Cupcake, anyone?

I read an article on the papers about a family that has lost two dogs to rat poison traps that are not meant for rats. Raw meatballs spiced with some poison have been maliciously positioned near popular dog walking routes in Finland. And if you, like me, like to have your dog off the lead to give it some freedom to roam around and do "doggy things", it is more than likely that when your dog comes across a raw meatball it will disappear down its throat in less time than it takes to actually say "meatball".

What goes on in the head of a person who plans to kill animals. As this is not a plan executed in a whim. The person would have to go through the trouble of buying mince meat, mixing it with some poison (yummy!) and make it into meatballs. And on top of that he/she would have to know where dog people go with their beloved pets. And then manage to drop RAW MEATBALLS WITHOUT ANYONE NOTICING?? Sick, I tell you. Just, sick.

The symptoms in a dog affected by rat poison are horrendously painful and usually result in a slow, excruciating death. Firstly, the dog will probably have some trouble breathing, due to internal bleeding to its chest. If the dog has even the smallest cut, it might not stop bleeding at all, as rat poison stops the blood from thickening. Then the dog gets bruises, and you can see these bruises in light skinned short haired dogs. Usually the dog will then develop some limping symptoms, fever and also central nervous system dysfunction. And then without appropriate and immediate care from the very beginning of the poisoning, the dog will die.

The people that want to see this happening to an animal... In my opinion these people should be killed in the same way they prefer to use on other living things. Why not bake the poison into a cupcake and serve with a nice cuppa, too. No sane human being would deliberately take pleasure in torturing animals (I am also against bullfighting..). What are these people missing from their brains?

I hope I never come across a person who would do this kinds of things. Why? Because I don't want my dog to grow old without me, as I would probably go to jail for murder.