Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for December 28, 2011

What a mixed bag today! Gruesome: http://www.inquisitr.com/139936/indonesian-man-eaten-by-starving-pet-dogs/

What did the idiot think would happen?

Justice at last !

The dogs did what came naturally to survive – reverted to a primordial pack and in so doing attained poetic justice (ironic that the man himself originated from a country where dogs are commonly eaten – thanks for the link jhughey.) Sad that they ate the two weakest dogs in the pack first though… poor creatures… also a bloomin’ good job no other unsuspecting soul attempted to rescue them first tho, eh? Shudder that thought… !

Having all had our say and unofficially adjudged the man as having deserved it, we have no way of even knowing if he’d taken steps to have the dogs cared for, but the carer didn’t fulfil the obligation – the guy’s dead, we can’t ask him, and it’s hardly likely that anyone’s going to hold their hand up to it..Before a judgement of putting them down is passed on the dogs, I think it is only right that assessment and rehabilitation is attempted. I’m not an expert by any means, but I think that if the pack is separated, the kill instinct of the ‘pack attack’ would subside, and there’d probably be a good chance that the individuals can be rehabilitated. A great deal would also depend on how these dogs were raised initially though, so it’s not a simple matter. If he had kept these dogs to slaughter and eat them, then it’s my guess that they haven’t been raised as pets with loving human contact..Any which way, I feel the only decent and humane thing to do, is give these dogs a chance to live. If it turns out, that after a traumatised life, they are too damaged to live freely as domestic pets, perhaps they could live as a pack in wildlife park enclosure or suchlike. My heart goes out to these dogs.

There’s so much horrible news out there, I guess I really didn’t need to read about the dogs in the morning “funnies”, where I go just for a little chuckle. I know, no one is forcing me to keep this on my line-up, but 90% of the time, it is interesting.

…just sayin’…….

Andre went to the dogs, all right!

Ah, for once a happy ending to an animal abuse story.

There IS a god and she’s a bitch

If you have pets. whether dogs, cats, hamsters, or a turtle, it’s your responsibility to feed and take care of them. I don’t care what country you’re from, care for your pets. What would you do if you didn’t eat for two weeks? :-(

If I live to be a hundred, I will never understand why people get dogs and don’t care for them. I know of people who couldn’t afford to pay their light bill, yet they got a dog! People, a pet is as much a reponsiblity as having a child. If you can’t afford to feed them or take care of them or if you just get tired of them, THEN IN THE NAME OF ALL THAT IS DECENT, DON’T GET A PET IN THE FIRST PLACE! And yes, that man did deserve the same fate as Jezebel!

P. S. That’s not the only story of Animal abuse that ended in justice. A couple of years ago their was a story in my local news in which the police broke up a dog-fighting ring. The two leaders of the ring tried to run from the police but one of them fell down a hill broke some bones and the other one nearly froze to death hiding all night in the woods, he turned himself in. As for those who don’t like this strip because it is not funny, what about the Phantom or Dick Tracy? This is not the only serious strip. If you don’t like it, don’t look at it. This is educational and the truth is not always funny.

It has to be. The swallows have a union.

This strip made me feed my hamsters extra today — just in case.