Comments on: RIP Whats-his-name

By: belinda

belinda — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 02:37:41 +0000

here is another quote that seems appropriate…

“We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.” – Immanuel Kant

By: The Slapster

The Slapster — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 02:27:59 +0000

Miss C: I’d cry more for ANY animal than I would for you or any of your poorly-raised spawn. You’re a pretty sad example of “humanity” and I for one am ashamed to share even a single piece of DNA with the likes of you.

/trollfeeding off

By: Larfin Jackarse

Larfin Jackarse — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 02:14:26 +0000

Is it Troll Sunday?

By: Taylor

Taylor — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 23:04:29 +0000

David B: THANKS for the entire quote!

By: David B

David B — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 21:32:33 +0000

Taylor. Here is what you are looking for.

“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.. I hold that, the more helpless a creature, the more entitled it is to protection by man from the cruelty of man”
~ Mahatma Gandhi (1869 – 1948)

Cat Killer. You’re probably going to prison and certainly hell. Have a good time.

Miss C. I try to care about my own species and then people like you and Cat Killer show up.

By: Danny

Danny — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 21:09:37 +0000

Nice tribute to human stupidity!

By: Cat Killer

Cat Killer — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 17:14:27 +0000

I like running over cats when I drive. I’ve killed 15 so far.

By: ted

ted — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 13:26:23 +0000

I think the ersatz Miss C is trolling there a little.

And you’re right about Facebook, David. Although I thouhgt most of the pedophiles were over on Myspace. We really ought to keep better track of them…

By: Siberian owner

Siberian owner — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 07:36:01 +0000

To those who think caring is wasted on animals: Love is not a zero sum game. There is more than enough to share. It only runs out if you think you need to ration it.

By: Max Power

Max Power — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 05:02:32 +0000

Pretty poor, Miss C.

By: deejay

deejay — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 03:37:55 +0000

Anybody who doesn’t understand or makes fun of this article has evidently never lost an animal they loved.

By: Taylor

Taylor — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 03:35:22 +0000

Fontzworthy III: That’s a great name for a cat!!!! Didn’t somebody say (all I know is it wasn’t me), “a nation is judged by the way it treats it’s animals.” If so, the gentle people of Bath ,England should be proud of themselves.

By: Dianne

Dianne — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 03:30:08 +0000

It’s a beautiful story. Once again, bless the Beast and the Children. In this case, bless these caring neighbors.

By: Joe the Troll

Joe the Troll — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 03:29:55 +0000

Miss C.,

Cats deserve love and respect. A great deal of humans do not. If that confuses you, look in the mirror and see the latter.

By: Miss Cellania

Miss Cellania — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 23:29:25 +0000

Oh! I thought you were talking about me there for a minute… but I see there is another Miss C!

By: Peeves

Peeves — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 23:24:38 +0000

Isn’t unusual disregard for animals a sign of sociopathic tendencies? Should we be looking in Miss C’s crawlspace? Love for animals in no way suggests lack of love for fellow human beings. Bizarre.

By: Miss C

Miss C — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 23:20:34 +0000

Care about your own species. Nothing wrong with having a pet but don’t think they are anything special enough to cry about. That’s a perversion of your human empathy.

By: Peeves

Peeves — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 22:16:51 +0000

Great stories. The Facebook group was a great idea..otherwise they’d have no idea how big the community was that cared for him. So interesting.

By: David B

David B — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:45:57 +0000

Miss C. I doubt very much if any child in this world is starving due to someone showing care and concern for another type of creature, furry or not. Children starve because of greed in one form or another, not because some people in England fed an alley cat. By the way, I’ve invested plenty of emotion on a variety of feline friends throughout the years and had that investment returned tenfold. I guess a Facebook page is ludicrous for a cat since Facebook is for young teenagers to post pictures of their debauchery, and for pedophiles to “hook up” with our kids.

By: Ellen

Ellen — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:01:52 +0000

Wow…I think, Miss C, that caring for and cherishing ALL life is what will make this world a better place.

By: ted

ted — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:37:24 +0000

Although I’m not quite as heartless as that, the idea of a Facebook page for a dead cat seems ludicrous even in the Facebook world.

By: Miss C

Miss C — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:22:31 +0000

[troll comment deleted - plus, impersonation of a really cool blogger. Double bad!]

By: Bniamh

Bniamh — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:02:46 +0000

Sounds just like the children’s book Six Dinner Sid

By: Miss Cellania

Miss Cellania — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:28:14 +0000

Aw, cooties, that story made my eyes leak. Rest in peace, Mickey.

By: cooties

cooties — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:24:03 +0000

I recently had to be the decision maker for a feral cat in our neighbouhood. Mickey had been ‘ours’ for 15 years – living outdoors in Ontario the entire time. It took me 5 years to get him to trust me; others had known him longer, and he trusted them.

We all looked out for him, but toward the end no one could go near him; he’d been attacked by a raccoon and was too badly injured to protect himself from other feral toms. Eventually, he went blind and detiorated rapidly.

One day, I found him unde a car, sleeping. Flies were everywhere and he could barely life his head. he knew it was time to go.

I called the animal control office, and waited with some other neighbours (we all wanted to say good-bye, but no one wanted to look at him). I lay down on the pavement next to him, and talked to him.

We all agreed that any cat that had survived outdoors for 15 years deserved to an exit better than under a car or at the jaws of another animal.

He put up a ‘fight’ as they caged him (the control officer let out several ‘oh my God!’ when she saw his condition), and I soothed him by letting him sniff my fingers.

Eventually, Mickey simply lay down his head in the cage and went back to sleep. He had also decided it was time to go.