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How could anyone be disturbed enough to tie a kitten to a railroad track?!

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would've never let the guy get to his trunk but if he did, would've slammed the trunk and smashed his head a few times since karma is too slow for me. Sick guys do this all the time but chicks? That's odd.
 
Just to play devil's advocate for a moment, how do you bleeding hearts know that they weren't trying to euthanize their cat? Perhaps the cat was dying due to feline leukemia. They didn't have the money to spend on a vet to have it put to sleep, or to drop it off at a shelter (a lot of shelter's charge.) Run over by train sounds like a pretty quick and painless way to go for a cat. While I doubt this was the case, it's still more humane than just abandoning a sick cat.
 
Originally posted by: DrPizza
Just to play devil's advocate for a moment, how do you bleeding hearts know that they weren't trying to euthanize their cat? Perhaps the cat was dying due to feline leukemia. They didn't have the money to spend on a vet to have it put to sleep, or to drop it off at a shelter (a lot of shelter's charge.) Run over by train sounds like a pretty quick and painless way to go for a cat. While I doubt this was the case, it's still more humane than just abandoning a sick cat.
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Are you kidding me? The guy had a gun, they could have shot the cat if they wanted to euthanize it. Tieing it to a railroad track is not euthenasia, it's disgusting and the product of a diseased mind. What you people bashing the people who are upset over this don't realize, is that this is an indication of a bigger problem. You don't just start torturing animals and then stop one day, you move to large prey and eventually humans.

I didn't read the story (page won't load) but the people responsible for this should be drawn and quartered. For the people they may move on to in the future.
 
Originally posted by: Raduque
Originally posted by: DrPizza
Just to play devil's advocate for a moment, how do you bleeding hearts know that they weren't trying to euthanize their cat? Perhaps the cat was dying due to feline leukemia. They didn't have the money to spend on a vet to have it put to sleep, or to drop it off at a shelter (a lot of shelter's charge.) Run over by train sounds like a pretty quick and painless way to go for a cat. While I doubt this was the case, it's still more humane than just abandoning a sick cat.
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Are you kidding me? The guy had a gun, they could have shot the cat if they wanted to euthanize it. Tieing it to a railroad track is not euthenasia, it's disgusting and the product of a diseased mind. What you people bashing the people who are upset over this don't realize, is that this is an indication of a bigger problem. You don't just start torturing animals and then stop one day, you move to large prey and eventually humans.

I didn't read the story (page won't load) but the people responsible for this should be drawn and quartered. For the people they may move on to in the future.
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Do kittens typically survive getting run over by a train? If this was a case of enjoying torture, wouldn't the couple stay behind and watch the cat squirm to get away to no avail? Maybe they didn't want to have to be the ones to kill the animal so they didn't shoot it. I don't really see how this is torture. Seems more like a case of not wanting to take responsibility for an animal and using a rather extraordinary method to end its life.
 
Originally posted by: glutenberg
Originally posted by: Raduque
Originally posted by: DrPizza
Just to play devil's advocate for a moment, how do you bleeding hearts know that they weren't trying to euthanize their cat? Perhaps the cat was dying due to feline leukemia. They didn't have the money to spend on a vet to have it put to sleep, or to drop it off at a shelter (a lot of shelter's charge.) Run over by train sounds like a pretty quick and painless way to go for a cat. While I doubt this was the case, it's still more humane than just abandoning a sick cat.
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Are you kidding me? The guy had a gun, they could have shot the cat if they wanted to euthanize it. Tieing it to a railroad track is not euthenasia, it's disgusting and the product of a diseased mind. What you people bashing the people who are upset over this don't realize, is that this is an indication of a bigger problem. You don't just start torturing animals and then stop one day, you move to large prey and eventually humans.

I didn't read the story (page won't load) but the people responsible for this should be drawn and quartered. For the people they may move on to in the future.
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Do kittens typically survive getting run over by a train? If this was a case of enjoying torture, wouldn't the couple stay behind and watch the cat squirm to get away to no avail? Maybe they didn't want to have to be the ones to kill the animal so they didn't shoot it. I don't really see how this is torture. Seems more like a case of not wanting to take responsibility for an animal and using a rather extraordinary method to end its life.
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Dude...they pulled a gun on PEOPLE!
 
Originally posted by: TruePaige
Do kittens typically survive getting run over by a train? If this was a case of enjoying torture, wouldn't the couple stay behind and watch the cat squirm to get away to no avail? Maybe they didn't want to have to be the ones to kill the animal so they didn't shoot it. I don't really see how this is torture. Seems more like a case of not wanting to take responsibility for an animal and using a rather extraordinary method to end its life.

