From time to time, when I get brain worms, I try to change the subject from the seriousness of the stupidity of politics and post something else….sometimes it is humor…or sex…or something…..well you get the idea…….
I am an animal lover, not the rabid crazy that is PETA, but rather the type that does not think that animals should be forced to amuse me….I mean…come on…what do you have to do to a bvear to get him to ride a bicycle? Or to a tiger to make it jump through a ring of fire?……I do not believe that these creatures would do this on their own….
Anyway the state of California is doing some thing that I think is a great idea……
People who abuse animals could soon be treated the same way as sex offenders in California. State lawmakers are considering a bill to create an online registry for people convicted of animal cruelty, similar to the sex offender database.
The people pushing for this law say those who abuse animals are often abusive to human beings as well, which is why an online registry for animal abusers makes perfect sense.
The registry would include people like Michael Vick — animal abusers convicted of felonies. Such crimes include animal fighting, torture and mutilation, bestiality and repeated hoarding.
For the average dog owner, that would cost an extra $10 a year — an amount that will likely bring about some opposition, especially from Republicans who oppose new taxes, but Tischler is holding out hope.
If a national registry of sexual abuse is a good idea…..so is one the a/holes that abuse animals……..On a personal note…….when it comes to animal abuse it should pain for pain as the punishment…..if the animal is starved then so should the abuser or beat or mutilated……I think that could stop a lot of the abuse both animal and sexual and anything else that involves inflicting pain on another being for no other reason than amusement…….
We can move on to the Killer whale incident at SeaWorld…..a trainer was drowned by the Shamu (it was not Shamu, but another one)…….first of all ….what part of Killer Whale do they not understand? You take an animal that is use to roaming the Pacific from top to bottom and put it in a tank about the size of a city block and then do not understand why it gets agitated….geez sounds like people are as stupid about animal behavior as they are about politics. Here is a novel idea…..Let them all go home!…….enough said?
Dolphins are, as far as can so far be determined, the cleverest, but Orcas come close and, strangely, they seem happy to interact with humans and don’t normally attack them – in fact they have been known to protect them in the wild.
However, when human “trainers” are occasionally attacked in these sorts of places, it always makes me question the “methods” being used. I wonder how insulting and degrading it feels to the (probably sentient) animals in question and just why they appear to have had a “grudge” against that individual. I have no evidence – but I still wonder… was it just a “bad day” for the animal, or was there a “final straw” involved somewhere along the line?
I agree…that is why I will not pay to see an animal perform…..like I said “what part of killer whale do they not understand?”
Good afternoon, I don’t agree with everything in this write-up, but you do make some very good points. I’m very interested in this matter and I myself do alot of research as well. Either way it was a well thoughtout and nice read so I figured I would leave you a comment.
Thanx for stopping by and I hope that yopu will visit often…..
I believe this report illustrates what I was saying about the tanks:
O’Barry says he eventually learned enough about the mammals, which depend on sound waves to navigate, to know they were suffering in captivity, subjected to unnatural confines and bombarded by noise for the sake of human entertainment.
He believes that one of the dolphins used in “Flipper” committed suicide by refusing to come up for air.
It is NOT about the education but about the cash…..the animals are a cash cow and they will do everything to keep it flowing….even to the point of making an animal suffer….