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The last hiker that way left it there to screw with you!! 'Parently it worked! edited to add.depending onthe state..dirt devil/tornado....I am still looking for my pushmower (found the weedeater-well what was left of it) after our 'wind storm' Life is not fair and there are no guarantees...

and the cheese stands alone ... Life is not fair and there are no guarantees...

appropraite euthanasia is a tangent...wow, better get on the line quick to the AVMA, and all the APSA right away, they have a lot of standards and protocols to change and I am sure they would love to hear from you! my opinion (as I clearly stated the first time) is that and I gave my supporting opinions based on many published studies into the minds of abusers (animal and human) and assorted sociopaths (think Jeffrey Dahmer). Alas, it still is an emotional response...better get busy calling the medical journals as well since apparently they are all wrong as well. while the attempt to put words in my mouth was a clever one...if you read my posts you will see not only did I not say that, I am more alarmed at the warning flag of her actions/problem solving skills than the species of the animal involved. I do believe it was in fact, you, Bill who brought in the emotions with the qualification of value of lives. The standards of humane and inhumane do not vary dependent upon the species. As I originally said, I believe wholeheartedly she dumped them as a drastic action...the actions which caused that to become necessary in her mind are not apparent (she didnt want them to be euthanized at the shelter, she didnt want the shelter to take them, how she got 35 kittens in the first place) the only thing the article says is the shelter wouldnt help her, not that she tried to give them away, donate them to a vet hospital, or many other options which were available. Our society says it is ok to hunt deer, only during certain times, it is ok to kill animals for food but not people, not a shock society denotes humane treatment for animals we own...guess they like to impose their emotions on others, huh, better give them a call too!!! Life is not fair and there are no guarantees...

appropriate euthanasia is totally humane - much moreso than starvation or exposure a slaughterhouse by definition is not a stockyard you suspect wrong as I have been to several slaughterhouses (the pc term is 'packing plant') yes today's method of an instantaneous lethal shock is much more humane than several misplaced bullets Life is not fair and there are no guarantees...

willingness to kill an animal and someone who solves a problem of not wanting a life/cant care for a life by chucking it in the woods knowing it cant defend itself are two very separate things. Slaughterhouses have a very humane way of killing the animals....and it does not involve letting them starve/freeze to death. I am also willing to bet you the woman did not see the 35 kittens as 'dirty rodents' or as a potential meal for herself either! Life is not fair and there are no guarantees...

then probably the match Life is not fair and there are no guarantees...

lamp since it doesnt take a match? Life is not fair and there are no guarantees...

his son's pic? Life is not fair and there are no guarantees...

nothing Life is not fair and there are no guarantees...

the old people time thing ad/bc Life is not fair and there are no guarantees...

only one way to find out , but seriously you said a mother only protects her own..i will give you 'most of the time' but not 'only', since like i said, i have seen it many times. plus the whole driving your children in a lake thing...that kinda proves your statement false as well i never said we had any morals in common i was trying to point out the parallel in actions/thought processes/problem solving in the two scenarios yes, i too see a human abandonment as a much greater issue.... BUT someone who solves a problem of not wanting a life/cant care for a life by chucking it in the woods knowing it cant defend itself....like the abuse and neglect statistics prove....if it is easy for them to do to an animal, chances are it will happen with a human Life is not fair and there are no guarantees...

snowman? Life is not fair and there are no guarantees...

DOH! Life is not fair and there are no guarantees...

I respectfully disagree. I have witnessed it many times along and across the species. I am not doubting she was at her wits end and made a hasty action. THere is most likely more to the story in the events that led to this than we know (why she 'couldnt get any help'). 35 kittens do not just happen overnight. Feral kittens would have a better chance than 'fully' domestic kittens..but both require a mother to a point in time. While we may differ on the worth of the being, her actions are not so very different from the teens who ditch their newborns ot the mother that drove her children to their deaths in a lake.....the thought/action/reaction pattern. Life is not fair and there are no guarantees...

huh? i dont get it Life is not fair and there are no guarantees...

sigh, no..... only that i have a collection of them here .... for the farm animals of course Life is not fair and there are no guarantees...

* I am not a PETA activist, but.... Look at the statistics for people that abuse/neglect animals and how many go on to do it to humans....it might surprise you. As a matter of opinion a 'mother' with 'mothering instincts' could not dump helpless (as in unable to fend for themselves) babies (animal or human) into the elements. Life is not fair and there are no guarantees...

a whip! Life is not fair and there are no guarantees...

no prob, had to crop it down too far, it is actaully quite a funny picture Life is not fair and there are no guarantees...

a freshly laid brown egg.....trust me Life is not fair and there are no guarantees...

LOL I have been called a cow once upon a time.

water Life is not fair and there are no guarantees...

LOL, yeah yeah [sarcasm] its because i am female right ADMIT IT, ADMIT IT, you are all against us [/sarcasm] Life is not fair and there are no guarantees...

midgets cant reach the 14th floor button so he can only ride the elevator all the way up if someone else is going? Life is not fair and there are no guarantees...