General Care Discussion :: Charlie's dead..

[pumpkinsherbet]

all life is precious. i'll even be sad when the shrimp i have wind up becoming lunch as the turts get bigger. that's the food chain, though. not straight up neglect.

[SpotsMama]

I just had my eyes opened (again) on this subject. An ordinance was passed in Dallas allowing restaurants with outdoor patios - at their option - to permit dogs to accompany their patrons. How could anyone object, right? Well, a lot of people object. The vote in the City Council was close, and I watched the letters to the editor in the newspaper, and the majority ran against it. The objection? Dogs are animals and dirty and shouldn't be around people. The feelings of revulsion ran very high. It reminded me that not all people - the majority? - are not sensitized to animals as precious, feeling beings. They are viewed as objects. It's very sad. Someday I hope it will be different.

[zilch]

thanks for all your concern guys!

but I guess it has made me cherish my other turtle (Picasso) more.. and how life can be so fragiel..

and I agree how people kinda put prices on animals like as if they were object.. I've convinced my dad bout taking picasso to the vet if anything should (god forbid) happen to him...lol I have yet to convince my mom

apparently in Vancouver, they're going to ban, within a few months, if it passes anyways.. the selling and keeping of exotic pets like bearded dragons and snakes... :S

either ways..

thanks again everyone...

I really wish it could've turned out some other way, but sometimes things just happen, and you just sorta have to live with it..