As someone who is employed at an animal shelter and has 6 cats in the household, I'm a bit displeased with some of the posts in this thread. Some are harmless, like the coozie and the tape, but dropping a cat off a bridge? Out of an airplane? Swinging it by its paws and letting it go? Horrible.
Kitty survives 18 story fall A cat in Chicago is recovering after falling out of a window on the 18th floor of a high rise building. Maxim' s owner is serving in Iraq, but he's more worried about his friend back home and how he'll pay the $3,000 vet bill the cat has racked up since surviving the drop. Maxim is a large black and white kitty with piercing yellow eyes and a desire to explore the great outdoors. Maxim managed to claw open a window screen keeping him from that 18 story drop. But once there was a hole, he apparently couldn't resist poking his head out and that was all it took. "It's really high. The doctor said this is the first time they've seen a cat who survived fall at that height," explained Daria, the woman watching over Maxim. Construction workers found the cat and rushed him to a humane society which in turn rushed him to the Animal Emergency Center in Northbrook, Illinois. "His injuries were potentially severe. Lucky for him he's a large cat," surgeon Dr. Aaron Jackson said. "This is his right shoulder fracture and here's his left shoulder fracture." Dr. Jackson put metal plates and pins in Maxim's shoulder and his pelvis. The lucky cat will have staples for several weeks before he's healed enough to remove them. He's also got an adhesive pain patch. But Dr. Jackson expects Maxim to recover and return to a fairly normal life. Because Maxim's, owner Sergeant Matthew Barkmeier, had a chip imbedded in Maxim, the humane society was able to track down his owner. Sgt. Barkmeier is grateful for the loving car his pet is being given while he's in Iraq. He told the surgeon he never expected Maxim to be the one with the battle scars. But Sgt. Barkmeier is a little concerned about how he'll manage to pay off Maxim's mounting bill while fighting in Iraq. But figures he'll find a way. http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=262357
I knew a kid who got morbid pleasure out of abusing cats. He liked to put them in plastic bags and throw them at brick walls. Turns out his dad beat him a lot because he was such a disappointment.
If I saw this happening I genuinely think that I would not be able to control my anger. I think I would seriously hurt them. BTW, there is a very strong corelation between children who abuse animals and sociopathic behavior later in life.
Let's try a BBS test. I propose taping KingCheetah's paws and then throwing him from the top of a grain silo. Anyone care to see what happens?
Myth Busters just did a show where they confirmed a man can be killed by loading a shutgun with cigarette butts. Rock salt? mmmm. Which one is dumber ...the kids or the adult? The kids at least still have a chance to mature later in life.
Probably the single biggest reason this thread is 99% unfunny. But I'm down with the KingCheetah test.
No wonder they were screaming so much... Just goes to show though, don't toss kittens off oil tanks on gramps land. Gramps is a buddist or something like that and they don't take kindly to kitten tossers.
I have had the honor of being shot with Rock Salt...... Teach me to ride my mini bike in the farmers field. It burns... And my parents made me go apologize.......but good came out of it, Farmer Brown had some land he wasn't using and let us build a nice dirt track for go karts and mini bikes.... Good times...good times. DD
Please. Chunking felines through the air is a hallmark of human history. Where do you think we got the name catapault?
Thats not torture. Bacon is huge this fall. My wife had to toss out her three pairs of sausage shoes.
