The Chit-Chat Thread

[Beware of Cuccos*]

Those idiots shouldn't have called the cops in the first place, they should have called animal control. Cops will assert their power every chance they get, especially with something smaller/helpless/"lesser-than" being than themselves.

I would boycott that Burger King and your local power hungry cops :)

Unfortunately, we don't have animal control in my town anymore, so it is left up to the cops who I doubt are given any training at all in the matter. Heck... I wonder if they even have access to tranquilizer guns?

I only know this because I called the humane society a few years ago about a dog the owner had accidentally hit with her car. He had a large gash on his head and a swollen paw, but I heard her say they couldn't afford to bring him to a vet (most likely because, despite the fact she and her husband were dirt poor, they still felt the need to have four kids and three dogs).

They sent an officer there to make them get the dog medical attention but I wish they'd just taken him. He was one of the sweetest dogs I'd ever met.

Cops are power hungry idiots. They will do things as easily and quickly as possible. There are numerous ways to take down an animal without killing it. But those cops trigger fingers had probably been itching for a while. (I'm not a fan of cops if you can't tell, even though I haven't had any big trouble with them myself). I have no idea if they have tranq guns. They probably don't want to pay for them to go to class to learn. Everything is done the cheapest possible way these days.

It's really a shame that all the governments (city/state/country/county/anything I missed) are so screwed up right now. I'm assuming your town doesn't have animal control anymore because the economy is so awful. Otherwise, there's not really a reason to not have some sort of animal control specialist.

Another thing that gets on my nerves is people with no money having all these damn kids (and pets). If they don't have the money, they need to stop having kids and get rid of the pets. It's not fair to the kids, animals, or taxpayers.

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It's such a shame. As humans, we feel we are better than all other species, therefor we take them out of their environment and away from their families to keep them as "pets". Then, said animals only get the care we give them, not the care they need/deserve. They only get what we decide to give them.

I was actually thinking about this today. My mom and me took my brother to Petco to get stuff for his new dog he got yesterday. He did not buy ANY materials for her beforehand (I made sure my cat had food, food bowls, a kennel, toys, snacks, everything for a nice home BEFORE I went to get one at the shelter). He also got her from a breeder/puppy farm instead of a shelter.
Anyway, we were walking through the store and I was telling him he needs this and that, and he questioned everything. "Why does she need that?" "She only needs one toy." "I'll just get the huge kennel now so I only have to get one." He's very lazily taking care of this dog (still much better than same, as I know he won't mistreat her or anything).
I told him he needs to leave a radio and a light on while he's at work like I do with my cat, so she will think someones there and won't get sad and lonely (vet said it's a good idea) He said "Nah." He seriously brushed off all the things I said and is giving her the bare minimum. It just makes me so mad.

I'm not a crazy activist or anything, but I hate this whole "humans are superior" bullshit. If we'r going to force animals to live with us and be our companions, we need to go above and beyond to make them happy and loved and comfortable, as we would ourselves.

I'm so glad you brought this up. I was wanting to rant to someone about this! Haha
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Sorry about all that. I was on a roll!