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Sherri Matthew's avatar

I saw that disgusting headline photo in the NYT a few weeks ago with the human killer clutching his gun (tough guy! He got a cat!), callously holding his deceased victim by the tail and thinking to myself, “oh my God… he’s got a Jasmine!” Because that dead kitty looked exactly like my own sweet 17 year old harp-playing striped tabby Jasmine! Deeply intelligent, she started learning music at age four months when she came to live with us (my husband and I are both professional musicians). She has been recorded! She can create her own little melodies, play counterpoint along with you on your harp or piano (yes, classical or jazz!) and finish on the beat, on time, correct note! And to think some creep out there considers cats as not being on the same “worthiness” level as humans: mentally, spiritually, and so on. Well, they’re “just animals” the malevolent thinking goes.

We’ve seen this show before, presented in the human world and it’s not good: women, Blacks, Native Americans, Jewish people and now our country’s recent arrivals of Hispanic origin. All considered inferior in some way and treated accordingly.

NYT should know better than this; they like to consider themselves progressive in thought.

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nancy knox-bierman's avatar

I used to crosspost the NYC shelter dogs. They used to kill between 20-40 dogs every day and that was 10 years ago. They got tons of money-spent it all on offices and salaries. Not a dog lover in the place and they dump them in black garbage bags in piles on the street.

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