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Cat who walked 12 miles to return to owners who rejected him finds new home
- Thread starter TitanicFall
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Is it really that much less acceptable/humane than us killing animals for our taste buds?
Fuck that family I'll be the asshole to say if they get another pet and they adore that animal that its only fucking karma that something unfortunate happens to it.
Toby is a beautiful cat when that winter coat comes in he'll be a majestic floofer.
Toby is a beautiful cat when that winter coat comes in he'll be a majestic floofer.
The feeling is mutual. You can't seriously think it's okay to have another living thing killed because it's an inconvenience? I HATE spiders but I will still do my best to try and trap and release them.
I just read the article, and the part about them wanting him euthanized. Fuck them. As if he deserved that.
Yes, I think so. There is at least reason for slaughter in that case.
lol @ sociopaths defending the family in any capacity
Normal human beings with empathy would do anything in their power to help the cat find a new home, not say "well fuck it, I guess it should die instead". Some braindead individuals in this thread.
Better just to murder it upfront, right? Fucking lunatic.
Normal human beings with empathy would do anything in their power to help the cat find a new home, not say "well fuck it, I guess it should die instead". Some braindead individuals in this thread.
Better just to murder it upfront, right? Fucking lunatic.
There's a reason in this case too. But in neither case is there are necessity to slaughter. I just don't think animal rights has advanced to the point where I'm comfortable calling the family pieces of shit or the act inhumane.
I volunteer at an animal shelter, and it's pretty apparent which animals had to be given up by the owner or the owner died compared to the behavior of a stray that had been living in the streets for a while. Pretty sad when a cat or dog will quickly sit on your lap and stand by your side when you first meet them. You know they must be missing their previous family.
What's the reason in this case? Simply because they didn't want the cat?
You guys who work/volunteer in shelters - thank you for the service you provide. I just donated to my local shelter
I didn't say it was a good reason.
I just also don't think many have a good reason for killing and eating animals either.
"Oh my god this fucking cat that we gave away is going to keep coming back, isn't it? Let's kill it!"
Totally fucked up
And that picture in the article, right in the feels.
Totally fucked up
And that picture in the article, right in the feels.
calm down hitler, they are shitty pet parents, but they dont deserve to be killed.
I think Hitler would have guessed it was a joke, the 12 miles in the desert part isn't the most efficient way to go about it
I'm glad the story had a happy ending, but the way that original family treated him made me sick to my stomach, and has made me cry :(
If you think euthanizing a cat you don't want is an acceptable solution at all you're a fucking asshole, period. If you even think of doing this to a cat that walked 12 miles to get back to you... yeah, I'm out of descriptive terms. But sure, die on that hill, I'm certain the family had a perfectly good reason, like it being the cat that was prophesied to bring the apocalypse.
To anyone else out there with an ounce of common sense, there are organizations and individuals in pretty much every city of every country that will help you find a foster home for a cat. Spend more than five minutes to spare the life of someone who depends on you.
smfh indeed. There is no shortage of animal abusers and people who'll defend them.
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No, there isn't, and in my country at least, it would in fact be illegal.
I couldn't be more confortable with it. Like, it's a double king size waterbed in terms of confortable statements for me.
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Some of you talk like they curb stomped the cat at the door. They tried to give him away and it didn't work, which is more than most, and instead of having to deal with him coming back again and again, and probably dying on that journey eventually, they took him to a shelter, and now it has a new home. Unless they were just demanding that they off it instead of find it a home, I don't see the problem.
Did you miss the part where they wanted the cat getting killed?
Uh, I think you missed that theynrequested the shelter put it to sleep. They didn't just take it there. They wanted it killed.
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No I didn't miss it. I'm saying that despite that, the cat found a home. Maybe they thought that was their only choice, but learned otherwise once they got there. Either way I think it's pretty shitty to deem people evil without knowing their circumstances. They put in the effort to find an owner before they took him to the shelter, which is more than can be said of others.
I feel better now, thank you.The picture of him in the first article is just too depressing, but it links to another article which has an "after" picture that makes the ending that much sweeter.
No they did not. They didn't even just give it to the shelter to rehome. They asked the shelter to put the cat to sleep. Just cause they did the right thing once doesn't mean they get a pass when they go straight to kill the cat the second time.
Most others don't ask for the pet to be euthanized unless the pet is dangerous to others. The only people they did better are the ones that take an animal out and throw it on the highway or put it in a bag and drown them. Just cause they did better than that very very very low bar does not excuse them.
Oh yeah, and for people saying we don't know why.... I don't care why. The only good reason to go straight to killing the animal is 1. The animal is aggressive and cannot be re homed safely 2. It's the shelter and they gave the animal a chance but because of over population have to make room (that's not really going straight to killing the animal though). They could have given it to the shelter and let the shelter try to re home the animal. The fact the shelter did is no excuse for the fact they wanted the cat killed.