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Staffie dog hogtied and cooked alive over a fire at The Curragh

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  • Registered Users Posts: 464 ✭✭The Th!ng


    folan wrote: »
    Sorry, this is an aside, but read your post and thought:

    confession?

    The Th!ng loves animals of all sorts, the person thing who did this does not.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,362 ✭✭✭K4t


    Who tortures lambs, chickens and pigs everyday? If you know of someone torturing animals everyday you surely have a duty to report it to the authorities?
    Factory farms all over the world where millions of animals are kept in captivity, often in horrible conditions, mutilated and killed and sold.


    The death of one man is a tragedy, the death of millions is a statistic.


    I'm not saying the torture of the dog isn't horrific behaviour either, but the hypocrisy involved and the abandonment of rational thinking in response to such events is equally concerning.


  • Registered Users Posts: 464 ✭✭The Th!ng


    For anyone doubting the veracity of the article on TheJournal here is a link to the Kildare and West Wicklow SPCA page on Facebook.

    https://www.facebook.com/KWWSPCA
    WARNING! EXTREMELY DISTRESSING CONTENT


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,122 ✭✭✭BeerWolf


    I own a Staffy myself, and this has made my blood boil... ****ers that do this should be permanently removed from society.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,362 ✭✭✭K4t


    BeerWolf wrote: »
    ****ers that do this should be permanently removed from society.
    Nah, they shouldn't.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 9,061 ✭✭✭Kenny Logins


    The Th!ng wrote: »
    For anyone doubting the veracity of the article on TheJournal here is a link to the Kildare and West Wicklow SPCA page on Facebook.

    https://www.facebook.com/KWWSPCA
    WARNING! EXTREMELY DISTRESSING CONTENT

    Still guess work though, isn't it?


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,547 ✭✭✭Foxhound38


    **** me, that's a horrific act.

    But as regards punishment, it's hard to call. Where do you draw the line? Cruelty to dogs, sure, everyone loves dogs, but what if it was a cat? A rabbit? A bag of hamsters? What about spiders? If that was a box of these guys?

    Does that still warrant the life sentence some people are baying for?

    How about finding out who it was, and their reasons for doing it? Then maybe decide on a punishment?

    Is there any "reason" that could possibly be valid or understandable for tying a defenceless creature up and roasting it alive? Whoever did this is one sick puppy


  • Registered Users Posts: 9,920 ✭✭✭dodzy


    Sadly, the little Staffie passed away today, despite the veterinary team doing everything they could to save him. At the end, all they could do was make him comfortable.

    “They just kept him warm in heated blankets and cuddled him and reassured him.”



    Sick story alright, but why the dog was not put down immediately raises some suspicion as to whether this actually happened IMO.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,547 ✭✭✭Foxhound38


    Reoil wrote: »
    Why people would have such ugly, ugly dogs is beyond me.

    They are some of the most intelligent, loyal dogs you can get. As said before in this thread, the sad thing is that the poor little creature in this video would have forgiven his torturer.

    Staffies unfortunately have a bit of a PR problem, mostly unearned.


  • Registered Users Posts: 596 ✭✭✭The other fella


    [QUOTE=K4t;94054429]Hold on, so according to both of you and others, the life of a dog is more valuable than that of the lamb or a chicken or a pig or a fly or a spider (many of which we kill, torture and eat everyday) but you want similar punishments for abuse and torture of dogs as there are for humans? You are equating a dog's life to that of a human and therefore implying that all human life is not equal at the same time.


    All animals are equal but some are more equal than others?[/QUOTE]

    Please, please show me where i said the life of a dog is more valuable than a sheep or a chicken?Please?


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  • Registered Users Posts: 596 ✭✭✭The other fella


    People are upset when things like this happen to emotionally intelligent beings such as ourselves.

    Using the line "but should someone be imprisoned over killing a spider" is just ridiculous, not that i need to point that out.People saying that are being purposely obtuse, just to go against the majority opinion in this thread.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,958 ✭✭✭Mr_Spaceman


    K4t wrote: »
    No, force them to undergo a full psychological assessment and give them counselling. And fine them.

    Simple minded is sending a person to prison for life for physical abuse of an animal.

    Yes, indeed. Particularly when a bullet would be cheaper.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,756 ✭✭✭demanufactured


    K4t wrote: »
    Nah, they shouldn't.

    And what do you think should be done with thwem..I cant wait to hear this....


