And the jerk of the year award goes to...

[amadeus]

The guy sounds pretty gross and shouldn't be around children, but I don't think a dog tearing up a bunny is animal abuse...

 

[philippe]

you know at first I had read Rabbi instead of Rabbit and that was hella fun. anyway, yeah, many people with those kind of dogs are psychos.

Am I a bad person for because of this?

no you aren't

 

[Brighteye]

And any cat owner will attest that pound for pound, cats are significantly tougher than dogs. They are simply built better for killing. So comparing a 200 pound cat with a 100 pound dog (if that) is obviously just foolish.

I've bolded the important part in your statement.
Cats and dogs are built for different things. Cats stalk their prey alone and rely on agility, both quite relevant to an urban environment. Dogs hunt in packs, chasing animals for a long time. House cats have small jaws and are perfectly evolved for killing smaller animals. Dogs have jaws big enough to rip into much larger animals as part of a group effort to bring them down.
Dogs are very tough indeed, as you will discover if you put a cat and a dog on a treadmill in an experiment. A tiny little Scottie dog can bound 30 miles in a day and not even notice. A cat would sleep for a week afterwards.
Similarly, if you clip a dog's artery, within a month new blood vessels will have grown around the clip, bypassing it. Dogs' vasculature is remarkably adaptable, as you might expect for animals that rely on long-distance running.

 

[naterator]

I've bolded the important part in your statement.
Cats and dogs are built for different things. Cats stalk their prey alone and rely on agility, both quite relevant to an urban environment. Dogs hunt in packs, chasing animals for a long time. House cats have small jaws and are perfectly evolved for killing smaller animals. Dogs have jaws big enough to rip into much larger animals as part of a group effort to bring them down.
Dogs are very tough indeed, as you will discover if you put a cat and a dog on a treadmill in an experiment. A tiny little Scottie dog can bound 30 miles in a day and not even notice. A cat would sleep for a week afterwards.
Similarly, if you clip a dog's artery, within a month new blood vessels will have grown around the clip, bypassing it. Dogs' vasculature is remarkably adaptable, as you might expect for animals that rely on long-distance running.

Well ya, there's certainly strengths and weaknesses in both species, for precisely the reason you state. Cats stalk and kill alone, dogs hunt in packs. However, comparing one cat vs one dog, cats will own. Show me a 50 pound cat fighting a 50 pound dog and i will show you a trail of dog parts leading to the nearest secluded spot, where i will show you a full and happy kitty. My roommates cat is maybe 8 pounds soaking wet, and i have seen it take down more than one full grown man with her habit of leaping on our shoulders from behind while we try to play Wii bowling, no 8 pound dog would be able to do that. I have seen a tiger on the national geographic channel jump out of the water, clear over an elephant to attack the man on it's back who was trying to corral it for capture. Cats>dogs pound for pound, no debate.(I have owned both BTW, and my dog was a kommondor, which i would take in a fight over a pirbull anyday, but a cat of equal size would still have eaten him.)

 

[Communisto]

Why are dog-owners allowed to have pitbulls? Cat-lovers aren't allowed panthers. It's pretty much the same thing.

you should probly read this

I also find this funny in a watching-someone-get-kicked-in-the-nuts kind of way. That being said the guy is definitely a jerk.

EDIT: and anyone who says that people who have big dogs are psychopaths is an idiot. Plain and simple.

 

[Ayn Rand]

No it's not. The biggest influence on the temperament of dogs is how they are raised, not their breed.

Incidentally, cats are far more wild than any dog.

So when was the last time a badly-raised cat ripped a child's face off?

Well? When?


100 people per week in UK alone attacked by dogs
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...e-week-treated-dog-bites-attacks-soar-66.html

3 kittens can't win fight against a box
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdQj2ohqCBk

 

[emzie]

So when was the last time a badly-raised cat ripped a child's face off?

Well? When?

I'm not sure what your point is. Comparing cats to dogs is like, well, comparing apples to oranges. Quite literally. They're vastly different species. Of course, you can compare either to a third thing (which is more acidic, apples or oranges?) or... which was domesticated more recently, cats or dogs? And that's simple to answer: dogs have a longer history of domestication and have changed more from their wild state (wolves) than cats have.

100 people per week in UK alone attacked by dogs
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...e-week-treated-dog-bites-attacks-soar-66.html

And?

 

[naterator]

So when was the last time a badly-raised cat ripped a child's face off?

Well? When?

There is a reason why the size threshold where cats go from 'pet' to 'menace' is so small. How many sub-20 pound dogs rip off people's faces?

 

[JollyRoger]

Source: Insight On The Scriptures

The sacrifices commanded under the Law covenant all pointed forward to Jesus Christ and his sacrifice or to benefits that flow from that sacrifice. (Heb 8:3-5; 9:9; 10:5-10) As Jesus Christ was a perfect man, so all animal sacrifices were to be sound, unblemished specimens. (Le 1:3, 10; 3:1) Both the Israelite and the alien resident who worshiped Jehovah were included in presenting the various offerings.—Nu 15:26, 29.

Now, just because sacrifices were acceptable does not mean that abuse or inhumane treatment of the animals were. Don't forget that just killing an animal does not signify inhumane treatment.

The Bible inculcates just and merciful treatment of the lower creatures. Indeed, Almighty God represents himself as the Loving Provider for their lives and well-being. (Pr 12:10; Ps 145:15, 16) The Mosaic Law enjoined proper care of domestic animals. When found straying, domestic animals were to be returned safely to their owner; when crushed under a burden, they were to be relieved. (Ex 23:4, 5) They were to be worked humanely. (De 22:10; 25:4) They, as well as man, were to benefit from the Sabbath rests. (Ex 20:10; 23:12; De 5:14) Dangerous animals were to be controlled or destroyed. (Ge 9:5; Ex 21:28, 29) Crossbreeding of different sorts was forbidden.—Le 19:19.

How many years of animal sacrifice did God demand before he finally got around to knocking up a virgin (without informed consent I might add) and putting an end to the abuse?