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Posted by Thumper on June 16, 2001 at 05:33:22:

In Reply to: oh puhleaase .......... posted by iZ's mom on June 16, 2001 at 00:46:57:

: what is UPSETTING to those of us with hearts is that this teen was encouraged to HARM a scared + pretty defenseless SMALL animal ... and then ADULTS applauded his behavior ...

: the legality of the ig being there IS NOT THE POINT! abuse of small animals IS the point ...

: << What was "cruel" about the way the igauna was taken down? >>
: well let's see, when iZ was 3' long, he weighed about one pound ... maybe this ig in the story was fat, we'll give him 3 pounds ...

: let's say this was a 3# KITTEN ~ do you think ANYONE would have found it acceptable (let alone funny!?) if the same teen had been throwing a basket ball at a kitten????

: don't tell me "that's different" ... it IS NOT ...
: that ig was scared to death and totally out of it's environment and CERTAINLY deserved more humane treatment by the supposedly adult people present ~ and it makes me literally SICK that the Animal Control officers were a part of this ...

: a 3 pound animal DOES NOT DESERVE to have people throwing basketballs at it! PERIOD!

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: << You know it could of been shot down because it is a vectore of disease carrying salmonella. >>

: WHAT!?!???
: do you know ANYTHING about salmonella????
: did you know that dogs + cats can ALSO carry salmonella??? should they shoot dogs + cats when THEY get lost as well??? WHY NOT!?

: do you think this ig was gonna run up + bite people just to infect them with salmonella??? (which btw, is NOT how it's spread ...)

: and the ability of a poor 3' ig to "cause general panic" is just too inane to reply to .......

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: : what is UPSETTING to those of us with hearts is that this teen was encouraged to HARM a scared + pretty defenseless SMALL animal ... and then ADULTS applauded his behavior ... : : the legality of the ig being there IS NOT THE POINT! abuse of small animals IS the point ... : : <i> << What was "cruel" about the way the igauna was taken down? >> </i> : : well let's see, when iZ was 3' long, he weighed about one pound ... maybe this ig in the story was fat, we'll give him 3 pounds ... : : let's say this was a 3# KITTEN ~ do you think ANYONE would have found it acceptable (let alone funny!?) if the same teen had been throwing a basket ball at a kitten???? : : don't tell me "that's different" ... it IS NOT ... : : that ig was scared to death and totally out of it's environment and CERTAINLY deserved more humane treatment by the supposedly adult people present ~ and it makes me literally SICK that the Animal Control officers were a part of this ... : : a 3 pound animal DOES NOT DESERVE to have people throwing basketballs at it! PERIOD! : : : : <i><< You know it could of been shot down because it is a vectore of disease carrying salmonella. >></i> : : <big>WHAT!?!???</big> : : do you know ANYTHING about salmonella???? : : did you know that dogs + cats can ALSO carry salmonella??? should they shoot dogs + cats when THEY get lost as well??? WHY NOT!? : : do you think this ig was gonna run up + bite people just to infect them with salmonella??? (which btw, is NOT how it's spread ...) : : and the ability of a poor 3' ig to "cause general panic" is just too inane to reply to .......

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