Is it normal to treat animals so badly ?

It's really hard to go about my day knowing that so many animals are suffering at the hands of humans...it's so hard that it has actually sent me into severe depression numerous times. I'm highly empathic and sensitive. I can literally feel the pain of others (no matter the species) and it hurts so much that I just want to hide in my room all day to avoid it. At the moment, I'm trying to go vegan, I shun fur, and am trying to get into cycling because I do not support so many animals getting run over.

I agree completely. I've signed a couple of petitions to help stop cats and dogs from being killed in Asia for food and fur. I'm a vegetarian, I have nothing against people who eat meat because maybe there is a food chain, but domesticated animals such as dogs and cats should be pets, not killed for food or fur. I'm against animal abuse of any kind, and real fur too. Fake fur exists because animals shouldn't have to die for fashion. And the cows, chickens, etc. are often treated like crap because they're nothing more than live stock to their owners. They should at least be treated well before being harvested. Animals have feelings and the abusers should be put in prison for years, they deserve it.

Some people are just sick. Animals are just as alive and real as we are. They have feelings too.

I also can't understand how some people can torture animals as if they were inanimate objects with no feelings. They must have no empathy at all!! The mere thought of doing something like that to a living being makes me want to throw up.

A few weeks ago a similar case happened in the vicinity of my town. A young man was taking a walk with his puppy when he encountered some guys who wanted him to hand over his money. When he refused, they took the dog, shook him and kicked him and twisted its head. After the frightened guy gave them contents of his purse(15 €!!!), they threw the dog in a pond and ran away. The man could save his puppy from the water but it died later. I SO hope they find these douchebags! It's crazy what some people do for some money... And I always wonder how far away they are from treating humans the same callous way :(

Probably the first story on IIN that I literally couldn't finish reading. No offence to you, your writing style or anything like that. It was just too upsetting.

Oh my goodness. Why? Why did you make me read this? Why? Just why? What did I ever do to you?

Sadly, this is the result of commercialism. I firmly believe that eating dogs and cats is no different from eating other meat animals - after all, pigs are more sentient than dogs and make good pets but we never gave them the chance because we see them as food - and we should respect that. But it is so disturbing how money-minded society has become. Skinning a dog alive for their fur is simply something I would see from hell. Stealing a dog and using it for food is simply atrocious. Whoever decided to feed it to a shark deserves to be locked up in prison or go to rehab.

Of course, this doesn't only happen to dogs: It happens frequently in slaughterhouses worldwide. Animals are frequently tortured and skinned alive simply because of the high demand for meat. According to Linda Mccartney, we would become vegetarians if slaughterhouses had glass walls.

Remember, as disgusting as animal cruelty is, think about what your Big Mac had to go through (I'm a cow lover too), what your beauty products were tested on, your dairy cow did. It spreads to human cruelty too: Many of our computers and gadgets were made from exploitation of workers in the Congo and child labour worldwide. It also pollutes and sickens many people when it must be disposed. We should learn about the impact of our actions.

Oh stop that! All of you eat burgers at MACDO and fried chicken

well its sorta a way of life. the skin and such is sorta needed. and the ppl dont go to jail since they have a license for it. the government does nothing since they cant do any thing. i also hate animal abuse. but we humans cant be stopped. mankind is just born that way.(im a hunter my self but i hunt animals that are dangerous and attack for no reason sorry if it offends you in anyway what so ever)

This makes me sad
My sister has a dog and it now lives with us, before I disliked when she jumped on our couch and stuff but now I love it. She's so cute because she'll only jump on our bed or couch if we give her the signal.
After seeing so many stray dogs down south in Mexico, I feel really bad because theirs a lot in the streets and FLIES eat the smaller ones that eat nothing alive....

It's also sad how people fight animals and if they are girls they'll dump them on the street :(

Can't wait till I get back home to hug her, she's getting old :(

Why isn't there an option for people who care about animal cruelty but don't have time to be vigilantes? There are a lot of ways you can help with animal welfare that wouldn't help with cases like the specific ones you mentioned, but they're still worthwhile.

What is really the difference between eating cow or chicken, and dog or cat? Its just a cultural thing. If you ever use medicine remember that it was tested on animals and some animals suffered a lot from it. Animals kill each other as well, have you ever seen a how one animal kill another? The most natural thing in the world for one creature to kill another, especially if its a different spicy.

Erm, youtube wouldn't allow such a video, you attention seeking lieing scumbag