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Lizzie Poppet

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11. Or just reacting like any critter might well do when hurt.

Reply to grasswire (Reply #6)

Wed Mar 19, 2014, 03:23 PM

Mar 2014

You can't blame a cat for striking out when it gets its tail pulled. You also can't blame a 7-month-old infant for pulling the cat's tail. They simply don't know any better at that age.

You can, however, blame the idiot parents for not more closely supervising the cat/baby interaction...

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I hope the cat gets a good home get the red out Mar 2014 #5

that cat was not "violent" grasswire Mar 2014 #6

Agree. nt enlightenment Mar 2014 #7

Or just reacting like any critter might well do when hurt. Lizzie Poppet Mar 2014 #11

This cat attacked a baby... reformist2 Mar 2014 #8

Owned! Lizzie Poppet Mar 2014 #10

As I mentioned in the other thread, this worries me greatly. Lizzie Poppet Mar 2014 #9

These people didn't even appear to know how much their cat weighs. LisaL Mar 2014 #12

Did someone see if Thom Hartmann would take the cat? NightWatcher Mar 2014 #14

According to this new article, Jackson Galaxy is on his way there. Blue Diadem Mar 2014 #16

Why should they even get to keep the cat? LisaL Mar 2014 #18

For claiming they want to keep it, the shelter is a strange step Blue Diadem Mar 2014 #24

title should read, "The 13 pound, abused cat has been placed in an animal shelter" magical thyme Mar 2014 #17