Shelters say to bring it back because some people just leave the dog in a park. And when I say some, I mean A LOT. Finding a responsible option, such as a new home with someone who can handle a dog like that or euthanizing the dog would not be frowned upon by a kill shelter.

Thank you, jesus. I have dogs and kids and this awful bitch took her precious little puppy back to the fucking pound? And then went out to eat? WHY is she getting so much sympathy she clearly has NO feelings whatsoever.

Find him a more suitable home or euthanize him. Seriously she goes on to describe her meal and lighthearted conversation while the dog she fawned over was thrown behind bars never to know a loving touch again. Wtf with this person.

I too am from the south and am used to hearing that phrase, alternately with dear as well and here are my thoughts on its use even in the south:

Yes, not a nickname but that particular colloquialism is only ever used in instances where it goes without saying that the person will do as you ask - as in a boss says it to an employee or a mother to a son. It’s very rude to say it to someone over whom you have no authority.

Yes. “Would you be a peach and...” is something you say to an underling as a joke, and the joke is “haha you don’t have to be a peach at all you just have to DO IT. DO IT NOW.” So using that particular one on a boss is very wrong.

Where. How many animals are raised in this manner and how much money does it bring in, and for which segment of the community?

Actually that was my whole (albeit unstated) point - it’s very different from farming - on farms, mother animals breastfeed their young or they are packed into crates on factory farms (veal). The farmers don’t cradle the infant in their arms several times a day and nurse it to sleep with a bottle. That to me is an…

Ok, but did they take him off his mom and bottle feed him?

you have got to stop. First of all, academic success is not everything, many kids who thrive in school do not possess the qualities necessary to thrive in real life, and many kids who are plenty smart are not that turned on by the academic environment. Your kids are just different from each other.

I drank this much, full-caff. Both babies are fine.

This is my go to argument for everything

Germs help the baby’s immune system get stronger. I’ve had sick newborns too so I feel you but purell is not helping them get stronger.

Exactly. Purell strapped to the waist? I would have boycotted her kid, that’s fucking obnoxious. I have 2 kids and 2 big dogs and a similar attitude to this namibian mom you speak of. So far my kids have no allergies and rarely get sick.

Wow. So, here’s what I’m going to do - I’m going to delve no deeper into this topic and then one day I’ll die.

Oh I get that. And I get poaching even, from a desperation perspective, people have done worse. But how can someone bottle feed a lion cub for what must be at least a year only to let it get shot for no reason? That one is hard to imagine.

Great. Why raise it first? I bet they’d pay extra to shoot them while they’re still babies.

Especially if you let dentists come and blow them to pieces for $50k a pop

Yeah that part of the response was more of an aside, I understood the groupon issue to not be central to the story, as the OP has himself confirmed. I don’t take issue with the groupons and I’ve used them myself. I don’t really think the upshot of anything I wrote was that it’s cool to be a dick about coupons but if…

Oof, what a trade! But hey, most people naturally respect nurses and what they do, so that’s a plus.