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[It's rather hypocritical/ignorant to only see the cruelty before your very eyes and pretend nothing untoward happens behind closed doors and even in "institutionalised" regulated set-ups ... like battery farms, which are a specialty in the UK (because of the burgeoning pet population). A lot of those chickens end up, after a short, sad, painful existence, as pet food! Yet it's apparently acceptable because people don't have to see it!

No relevance to animal cruelty in Cyprus whatsoever , its like comparing hooking a fish with poisoning cats and dogs. Lets be honest about it , we have some way to go in Cyprus as far as pets and working animals welfare is concerned. We covered this subject numerous times in the past the fact that cruelty also exists in the UK is no excuse . We have to constantly strive to improve our animal welfare .

And you have a long way to go before you stop inflicting pain on the rest of us, with your unjust "observations" from the bottom of a wine glass!

The scale of farming in the UK is unprecedented for cruelty and disease. Conveyor belt production of cows, pigs, hens and sheep, pumped up with antibiotics, squeezed into minuscule crates, exported across Europe for days with minimal comforts ... not to mention the recurring major diseases every few years, be it BSE, TB, Foot and Mouth or Blue-Tongue.

Are you really telling me that is comparable to the type of farming which occurs in Cyprus?

Poisoning around rural areas is equivalent in Cyprus to your yardstick, the UK! ... Birds of Prey are frequently poisoned in Wales & Scotland, so too any cats and dogs that happen to pick up the bait. Prove to me they are not, but not based on what is said by some disillusioned, broke, pending-divorcee, who starts a thread to bad-mouth Cyprus in the most stereotypical manner imaginable, encouraged by ignorant people like you who think they gain kudos to jump on the bandwagon and stick another oar in to Cyprus, so that you can feel superior having "UK pet" values!

[suegwyn]

last message was for Get Real!!

[Get Real!]

this is ignorant! "chopping their balls off" keeps them healthier, less aggressive, they live longer. keeps he stray population down, so the ones who live, can have a better quality of life. go do some research!

You’re not exactly a spring chicken GG, so please consider chopping your vagina off to extend your life and improve its quality.

GR, Are you allowing some idiot to use your keyboard. Keep a check on it ffs.

Those of you who think that animal castration brings health and happiness to them, should rush to your nearest hospital for a booking because what’s good for the goose must also be good for the gander…

[Wingnut]

i agree get real

compulsory castration, mass slaughter of perfectly healthy wild creatures...

if these are the 'animal lovers' then i shudder to think what the 'animal haters' must be like !!!

[suegwyn]

They are the ones that dump their dogs up in the mountains, covered in ticks, fleas and skeletal through lack of food. I think in Cyprus you call them hunters

[Wingnut]

better to be dumped hungry on a roadside than a bullet through the brain !

which would you choose ?

[denizaksulu]

A quick death or a slow one? Simple.

[Sotos]

And we had this discussion before. Those meat eaters who pretend to be "animal lovers" are hypocrites. How many chickens did you eat this year? Watch the following video and then remember that you are driving the demand for these things and that these methods of killing were probably not invented in Cyprus but by some "animal lover" countries

What is the relevance of this to the poisoning of cats in Cyprus, stupid ?

I didn't watch the video, but I can guess from what Sotos is saying! Since you appear a bit thick, I'll try and explain; don't want you getting left behind, when called upon to think ...

It's rather hypocritical/ignorant to only see the cruelty before your very eyes and pretend nothing untoward happens behind closed doors and even in "institutionalised" regulated set-ups ... like battery farms, which are a specialty in the UK (because of the burgeoning pet population). A lot of those chickens end up, after a short, sad, painful existence, as pet food! Yet it's apparently acceptable because people don't have to see it!

One cruelty here and there does not excuse another one at some other place. The way these chickens are slaughtered is quite disturbing alright. However, everybody has full right to be foremost concerned with animal cruelty in their immediate surroundings and this is no hypocrisy. If you look at things in that perspective, then we should also be concerned about the way the seals, particularly the cubs, are still being clubbed to death in the Artic areas. so what is your verdict ? That she should not mourn over the poisoning of her cats anymore and make no fuss about it or rally for the prohibition of this poison and encourage the public to be more sensitive towards animals?

If you can not see the relevance then you are a retard. If you do the killing directly or indirectly has no difference. You pay to have some chickens and many other animals treated like that and being killed like that. You are responsible for the way they are treated and the way they are killed as much as if you did the killing yourself. So when you abuse and murder 100s of animals every year how can you complain that somebody else does this too? Yes, it is hypocrisy! And the case with the seals is the same but not many people buy seal products so not many people pay to have seals killed in that way. No country treats animals in a nice way. Just some countries treat some animals better than other animals. In some countries they don't eat cows, in other countries they eat dogs and they have dog farms that treat the dogs similar to the way they treat chickens. Is one better than another? NO.

[Wingnut]

i see it more like, certain death or a fighting chance at life

but then again i am one of those 'glass is half-full' type people

[bill cobbett]

Spraying = "chopping bollocks off" ! ???

Didn't know that!

You evil pet-owners!