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Originally Posted by Refuge51
I know exactly what you mean Gaia..it is so rewarding to see the trust and character return to an animal when treated with love and patience and consistency.
I rescued dogs and cats for years, now have my family of six dogs and one cat who've adopted me permanently..my home is their forever home 
It sickens me enough that we have lab animals for research, slaughterhouses, factory farms etc. But whatever happened to humane treatment? Humane ending to an animal's life? What kind of sicko gets off on torture? Even if we did think animals were soul-less and we could do what we please with them, how many of us would immediately want to harm one?
These are not humans who did this to this poor monkey and many others the public isn't even aware of, I'm sure..the monsters who did this were mistakes of birth. They should never have been born. |
We have 4 Dogs and two Horses. The Dogs were not so hard to bring around, but I've noticed, that Horses are very sensitive and perceptive Animals, and once abused, it is very difficult, to get them to trust again. The Mare we have, was shuffled from owner to owner, only used to have a foal, then passed on to the next one, as soon as the foal was weaned. Plus, she had been beaten into submission by many. When we got her, she was thisclose to snapping, had a dangerously wild, fearful look in her eyes. It took alot of work, to even be able to handle her at first. We had her for three years now, and she is a completely different Horse, than when we got her.But she still shy's away from Hands coming at her too fast. And she is SO sweet! She comes up behind me, and lays her big head on my shoulder, and sighs ever so softly, like saying: thank you for not being mean to me.
Attilla was a Yearling when we got him, so all it took was a blue plastic bucket with Oats in it, and Apple flavored Horsie Treats, to bring him around. Whereas the Mare was 6 yrs old when we got her.
And my Dogs (2 longhaired mini dachshunds, 1 english setter, and a rottweiler) are now hopelessly spoiled Fur Babies. And I love them all so much! I wish I could help all Animals in bad situations and living conditions. But I don't have the financial resources to do that, so I am actively involved in trying to get people to be responsible Pet owners. And a good start is always getting the pets they get, spayed and neutered.
And to the case of the poor monkey, and the cruelty visited upon it, the sad fact is, there are some real human monsters out there, who actually enjoy being cruel.