2 NOTICES: WARNING AS THIS PICTURE IS NOT PLEASANT. Secondly, in some ways I am sorry to publish the picture. Yes, I am reluctant to do it. I have blurred the child’s face and the text on his shirt to anonymize him although Facebook has not.
I know how people become sick of this sort of picture. It is unsettling and distressing to a lot of people and we become tired of them. However, set against this genuine concern I feel that we have to discuss and criticise the actions of people, particularly kids, who think it is okay to be cruel to animals. The outdoor cat, stray or domestic, is always a target for shooters (people who like to shoot and kill animals for pleasure).
Of course cat haters and hunters would argue that this boy, who looks about ten-years-of-age, is doing a great job and should receive praise. He’ll go on to shoot many more cats, some of whom will be someone’s cherished pet and he’ll enjoy hunting bobcats and anything else that moves provided it isn’t human although he may not stop at humans.
Sport hunters would say they that he ‘euthanised the cat’ and provided a service. BS I say. It is just plain cruel and if they don’t realise it I feel sorry for them. A part of their brain is missing. This photo is particularly disturbing because it is a boy. As Empty Cages Worldwide said:
“One of the most dangerous things that can happen to a child is to kill or torture an animal and get away with it!”
Disgust
Yes, this child is no longer innocent. His father has taught him to enjoy killing rather than to respect animals. He has been taught that it is okay to shoot animals for fun and disregard: the pain he is causing for his fun, the fact that the cat might be a pet, the inherent immorality of killing animals for pleasure. I feel sorry for the boy. He’ll live with his peers who will in the main see his behaviour as normal. But outsiders to his community, enlightened thinkers, the decent people of the world, will look at him now with sorrow and when he is an adult with disgust.
My God, your comment is a ramble of bad grammar and poor sense. It really is hardly worth reading. It’s just not worth responding to it. You’re clearly one of those idiots who like to shoot animals and consider stray and feral cats as pests even though you made them feral cats in the first place. And who is the greater pest; the human or the feral cat? Who does the most damage to the planet? The human or the feral cat? Have a good think about that and I think you will come up with the answer: human.
Well, I detest people like you. I even detest your stupid username which indicates you take pleasure out of breaking up marriages. And you clearly like to shoot animals for fun. You have no sensitivity whatsoever towards the pain you cause. And this ginger cat might be someone’s pet. And even if the cat is a feral cat, people put that cat there because of their carelessness. Everything about the picture screams human failure. It’s pathetic that you think that the bonding experience of going out to kill an animal is worth more than the animal’s life. The world would be a lot better place without you in it.
Nice way to divert from a reasonable question. What feral people this isn’t an apocalyptic wasteland feral cats are a genuine problem and the lives of human beings and our welfare is far more important than worrying about the welfare of a handful of stray cats if they need to go they need to go being able to feed my family comes first and if a cat is being destructive to my livestock or property then You’re darn right I’m going to shoot them. People can offer something to society to rehabilitation a cat just takes up space and resources kind of like a woman lol
What makes cats special over those other animals? They are destructive pests especially in Australia we’re hunting feral cats is an entire industry that helps protect people’s livestock and property from damage. Cats are not special I hope the hunt was a good bonding experience between the boy and his father more people need to learn to hunt there are far too many sissy liberal types out there