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"Your pitbull found me and I'm not giving her back"

  • 03-10-2013 01:34PM
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,547 ✭✭✭


    http://nashville.craigslist.org/laf/4104113537.html

    This story went viral on craigslist there the other day - heartbreaking story about a poor old dog beign used as pait for dog fighters. If you're not moved by the story then you've a heart made of stone in my opinion...

    Makes me wonder how much of that dog fighting carry on goes on in our shores? It's a well known fact that our brave politicians have yet to find the energy to take animal welfare in any way seriously enough for proper legislation against cruelty - you hear stories but how widespread is it I wonder?

    IMO dog fighters should be sent to a Battle Royale situation on spike Island - let them taste for themselves their own barbarity


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,516 ✭✭✭wazky


    Foxhound38 wrote: »
    Battle Royale situation on spike Island let them taste for themselves their own barbarity

    Is that the same as a Cheese Royale?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,754 ✭✭✭oldyouth


    Royale with Cheese


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 811 ✭✭✭canadianwoman


    The look in that poor dog's eyes. She's been through some bad stuff. :(


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,270 ✭✭✭tin79


    Foxhound38 wrote: »
    http://nashville.craigslist.org/laf/4104113537.html

    This story went viral on craigslist there the other day - heartbreaking story about a poor old dog beign used as pait for dog fighters. If you're not moved by the story then you've a heart made of stone in my opinion...

    Makes me wonder how much of that dog fighting carry on goes on in our shores? It's a well known fact that our brave politicians have yet to find the energy to take animal welfare in any way seriously enough for proper legislation against cruelty - you hear stories but how widespread is it I wonder?

    IMO dog fighters should be sent to a Battle Royale situation on spike Island - let them taste for themselves their own barbarity

    Why does every animal cruelty post around here object to harming animals but then suggest harming of humans to balance it out. Its like some bizzare animal sharia law.

    Are you that limited?

    Its awful alright and the owner should be punished but why the need for violent retribution?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,516 ✭✭✭wazky


    Every stop I make, I make a new friend.

    Can't stay for long, just turn around and I'm gone again.

    Wish the bus drivers in my area were that friendly.


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


    tin79 wrote: »
    Why does every animal cruelty post around here object to harming animals but then suggest harming of humans to balance it out. Its like some bizzare animal sharia law.

    Are you that limited?

    Its awful alright and the owner should be punished but why the need for violent retribution?

    A slight exhaggeration that would satisfy kharmic justice.

    In truth, people who torture animals should be put away for a long time for the good of society, as it is a sure sign of a tendency towards sadism. People who get a hard-on for animal torture are clearly a danger to society


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 811 ✭✭✭canadianwoman


    Every stop I make, I make a new friend.

    Can't stay for long, just turn around and I'm gone again.

    That tune plays in my head whenever my dog trots through the apartment.:)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,173 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Lots of dog fighting goes on in Ireland, if anyone has ever had a pet stolen in Ireland, chances are it's been used for baiting and died a horrible death. :(

    Find the scum doing this and you'll track down the same scum involved in a lot of other crime in Ireland, so there's not nearly enough attention paid to it.

    Contrary to popular belief, travellers actually aren't the primary drivers of this, they would traditionally have shied away from it. But it is becoming more popular among them. (I brought up travellers because they're topical in AH :))


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,590 ✭✭✭theteal


    can we put a NSFW warning on this lest I be the only sap welling up reading that in the office, please? :(


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,270 ✭✭✭tin79


    Foxhound38 wrote: »
    A slight exhaggeration that would satisfy kharmic justice.

    In truth, people who torture animals should be put away for a long time for the good of society, as it is a sure sign of a tendency towards sadism. People who get a hard-on for animal torture are clearly a danger to society

    I mostly agree with the second paragraph. But animal lovers who object to animal cruelty and then suggest cruelty to humans as punishment just invalidate their whole argument.

    Does more harm to the cause then good IMO because people just associate anyone with that sort of opinion with the ALF nuts and dismiss you.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,516 ✭✭✭wazky


    theteal wrote: »
    can we put a NSFW warning on this lest I be the only sap welling up reading that in the office, please? :(

    What did you expect to find when you opened the link can I ask?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,679 ✭✭✭hidinginthebush


    tin79 wrote: »
    Why does every animal cruelty post around here object to harming animals but then suggest harming of humans to balance it out. Its like some bizzare animal sharia law.

    Are you that limited?

    Its awful alright and the owner should be punished but why the need for violent retribution?

    Anyone who has ever owned a pet for would be aware of the bond you form with these animals. And especially in the case of dogs, how they will give you 100% unconditional love and admiration for their entire lives, no matter how much you could let them down.

    Then when you see the horrible things some cowards do to these animals, well you feel outraged. The dogs can't stand up for themselves, won't understand and can't comprehend why they are being abused, they just want somebody to look up to and slobber over and give them a rub, but some spineless dickheads see fit to treat them like they're less than dirt, when that dog could instead be making somebody's life better every day. And when you see that, you want to take that sorry excuse for a human being and make every second of their life agony.

