# Woman gets a bloody fortune for "emotional distress" after her cat is mauled by a dog **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 10, 2005, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-gets-a-bloody-fortune-for-emotional-distress-after-her-cat-is-mauled-by-a-dog/303200 "2005-05-10T10:47:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2005, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-gets-a-bloody-fortune-for-emotional-distress-after-her-cat-is-mauled-by-a-dog/303200/241 "2005-05-10T22:29:36Z")
as an aside this: > [@](#): > > Originally Posted by Airman Doors, USAF > Ha! If I were to die tomorrow in combat the death benefit my wife and son would receive $12,000 or so. I can only surmise from this that a cat is worth more than a human being. is particulary silly. and if you’d died at the towers in 9/11, your wife and child would have recieved big bucks. and if you’d died after being hit by a drunken Bill Gates, they’d have received big bucks. and if you’d died after being hit by a drunken Bill Smith, they’d have received little bucks. and they’d receive less than what the Louvre would receive if the _Mona Lisa_ was stolen - what about that?? a mere piece of canvas with some paint on it, not even living tissue! and old, too! really old, probably cracked paint and all. why some one might get more $$ for that. people all over value things differently, all the damn time. If you get your panties in a twist, trying to compare things like that to your personal worth, you’ll blow a gasket on a regular basis. ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2005, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-gets-a-bloody-fortune-for-emotional-distress-after-her-cat-is-mauled-by-a-dog/303200/242 "2005-05-10T23:03:10Z")
> [@Airman Doors](#): > > Ha! If I were to die tomorrow in combat the death benefit my wife and son would receive $12,000 or so. I can only surmise from this that a cat is worth more than a human being. Using this standard my car is worth more than a human being. My card collection would be worth several human beings. [This one piece of cardboard would be worth ~18 human beings](http://www.robertedwardauctions.com/site/bid/bidplace.asp?itemid=2055). This is a poor method of measuring worth. Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2005, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-gets-a-bloody-fortune-for-emotional-distress-after-her-cat-is-mauled-by-a-dog/303200/243 "2005-05-10T23:11:39Z")
> [@Debaser](#): > > A fur-mommy in Africa recently saved a flesh-baby that was abandoned by it’s own flesh-mother. > > From [Fox News](http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,155977,00.html): > > It seems the fur-mommy took the flesh-baby back to her fur-home and tucked her in with her very own fur-baby. Some local flesh-children then found the fur-home containing the flesh-baby and alterted some flesh-elders who brought her to the hospital. [The reverse has been known to happen also](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4443825.stm). Say, has anyone checked to see if **Snakescatlady** is posting from Africa? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2005, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-gets-a-bloody-fortune-for-emotional-distress-after-her-cat-is-mauled-by-a-dog/303200/244 "2005-05-10T23:13:46Z")
> [@Weirddave](#): > > [The reverse has been known to happen also](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4443825.stm). Say, has anyone checked to see if **Snakescatlady** is posting from Africa? :dubious: Asia. :smack: :smack: :smack: :smack: :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2005, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-gets-a-bloody-fortune-for-emotional-distress-after-her-cat-is-mauled-by-a-dog/303200/245 "2005-05-10T23:15:33Z")
> [@Weirddave](#): > > [The reverse has been known to happen also](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4443825.stm). Say, has anyone checked to see if **Snakescatlady** is posting from Africa? :dubious: Well any chance this one had of dying down just went out the window. That’s actually pretty disturbing, **Wierddave**. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2005, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-gets-a-bloody-fortune-for-emotional-distress-after-her-cat-is-mauled-by-a-dog/303200/246 "2005-05-10T23:30:19Z")
> [@Eyer8](#): > > I’m a cat lover. I own three cats currently and I have owned 6 others over the course of my life. I will always have cats and I feel that they are joy to have around. But they are pets. If I died and they had no food they would eat me. If I was tied down so I could not move a muscle and they had no food they would probably eat me alive. This is something that my daughter would never do. My love for my pets does not compare with the love I have for my children, my wife, my siblings, or even my friends. That sums up my feelings too. On the third of last month I lost a coworker I’d known two years and was friendly with. On the tenth I lost a cat that had been a pet for fourteen years. I miss the cat slightly more than the coworker, but hey, I knew him seven times as long as I knew her. As much as I miss the cat, it’s nothing compared to how I would feel had I lost _my brother_ when he was fourteen. Mochie was a good cat, but even he doesn’t compare to the loss of a family member. I wish I could have both cat and coworker back, though ☹ ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2005, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-gets-a-bloody-fortune-for-emotional-distress-after-her-cat-is-mauled-by-a-dog/303200/247 "2005-05-10T23:42:13Z")
Hey, give me a break! I bottle fed all of them. Altho I did learn not to do 3am feedings in the nude. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2005, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-gets-a-bloody-fortune-for-emotional-distress-after-her-cat-is-mauled-by-a-dog/303200/248 "2005-05-10T23:43:25Z")
> [@+MDI](#): > > Fuck off. So sussinct. So witty. You just HAVE to be the bon vivant of your ‘special’ circle. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2005, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-gets-a-bloody-fortune-for-emotional-distress-after-her-cat-is-mauled-by-a-dog/303200/249 "2005-05-10T23:47:45Z")