Dude...they pulled a gun on PEOPLE!
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I'm not saying the couple were good people. I'm just curious how people made the leap from them tying a kitten down on the train tracks to torturing the kitten. Is getting hit by a train torture?
 
I am having a hard time understanding why some of the peeps here are trying to justify such a heinous act.

If they really felt bad for the kitten and could not afford to keep it, they could have just as easily taken it to a animal shelter.

They obviously had a car and could have easily just as driven to the shelter.

Contrary to what some may believe, San Antonio is a modern city with a humane society SPCA. I should know, I grew up in the city.

 
Originally posted by: Raduque
You don't just start torturing animals and then stop one day, you move to large prey and eventually humans.
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This is a logical fallacy. While people who torture other people may have started with animals, that doesn't mean that those who do it to animals necessarily move on to people.
 
Originally posted by: miri
I am having a hard time understanding why some of the peeps here are trying to justify such a heinous act.

If they really felt bad for the kitten and could not afford to keep it, they could have just as easily taken it to a animal shelter.

They obviously had a car and could have easily just as driven to the shelter.

Contrary to what some may believe, San Antonio is a modern city with a humane society SPCA. I should know, I grew up in the city.
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I am having a hard time understanding why some people would care about this. The kitten would have died instantly. THis was a humane and quick way to dispose of the animal. Much better then just dumping the cat out in the middle of nowhere.

Also consider that taking the animal to the shelter usualy involve a fee that they could probably not afford and that the kitten would have most likely ended up dead anyway.

Slow news day I guess. This article was designe for the sensitive ones and children.
 
Originally posted by: 91TTZ
Originally posted by: Raduque
You don't just start torturing animals and then stop one day, you move to large prey and eventually humans.
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This is a logical fallacy. While people who torture other people may have started with animals, that doesn't mean that those who do it to animals necessarily move on to people.
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Sure it's not 100% true but they have the seed in them. Sure it starts with something small but it just fosters as they get older.
 
Originally posted by: holden j caufield
Originally posted by: 91TTZ
Originally posted by: Raduque
You don't just start torturing animals and then stop one day, you move to large prey and eventually humans.
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This is a logical fallacy. While people who torture other people may have started with animals, that doesn't mean that those who do it to animals necessarily move on to people.
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Sure it's not 100% true but they have the seed in them. Sure it starts with something small but it just fosters as they get older.
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That's what hapened to me. I used to pull wings off flies as a kid. Now I tourment people on ATOT.
I wonder what I am going to do next? PM you?
 
I knew a guy who buried a cat up to its neck once and ran over it with a lawn mower. I worry about him occasionally. I don't like cats all that much myself, but this type of stuff is just sick.
 
Originally posted by: engineereeyore
I knew a guy who buried a cat up to its neck once and ran over it with a lawn mower. I worry about him occasionally. I don't like cats all that much myself, but this type of stuff is just sick.
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and you watched it hapen?
 
Meh, its just a cat. Besides, as already stated, getting ran over by a train is quick and painless. Theres no struggle to get off the tracks either, since a cat cant comprehend a train.
 
Originally posted by: miri
I am having a hard time understanding why some of the peeps here are trying to justify such a heinous act.

If they really felt bad for the kitten and could not afford to keep it, they could have just as easily taken it to a animal shelter.

They obviously had a car and could have easily just as driven to the shelter.

Contrary to what some may believe, San Antonio is a modern city with a humane society SPCA. I should know, I grew up in the city.
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Yours is just one opinion. Here are a LOT of opinions to the contrary about San Antonio's treatment of animals: here

It's pretty hard to kill your own animal by shooting it; especially if you're emotionally attached to it. It'd probably be a lot harder if you thought it was going to suffer at the hands of the "humane" society. Again, let me add that I'm just playing devil's advocate - I think the train tracks are a pretty twisted way to end a pet's life. However, (and this is honest) "torture" is an exaggeration.
 
Originally posted by: TallBill
Meh, its just a cat. Besides, as already stated, getting ran over by a train is quick and painless. Theres no struggle to get off the tracks either, since a cat cant comprehend a train.
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Your stupidity is evident in every post. If the subject stretches beyond the content of donuts you really should shut up. Animals can sense eminent danger, wild cats are very cautious and treat everything they don't know as a threat, animals sense earthquakes etc so I'm sure they know that a large fast rumbling object is not good for them . You can't comprehend an asteroid or physics but should you ever see one streaming your way I'm sure even your dumbass could figure out that a very big object going very fast does not bode well for you, and it is time to meet your maker.
 
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