That's such a LITTLE alligator! Good grief, you can find bigger alligators than that in drainage pond at the apartment complex in Tampa where I used to live.

Where are those buttons on Kinka?

I'm so sorry! Calico and tortoiseshell kitties are very special.

At least he wasn't depending on it to pay the rent.

Thanks. I was very lucky to have them, and I think they look out for me (and the two very silly rescue cats who live with me now).

He was a volunteer, so he wasn't really fired.

Because they don't take it seriously as a crime, right?

It's not like the school has a jail to throw them into if they're found guilty. The absolute worst penalty they can hand out is kicking them out of school - and lots of students leave school before they get a degree, anyway.

I was a wreck for a while, believe me. My family had me fly back east to spend Christmas with them, and that helped. At the end of January, I adopted two completely ridiculous shelter cats (they rearrange rugs! they steal and eat BREAD!), and they are a joy and a comfort.

would treat that kitten like one of squeak-toys.

Well, here's what Wikipedia says... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosher_fo…

They were really young kids. XD

OH GOD YES - that's all I could think about when I saw this article.

I'm sorry - I should have done a better job explaining I meant people in general, not that particular situation. After you explained it, I could easily see how that happened, cultural nightmare for all involved.

Some of the neighbor kids thought my dog was a bulldog, and were scared to death of him! Of course, once they met him, they knew he was just a little pug who stood still for the littlest kids to pet him.

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My home was Switzerland in the war of dogs and cats.

Whoosh! Right into the fireplace!

That's awful. I am so sorry.

I think trauma like that COUNTS as hurting.