I'm in absolute agreement! Mistreatment of animals is a hot-button issue with me, too. I feel enraged, upset, depressed, and impotent, because the problem is so huge and overwhelming, and too many people just don't give a d***. How can you F***ing do that???? (Sorry, but this makes me so mad!!!) I truly hate these people, and would gladly make them suffer for what they do to animals, were it in my hands. They're so lucky it's not. The law will never punish them as they deserve, but I wish it was so much harsher, to fit the crime better.

When I saw your post, DSF, I went straight to the link without finishing your post first, afraid they let the idiot keep the puppy. I see you said they didn't (I finished your post after I came back! ), thank god! But just a warning? I don't care if he's a teenager! He's old enough to know better!

And now that it's Easter, a bunch of idiots will buy chicks and bunnies, not knowing how to care properly for them, or not being willing to, and they will be taken to the SPCA and humane shelters, and some will even be released in the wild (usually to die), and most will be euthanized, because there's not enough homes.

"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be measured by the way in which its animals are treated." - Mahatma Gandhi

'Nuff said.

I could post on and on about animal issues that bother me, but I'll try to keep the thread on-topic.