Bloody Human Beans

[annuin]

I don't know why I watch Animal Precinct on Animal Planet sometimes... half the time it just makes me want to cry.

Seeing what some people will do to their pets sometimes is just horrific. How do they look at their animal and not notice something is very fucking wrong when there's a volleyball sized growth hanging off their dog? Or when bones poke out at all angles and there's large bald patches where fur should be?

What's an added kick in the guts sometimes is just seeing how incredibly sweet some of the animals are that get rescued, even though they've been starved, beaten, neglected and a whole host of other things that crappy excuses for human beings have done to them. They seem to have this unwavering belief in the goodness of humans and they look up at them with complete trust in their eyes. Pity we let them down so often.

Comments

[wiebke.livejournal.com]

I watch that show to and about half the time there's something that makes me cry and I almost always start ranting at the TV. I'll go over to my guinea pigs and hug them and tell them they're safe. Just terrible stuff. I especially hate stuff where they find dogs that have been shot or abused kittens... *sniff* I really can't stand it.

[tanthe.livejournal.com]

One upside to the show is that they do generally bust the people that perpetrated the cruelty, and most of the time the animals get rehomed, which is good.

Most of the time however, I don't feel that punishment is severe enough, but I guess it's a start (granted, compared to what I'd want to do to those people myself nothing would be severe enough barring cruel and unusual punishment and/or death).

The ones that really get me are when they arrest people and the people are really surprised that you can even get arrested for cruelty to animals. How can you be unaware that that kind of behaviour is not acceptable and punishable by law?

[wiebke.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean; the ones who say, "Oh, you're not real cops, screw you" and "I killed a dog, not a person." I suspect there's something wrong with these people on a lot of levels, not just in their understanding of law.