Well my mom and I both got in the way of a crazy neighbor with a crowbar who decided he didn't like my dog barking at him while he was teasing the dog......and I was only ten years old at the time. That kinda sums up how we have felt about our pets.

I remember my Dad came rushing out the back and had to grab the crowbar off my mom cause she would have killed the guy.

People who can't or won't be kind to animals are surely lacking in the skills needed to be parents. I listed my pets in a previous thread. Three had come from abusive homes but with good care and love they all became the best pets and were loyal and very protective of me. I'll take a dog anyday over some of the people I know.

There is a woman in my city here who had 6 horses and rented pasture for them. The owner of the land finally called the SPCA due to the fact that the owner had apparently abandoned them. They were very underweight and sickly so they were taken and cared for by the SPCA until they were well. The woman got charged with cruelty but was only fined and could retrieve her horses if she paid the 9000 dollar vet bill, which she did. It happened again and this time she was fined 10000 dollars and the horses were sold off to pay the vet bills. A local camp bought them to train for their program with autistic kids. My question is this. Why did she let this happen once and then a second time...there is no rhyme nor reason and she is now suing the region for not allowing her the proper amount of time she felt she should have been given to pay the vet bills. Some people are just plain loopy I guess.

She should have never been allowed to retrieve them the first time yet because animals are deemed property they fall under a different set of laws and that should change.