

RAPISTS!

KSUViolet06 · #9 06-29-2008, 12:15 AM

Oh my goodness, you're preaching to the choir here.

My parents live on street surrounded by woods, so people constantly dump unwanted animals by their house. We usually will pick them up, feed them, and take them to our local shelter. We once took in, fed, and found good homes for 5 kittens that my mom found in a box when she was coming home from work (and no shelter could take them).

Educatingblue · #10 06-29-2008, 07:49 AM

When I was an undergrad I drove through a long stretch of country road to get to work and I spotted a 6 puppies on the side of the road. I was in a rush, so I said I would get them on my way back. When I came back, one had been hit, so a friend and I gave 3 to a rescue group, her parents kept 1, and we gave 1 to another friend. Prime example why people should spay and neuter their pets so they don't have to dump unwanted puppies.

DSTRen13 · #11 06-29-2008, 08:11 AM

My parents have had so many animals over the years (right now, they have five cats ...), and most of them have been abandoned animals that have just shown up and couldn't be turned away. It's sad

The tendency's been passed down. Of my parents' current pets, one cat my brother found abandoned at work and brought it home, another my sister rescued from a Walmart parking lot (where apparently the kitten was about to be picked up to be pitbull food ...).

texas*princess · #12 06-29-2008, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Educatingblue

When I was an undergrad I drove through a long stretch of country road to get to work and I spotted a 6 puppies on the side of the road. I was in a rush, so I said I would get them on my way back. When I came back, one had been hit, so a friend and I gave 3 to a rescue group, her parents kept 1, and we gave 1 to another friend. Prime example why people she spay and neuter their pets so they don't have to dump unwanted puppies.

I agree... and many animal shelters will even do it for a discounted rate.

SWTXBelle · #13 06-29-2008, 03:25 PM

I'll never forget one summer driving through South Carolina - a little kitten (about maybe 4 weeks old) in the middle of the road. It was almost hit by an 18 wheeler. I stopped the car and got it - so tiny, and totally covered with fleas. This was in the middle of NOWHERE. Someone must have dropped off a pregnant cat or the kittens.

I went to the first store I could find, and asked the person behind the counter if she could take it to the shelter. She very rudely said no, why don't you?

Well, I'm already running late for getting my daughters to camp. Going back 45 minutes and trying to find a shelter in a city I don't know wasn't very feasible. Luckily, the lady behind me heard our tale of woe, and took the kitten. She said that once her children saw it, it would probably not make it to the shelter because they would keep it.

AKA_Monet · #14 06-29-2008, 03:54 PM

So my husband and I got into this discussion about domesticated animals knowing when to stop breeding and limit their populations naturally, like wild animals do... The issue is "predation"--domesticated animals are not predators.. Yes they may bite and attack without warning--but the tracking and seeking food like real predators do, does not happen in domesticated animals. They just have sex and make litters of babies... That is all they do--more mouths to feed. They do not stop. That is why all the animal people are saying please, please, please spay and neuter your pets...

As far as predators go, their populations are controls at neonate stage. Maybe 1 out of 10 neonates survive to juvenile stage. Most get killed, eaten or their ecosystem changes. That is why some major predators have problems.

Also we humans have stuck some interesting stuff in our environments, it not that hard for certain predators to learn how to get food without having to hunt or catch it... I dunno, but from what I hear, there are fewer predators that like "live kill" than there are that straight out scavenge for food. Basically, the predators we all know and love, are lazy and like to scavenge their food rather than catch it...

DSTRen13 · #15 06-29-2008, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

I'll never forget one summer driving through South Carolina - a little kitten (about maybe 4 weeks old) in the middle of the road. It was almost hit by an 18 wheeler. I stopped the car and got it - so tiny, and totally covered with fleas. This was in the middle of NOWHERE. Someone must have dropped off a pregnant cat or the kittens.

I went to the first store I could find, and asked the person behind the counter if she could take it to the shelter. She very rudely said no, why don't you?

Well, I'm already running late for getting my daughters to camp. Going back 45 minutes and trying to find a shelter in a city I don't know wasn't very feasible. Luckily, the lady behind me heard our tale of woe, and took the kitten. She said that once her children saw it, it would probably not make it to the shelter because they would keep it.

While I understand what you're saying, what was the cashier supposed to do with the kitten, exactly? I mean, she's at work - she can't just leave to go take the kitten to the animal shelter, or keep the kitten behind the counter. She'd be fired ...