People get their panties in a wad over the tiniest thing. I'm cruising on facebook (go figure) and I see that one of the pages I follow has changed it's main topper photo thingy. Not their profile picture but the banner at the top. It's hard for me not to say Jolly Roger because my facebook is in pirate English. Anywho, the picture is of an incredibly rotund hedgehog and people are spouting off how the owner should be charged with animal cruelty and taken to jail. I'll agree the hog is fat, but usually (I realize this is not always true and that some people are actually cruel, but it's a minority) overweight animals as pets comes from not being properly educated about how to take care of the pet. Almost never does it have to be something as drastic as jail time because their puppy got pudgy. I'm not saying that if you see a super fat animals you shouldn't say something, but lets use those brains people. I would suspect that the overweight problem happens before the owner truly realizes it (because they love their little snookums poo and like giving them treats when they do tricks or to hear them squeak when sitting on their lap, we've all done it) and then it's a tough thing to tackle, just like in humans. And if they have kids that always give the pet treats when mom & dad aren't looking...I guess what I am trying to say is that people jump to conclusions all too quickly about what needs to be done and who is in the wrong without truly thinking about what might be the circumstances behind it. The overweight pet is an example. In this day and age we are so prone to blame and so forgetful to understand.
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Candidly,
Mav
"Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself."
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