Here is the story.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5iI-AZ7WUGRo0q5LShgrfshJE9fLw
I have not yet composed a response due to other breaking news at my house. Stay tuned for: I have a dead person in my living room. It never rains but it pours…
It appears as though the woman charged, convicted and fined was not a cat torturer but someone who was trying to do the right thing.
I could not do it, but, on the face of it, it looks better than having the SPCA euthanize countless diseased, feral cats… eventually…
I think the dead person in your living room is actually a more important story…
Especially when the woman contacted the SPCA and asked them to take the kittens off her hands. The SPCA told her it wasn’t its job to take care of strays.
I’m trying to imagine having a dead person in my living room and deciding to post to the Dope about some piece of minor RO. Seems I’d be busy with other things . . .
A fair cop,** Scarlett67**
I was/am being a bit dramatic with regard to the remains which presently reside in my parlor.
Today, I claimed the “cremains” of an old family friend who passed away in the spring of 2006. As I was the only “family” she had within 5000 miles, it fell upon me to take care of the details. I am still coming to terms with the fact that she died alone and was only found two or three weeks after the fact.
I still feel guilty about not having been more attentive.
It’s a long story which I will spin in time…
I was sure this was gonna be about this story. But I expect he will get more than a $5 fine…
Anyway … I don’t think the lady should get fined for drowning strays. I love cats, but a year or two ago I lived someplace that was overrun with strays. I called animal control once, and was told that I would have to trap them and bring them in because they don’t deal with them.
I can almost imagine how that came to pass:
Whooooah, man. This is far out! Check it: there’s this guy at the community college who gets me all kinds of crazy shit from the lab, right? Have you ever tried to smoke a strip of magnesium, man? It’s totally crazy!
Uh…anyway…right! So he was telling me about this thing that we totally have to try. So like there’s this dude, Schrodinger, right? And he puts a kitten in a bong …