Quote Originally Posted by mooingtricycle View Post
To be honest, while i personally would NEVER feed a cat, or dog to a snake, you have to think of the reality of the situation in general. ( Though the way he went about this was entirely wrong, and disgusting) There are MILLIONS of cats and dogs without homes in this entire country. Hundreds of thousands each year are put to sleep because of no better option. Thousands of those animals are used in science, for classrooms where they get cut up and tossed away so kids and adults can learn about anatomy. ( personally, while it furthers humans knowledge, i find it with todays technology, a waste, in some ways. But i can understand the need for it too)

While it might seem offensive to many, I see nothing, inherently WRONG with feeding these animals ( which are food for humans in other countries!!!), properly( prekilled, humanely), to snakes, or other predators that can benefit from the feeding of such prey items.

I jsut try to look at this stuff from both sides of the fence. It might bother me... Because i love cats and dogs, but i can truly understand it, so long as its done humanely. It just seems less wasteful to me.
Now if people would just go and get their cats and dogs FIXED this would become LESS of a problem if people were more proactive!!!

The way this jerk treated that live animal though is disgusting, and im glad the jerk is in jail.

Which is exactly why both my pure bred Australian Cattle Dogs are from the ACD rescue. My cat was rescued as a fetus when i took his feral mother in and then vetted and found homes for all of them except the one i kept. 3 of my silver bala sharks were a rescue and needed 2 weeks of hospital tank treatment to get them healthy again. 1 of my plecostomus catfish was a rescue after he was turned in to a pet store in horrible condition and also needed extensive treatment...

Someone trying to feed a kitten to a snake is just sick in the head. I cant save em all and i agree with most of what you say. I wish more people would be more responsible when it comes to breeding, and fixing dogs and cats.