  • Registered Users Posts: 6,995 ✭✭✭Sofiztikated


    Again with the comparisons to other animals. You're trying to reason that there comes a point when it's excusable to be a sadistic cnut, so may as well broaden the whole spectrum to all species?
    You can't form a mutual emotional relationship with insects like you can with the other animals you mentioned, dogs and cats especially.
    Having said that, if I met anyone torturing insects for the craic of it, I wouldn't ever associate with them again.

    I mean legally. At what point does the mandatory life imprisonment/shotgun to the face become "Ah, here."
    Foxhound38 wrote: »
    Is there any "reason" that could possibly be valid or understandable for tying a defenceless creature up and roasting it alive? Whoever did this is one sick puppy

    S/He could be a grade A psychopath, well on his way to murderin' and rapin', or they could have been tripping balls, and thought it was a BBQ, or they could be "a bit slow" [insert intellectual disability here] and not fully understood the concept of what they were doing.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,362 ✭✭✭K4t


    People are upset when things like this happen to emotionally intelligent beings such as ourselves.
    Nobody is arguing to the contrary.
    Using the line "but should someone be imprisoned over killing a spider" is just ridiculous, not that i need to point that out.People saying that are being purposely obtuse, just to go against the majority opinion in this thread.
    I'll assume this is aimed at me. Why is a dog's life valued more than any other animal? Why should a dog's life be treated as the equivalent of a human life when under the law when other animals are killed every day and we don't care? People were arguing that the person should be imprisoned, some even said for life. While at the same time they happily devour their lamb, chicken and steaks every night, even taking great pleasure in it (sadistic or what?) There is a hypocrisy involved but you're too busy ignoring it to even try to understand.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,362 ✭✭✭K4t


    And what do you think should be done with thwem..I cant wait to hear this....
    As I said already, fined, and forced to undergo a psychological evaluation and counselling, which they probably should have had a long time before incidences such as this.


  • Registered Users Posts: 596 ✭✭✭The other fella


    K4t wrote: »
    Nobody is arguing to the contrary.
    K4t wrote: »
    Hold on, so according to both of you and others, the life of a dog is more valuable than that of the lamb or a chicken or a pig or a fly or a spider (many of which we kill, torture and eat everyday) but you want similar punishments for abuse and torture of dogs as there are for humans? You are equating a dog's life to that of a human and therefore implying that all human life is not equal at the same time.


    All animals are equal but some are more equal than others?

    You just tried to suggest i was arguing for the contrary.I dont care if someone kills a fly or spider because they are not emotionally intelligent beings.


  • Registered Users Posts: 596 ✭✭✭The other fella


    K4t wrote: »
    Nobody is arguing to the contrary.

    I'll assume this is aimed at me. Why is a dog's life valued more than any other animal? Why should a dog's life be treated as the equivalent of a human life when under the law when other animals are killed every day and we don't care? People were arguing that the person should be imprisoned, some even said for life. While at the same time they happily devour their lamb, chicken and steaks every night, even taking great pleasure in it (sadistic or what?) There is a hypocrisy involved but you're too busy ignoring it to even try to understand.

    Its not? You cant just make up random sentences like this and try to make out i was the one who was insinuating it.
    Im ignoring what exactly?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,832 ✭✭✭✭Blatter


    K4t wrote: »
    While at the same time they happily devour their lamb, chicken and steaks every night, even taking great pleasure in it (sadistic or what?) There is a hypocrisy involved but you're too busy ignoring it to even try to understand.

    I think you need to learn to understand the difference between cooking an already dead animal and torturing one by burning it alive.


  • Registered Users Posts: 7,547 ✭✭✭Ave Sodalis


    K4t wrote: »
    I'll assume this is aimed at me. Why is a dog's life valued more than any other animal? Why should a dog's life be treated as the equivalent of a human life when under the law when other animals are killed every day and we don't care? People were arguing that the person should be imprisoned, some even said for life. While at the same time they happily devour their lamb, chicken and steaks every night, even taking great pleasure in it (sadistic or what?) There is a hypocrisy involved but you're too busy ignoring it to even try to understand.

    Can you not see the difference between killing an animal for food and roasting a dog alive?

    Yes, there's cruelty in some methods of butchering animals. However, that's not what this thread is about. This thread is about a dog who was tortured.

    And in any rate, stepping on a spider is much different to holding it over an open fire and slowly roasting alive. If someone was doing that to spiders or flies, I'd be concerned too.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 596 ✭✭✭The other fella


    Blatter wrote: »
    I think you need to learn to understand the difference between cooking an already dead animal and torturing one by burning it alive.

    Exactly this! People eat cows/sheep to survive. Burning that poor little dog was of no advantage to anyone.


