Saturday, November 19, 2011

Laugh Or Cry Headlines

I don't know whether to laugh or cry at some of the recent headlines I've read...   Some poor, unfortunate fool allowed a man (passing himself off as a woman) to "enhance" their buttocks.  The supposed doctor used a combination of Fix-A-Flat, cement, mineral oil and super glue to enlarge the patient's backside.  The patient finally went to the emergency room with an absolutely horrendous infection - it seems the "doctor" sealed the incisions with super glue, also.  -  That's one of the news stories that made me laugh.
Here in Boulder, three 19-year-old CU students  have been charged with aggravated animal cruelty.  The three males beat a raccoon to death with a baseball bat, a hockey stick, and a machete.  The raccoon was a regular feeder at their trash can, and the students had complained about it for several months to their neighbors.  Their neighbors had suggested the students use a bungee cord to keep the lids tightly closed, so the raccoons couldn't feed easily.  The boys ignored this helpful suggestion, and the trash continued to be raided, until the morning they were seen, by multiple neighbors, beating the poor raccoon to death.  -  That made me cry.  
In  Portsmouth, Virginia, a 22-year-old woman is facing up to 50 years in prison for breaking and entering, and killing and maiming livestock.  She broke up with her boyfriend, and knew he adored his two new piglets.  She broke into the barn, beheaded one piglet, and left it's head on the family's front porch steps.  The second piglet was found, still breathing, but with so many stab wounds that it had to be killed.  -  How can anyone do that to any living thing?  That is just disgusting. 
And now we have this raging wildfire next to Reno, Nevada.    I had hoped we'd be done with fires for awhile - but it has been much drier in Texas and the southwest than it has been in Colorado.  Hundreds of homes lost, people and pets that have perished, and the loss of wildlife and wildlife habitat are just a few things to be mourned.
At least my kits, and all those that I love, are safe and well-cared for.   Have a good weekend!

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