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Clodfobble · 07-22-2004, 06:28 PM

Thanks for that link, Bruce. I think the most telling thing in the article is not the apathy, but the espousal of further abusive techniques because they genuinely believe the alternative is "cruel."

I once knew a woman with four cats, all kept inside a tiny one-bedroom apartment. The cats were not allowed outside, because to do so was cruel according to her--they might get run over, you see. People who let their animals outside were abusing them. The cats began peeing on the carpet to express their displeasure, so they got confined to smaller and smaller areas, until ultimately all four were kept permanently in the laundry room. I begged her to give them away to other homes--she wasn't comfortable with that, because she couldn't be sure these new owners wouldn't let the cat outside.

I plotted for long periods of time how I could manage to drop by her house, and somehow let the cats out the front door while she wasn't looking. Finally, two got out and ran away and the other two were taken by relatives.

07-22-2004, 06:28 PM	#24
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Thanks for that link, Bruce. I think the most telling thing in the article is not the apathy, but the espousal of further abusive techniques because they genuinely believe the alternative is "cruel." I once knew a woman with four cats, all kept inside a tiny one-bedroom apartment. The cats were not allowed outside, because to do so was cruel according to her--they might get run over, you see. People who let their animals outside were abusing them. The cats began peeing on the carpet to express their displeasure, so they got confined to smaller and smaller areas, until ultimately all four were kept permanently in the laundry room. I begged her to give them away to other homes--she wasn't comfortable with that, because she couldn't be sure these new owners wouldn't let the cat outside. I plotted for long periods of time how I could manage to drop by her house, and somehow let the cats out the front door while she wasn't looking. Finally, two got out and ran away and the other two were taken by relatives.