    But maybe that's just me :shrug:


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


    tin79 wrote: »
    I mostly agree with the second paragraph. But animal lovers who object to animal cruelty and then suggest cruelty to humans as punishment just invalidate their whole argument.

    Does more harm to the cause then good IMO because people just associate anyone with that sort of opinion with the ALF nuts and dismiss you.

    OK, would it be more acceptable just to say that people who dog-fight and/or steal dogs to use as bair for dog fighting sorely deserve a swift kick in the face or 6? It's violence but lets not pretend it's not true either


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,162 ✭✭✭Augmerson


    People who mess around with animals like this just have no respect for any life. Jeffrey Dahlmer started torturing animals and look where he ended up and what he did to others.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,344 ✭✭✭Royale with Cheese


    oldyouth wrote: »
    Royale with Cheese

    Yes?


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


    Anyone who has ever owned a pet for would be aware of the bond you form with these animals. And especially in the case of dogs, how they will give you 100% unconditional love and admiration for their entire lives, no matter how much you could let them down.

    Then when you see the horrible things some cowards do to these animals, well you feel outraged. The dogs can't stand up for themselves, won't understand and can't comprehend why they are being abused, they just want somebody to look up to and slobber over and give them a rub, but some spineless dickheads see fit to treat them like they're less than dirt, when that dog could instead be making somebody's life better every day. And when you see that, you want to take that sorry excuse for a human being and make every second of their life agony.

    But maybe that's just me :shrug:

    Perfectly put!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,590 ✭✭✭theteal


    wazky wrote: »
    What did you expect to find when you opened the link can I ask?

    I expected that I wouldn't be such a b*tch, tbqh, must be getting old :(


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,277 ✭✭✭DamagedTrax


    seamus wrote: »
    Lots of dog fighting goes on in Ireland, if anyone has ever had a pet stolen in Ireland, chances are it's been used for baiting and died a horrible death. :(

    Untrue when it comes to organised dog fighting. the 'bait dog' myth has no grounding. if you've ever been around a real game bred american pitbull terrier, you'd know that these dogs dont need bait to get them going. its bred into their blood for generations. Now im not saying all APBT are this way but the scum that fight them at the big money levels have no interest in keeping a 'cold' dog.

    at a street level where scum are just throwing dogs on each other then maybe... but thats far removed from organised dog fighting.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,940 ✭✭✭ballsymchugh


    That tune plays in my head whenever my dog trots through the apartment.:)

    should you not be more of a Diefenbaker fan??


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,944 ✭✭✭✭Links234


    I'm in tears reading that... my little dog is currently sleeping away on my lap, and I love her so much. I can't understand how anyone could be so cruel. dogs are truly amazing animals, not just pets, the bond is so much more than that and the love a dog gives you is unconditional. more than that, my dog brought me out of a state of serious depression, my mum says that the dog saved my life and I don't think she's exaggerating one bit. I really can't understand how someone could take such an amazing gift that is a dog's love and do something that cruel.

    words fail me


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 811 ✭✭✭canadianwoman


    should you not be more of a Diefenbaker fan??

    What does John G. Diefenbaker have to do with the theme song from The Littlest Hobo?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,940 ✭✭✭ballsymchugh


    What does John G. Diefenbaker have to do with the theme song from The Littlest Hobo?

    diefenbaker was the dog in Due South.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 811 ✭✭✭canadianwoman


    diefenbaker was the dog in Due South.

    I hate to tell you this but I never watched Due South. Not even once.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,996 ✭✭✭mitosis


    It's only a dog.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,687 ✭✭✭✭jack presley


    mitosis wrote: »
    It's only a dog.

    Must resist.........do not feed the troll


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,996 ✭✭✭mitosis


    Must resist.........do not feed the troll

    My point is, while I abhor the cruelty, there are far, far worse things in the world, in our own little country. I don't appreciate your namecalling.......


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


    mitosis wrote: »
    It's only a dog.

    And that's only an idiotic statement...

    What did the dog do to deserve that treatment?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,460 ✭✭✭DipStick McSwindler


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,744 ✭✭✭✭kylith


    mitosis wrote: »
    My point is, while I abhor the cruelty, there are far, far worse things in the world, in our own little country. I don't appreciate your namecalling.......

    Unfortunately dog fighting IS one of the worse things in our little country. This is not an American problem, and it's also the reason why bull breeds get vilified - bastards training them to be aggressive and then taking insufficient steps to keep them confined.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,270 ✭✭✭tin79


    Anyone who has ever owned a pet for would be aware of the bond you form with these animals. And especially in the case of dogs, how they will give you 100% unconditional love and admiration for their entire lives, no matter how much you could let them down.

    Then when you see the horrible things some cowards do to these animals, well you feel outraged. The dogs can't stand up for themselves, won't understand and can't comprehend why they are being abused, they just want somebody to look up to and slobber over and give them a rub, but some spineless dickheads see fit to treat them like they're less than dirt, when that dog could instead be making somebody's life better every day. And when you see that, you want to take that sorry excuse for a human being and make every second of their life agony.

    But maybe that's just me :shrug:

    I have had many pets and loved them all. Seeing them in pain or suffering would not make me want to torture humans.

    Maybe you are just a psycho and are acting out? I am pretty much sure that's it


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