  • Registered Users Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭Omackeral


    Punishing whoever did this is absolutely correct. However, the people saying they should get a life sentence, have them locked up and the key thrown away or even hanged are spouting emotional hyperbole (I hope). Few years inside and/or a mental evaluation is more fitting.

    Also,those with torturous violent revenge porn thoughts like sledgehammers to the balls, you're not exactly painting yourself in the best light. That's sick too. Punish them in the usual ways otherwise, society as a whole suffers if you drop to their level.


  • Registered Users Posts: 371 ✭✭Frog Song


    My heart sinks when I hear things like this. That poor animal :( I can't cope with stories like this, they stay with me. Evil bastard that did that, how the hell can anyone get a kick out of doing something like that?! Wtf is wrong with them?! They're probably laughing away to themselves today at the attention it's getting :mad:

    Ireland is a small country, if anyone hears of who did this please do the right thing.

    Poor dog :(


  • Registered Users Posts: 17,495 ✭✭✭✭eviltwin


    K4t wrote: »
    Nobody is arguing to the contrary.

    I'll assume this is aimed at me. Why is a dog's life valued more than any other animal? Why should a dog's life be treated as the equivalent of a human life when under the law when other animals are killed every day and we don't care? People were arguing that the person should be imprisoned, some even said for life. While at the same time they happily devour their lamb, chicken and steaks every night, even taking great pleasure in it (sadistic or what?) There is a hypocrisy involved but you're too busy ignoring it to even try to understand.

    I can see your point but if death was the intention here there are quicker and more effective ways to do it. What this person did was an act of cruelty designed to inflict as much pain and fear as possible on that poor dog. I can't get my head around someone thinking this let alone doing it. Poor little fella, hopefully he'll recover mentally from it.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,362 ✭✭✭K4t


    You just tried to suggest i was arguing for the contrary.I dont care if someone kills a fly or spider because they are not emotionally intelligent beings.
    How can you prove conclusively that insects are not emotionally intelligent? What about pigs, cows, sheep? Why is it acceptable to kill and torture them? The guy has problems but let's not reduce ourselves to his level or even lower by asking for violent revenge for the dog and life sentences. He needs help, as do many in this thread.
    Exactly this! People eat cows/sheep to survive. Burning that poor little dog was of no advantage to anyone.
    How do you know he wasn't planning on eating the dog?


    Is it absolutely necessary to eat cows/sheep rather than dogs to survive?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 457 ✭✭CaptainInsano


    K4t wrote: »
    How can you prove conclusively that insects are not emotionally intelligent? What about pigs, cows, sheep? Why is it acceptable to kill and torture them? The guy has problems but let's not reduce ourselves to his level or even lower by asking for violent revenge for the dog and life sentences. He needs help, as do many in this thread.

    How do you know he wasn't planning on eating the dog?


    Is it absolutely necessary to eat cows/sheep rather than dogs to survive?

    You really think he intended to eat the dog? You're clutching at straws at this point.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates


    Reoil wrote: »
    Why people would have such ugly, ugly dogs is beyond me.

    You get attached to them, regardless of their appearance.

    Like your ma did with you, presumably.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,362 ✭✭✭K4t


    eviltwin wrote: »
    I can see your point but if death was the intention here there are quicker and more effective ways to do it. What this person did was an act of cruelty designed to inflict as much pain and fear as possible on that poor dog. I can't get my head around someone thinking this let alone doing it. Poor little fella, hopefully he'll recover mentally from it.
    There's no denying the guy has problems. Possibly serious ones. But the majority of people are thinking emotionally rather than rationally about this case, which is understandable, but not necessarily right.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,362 ✭✭✭K4t


    You really think he intended to eat the dog? You're clutching at straws at this point.
    It's possible. We kill animals everyday for consumption and many of them are tortured. That's life.
    At the end of the day, humans are the dominant species for the most part and it is our duty to protect animals as much as we can, but when you start trying to apply the same moral principles to animals as humans, and trying to equate animals with humans under the law, you're fooling nobody but yourself.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 596 ✭✭✭The other fella


    K4t wrote: »
    How can you prove conclusively that insects are not emotionally intelligent? What about pigs, cows, sheep? Why is it acceptable to kill and torture them? The guy has problems but let's not reduce ourselves to his level or even lower by asking for violent revenge for the dog and life sentences. He needs help, as do many in this thread.

    How do you know he wasn't planning on eating the dog?


    Is it absolutely necessary to eat cows/sheep rather than dogs to survive?

    1.Google can lead you to studies proving these things.

    2.He put him over a low burning fire, while he was still alive,and then went away and left him there.If your cooking chicken, do you light fires in a racecourse, hogtie the bird and hang him over it while hes still alive and then leave?


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