I’ve repeatedly pointed out that committing acts of violence against another person for their beliefs or their words is unacceptable and should result in legal sanction up to and including prison. But *this* video… I hope whoever was responsible comes to some violence.
Video after the break. You may not wish to look.
The act here of burning a cat is quite sufficient cause for a beatdown. But beyond the cat, there’s the fact that anyone who would do such a thing will, sooner or later, if they haven’t already, graduate to doing this sort of thing to humans.
The original video was from March. Olaf the cat pulled through, though he’s still hospitalized. This was in Spain; if you look at the other other videos on this channel – it’s the channel of a veterinary clinic – wow, holy crap, the level of abuse there seems *really* high. Including numerous other animals that have been intentionally burned.
So, here’s humanity. On one hand, the person who did this. On the other hand, the people who have gone out of their way to save the life of a small non-human creature. Team Humanity needs some winnowing, but it does have its awesome parts.