Sweet merciful fuck. I’m gone for eight hours and this thread jumps to five pages!?! You people know that there is no comma in the motto right? It’s not “Fighting, Ignorance since 1973.” I mean, what in the holy hell is wrong with everyone? $45,000 is too much for a cat, making a statement and negligence be damned. They should have euthanised this dog and let that be the end of it. Now, this thread has been godwinized (like we needed hitler mentioned in a pet thread). People have made mildly threatening remarks. Nearly everyone involved in this thread has been insulted. Can’t we take a fucking break already? ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2005, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-gets-a-bloody-fortune-for-emotional-distress-after-her-cat-is-mauled-by-a-dog/303200/250 "2005-05-10T23:55:17Z")
Great. Reading through this thread, I’ve alternated between giggling hysterically and rolling my eyes. Now my dog thinks I’m nuts. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2005, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-gets-a-bloody-fortune-for-emotional-distress-after-her-cat-is-mauled-by-a-dog/303200/251 "2005-05-10T23:57:15Z")
> [@Harborwolf](#): > > Can’t we take a fucking break already? Okay, but leave the [mules](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=315948) out of it. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-gets-a-bloody-fortune-for-emotional-distress-after-her-cat-is-mauled-by-a-dog/303200/252 "2005-05-11T00:06:57Z")
**tdn** –I’m with you. Thanks for the clarification and I am also done with this train wreck. **snakescatlady** -pax. I agree that there are too many ill behaved children in the world, mostly due to a complete lack of parenting. Now I understand the smelly remark, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-gets-a-bloody-fortune-for-emotional-distress-after-her-cat-is-mauled-by-a-dog/303200/253 "2005-05-11T00:51:50Z")
> [@Weirddave](#): > > [The reverse has been known to happen also](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4443825.stm). Say, has anyone checked to see if **Snakescatlady** is posting from Africa? :dubious: Still don’t understand how I deserved that one. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-gets-a-bloody-fortune-for-emotional-distress-after-her-cat-is-mauled-by-a-dog/303200/254 "2005-05-11T01:47:53Z")
> [@Snakescatlady](#): > > Still don’t understand how I deserved that one. I’m guessing it was all in good fun. I mean, if I see a link like that, I MUST work it into conversation somehow. That is just way to wierd to sit on. So admit it. You smeared peanut butter on your nipple to get the monkey to do that, right? ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-gets-a-bloody-fortune-for-emotional-distress-after-her-cat-is-mauled-by-a-dog/303200/255 "2005-05-11T02:17:32Z")
LOL! No, but I damn sure came up out of the bed ( I usually took the babies back to bed with me for feeding - it was warmer) when that kitten missed the bottle and chomped on my nipple! ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-gets-a-bloody-fortune-for-emotional-distress-after-her-cat-is-mauled-by-a-dog/303200/256 "2005-05-11T03:03:48Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Okay, but leave the [mules](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=315948) out of it. :eek: What mules? I know nothing about any mules. I have not seen a single thread having anything to do with somebody doing something vile to mules. ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-gets-a-bloody-fortune-for-emotional-distress-after-her-cat-is-mauled-by-a-dog/303200/257 "2005-05-11T03:37:37Z")
> [@Harborwolf](#): > > Sweet merciful fuck. I’m gone for eight hours and this thread jumps to five pages!?! You people know that there is no comma in the motto right? It’s not “Fighting, Ignorance since 1973.” I mean, what in the holy hell is wrong with everyone? > > $45,000 is too much for a cat, making a statement and negligence be damned. They should have euthanised this dog and let that be the end of it. > > Now, this thread has been godwinized (like we needed hitler mentioned in a pet thread). People have made mildly threatening remarks. Nearly everyone involved in this thread has been insulted. Can’t we take a fucking break already? If you don’t want to discuss it, don’t read the thread, and certainly don’t post. If you don’t want to consider the matter beyond the first gut reaction you had, then don’t read the thread, and certainly don’t post. If you are unable to examine your own opinions are are offended by the thought of others doing so, then don’t read the thread, and certainly don’t post. Seriously, did you think your post was some sort of contribution to the thread? ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-gets-a-bloody-fortune-for-emotional-distress-after-her-cat-is-mauled-by-a-dog/303200/258 "2005-05-11T03:52:23Z")
> [@Harborwolf](#): > > “Fighting, Ignorance since 1973.” To be fair, only _some_ people have been ignorant that long. Some people weren’t born in 1973. ---
**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-gets-a-bloody-fortune-for-emotional-distress-after-her-cat-is-mauled-by-a-dog/303200/259 "2005-05-11T04:28:28Z")
Well then, hope you kids are happy. I just killed my dobegirl in hopes of saving a child’s life somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-gets-a-bloody-fortune-for-emotional-distress-after-her-cat-is-mauled-by-a-dog/303200/260 "2005-05-11T04:32:37Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > To be fair, only _some_ people have been ignorant that long. Some people weren’t born in 1973. I was born in 1953, giving me a 20 year head start in being ignernt. Yay me! 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-gets-a-bloody-fortune-for-emotional-distress-after-her-cat-is-mauled-by-a-dog/303200.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-gets-a-bloody-fortune-for-emotional-distress-after-her-cat-is-mauled-by-a-dog/303200.md?page=14)