I don’t like cats, they make me sneeze and I think they are sneaky. I’ve only met one cat that I really liked and it belonged to my niece’s college roommate. Last week, I saw a story on one of the entertainment shows about a 21-year-old male that enticed a small cat to come close to him with a promise of a kind head rub and then he violently kicked the cat at least 10 feet into the air. His friends who were watching and recording laughed and cheered. Of course this was all videotaped and put on Facebook or somewhere easily found.
Jesus take the wheel, when are these crazies going to realize that videoing this craziness is going to land you in jail or at least catch you a case. You know people love their animals, and this stray cat was a fixture in the area. Somebody studied that tape, blew it up, identified the surroundings and tracked that young Black man down to a Brooklyn housing project and charged him with animal cruelty. I was so happy to hear this because this was one of the meanest things that I have seen. The reporter even had to do a disclaimer before they showed this story.
This young man who kicked the cat must have lived a horrible life; I hope he gets some help. I would love to see the parents brought to trial as well in some of these cases.
Not too long after I saw that story there was a news report on the 6 o’clock news of a Black man who was passing through the Hill District and saw the people in a car driving by suddenly throw a white terrier dog out of the car and keep going. He went to aid the dog, even went as far as to go to the local Dollar General and buy food and water. He then took the dog to the Animal Rescue League and it was found the dog had a chip. When the story was first reported it was thought the owners tossed the dog out of the car, but the owners were looking for the dog and they were found by the reading the chip, now the police are looking for suspects in the car.
What pleasure do people get out of harming animals or any living thing for that matter? I had a friend who used to use a phrase, she would often say that she was our bosses “new cat to kick” at the time I thought it was funny. Now that I’ve seen this report it’s not funny at all. For some reason these stories made me think about cow tipping. It has always been said that people in the country tip cows over for fun. I looked it up and tipping a cow over is not that easy. Cows do not sleep standing up and they are heavy; so if you plan to tip a cow, be prepared the cow might fight back.
(Email the columnist at debbienorrell@aol.com)
