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[Spicoli]

This is horrible, do not click it if you love animals (@spicoli)

Dog owner grovels to family after his two Staffies maul cat to death in the street

A dog owner fell to his knees and grovelled after his two dogs ripped a cat apart in front of the pet moggy’s horrified family.

The man is seen apologising to the family and falling on his knees in front of Sharon Boalch and her daughter Shakira Jefferies' eyes after their cat Cleo was mauled in front of their home.

The shocking footage of the Staffordshire Bull Terriers attacking the cat was captured on a doorbell camera.

The owner can be heard telling the pair: "I was in the park and my dogs were following a black cat and they killed him.

“I was going to take him to the vet."

Shakira, 16, can be seen bursting into tears after her beloved pet was killed.

The incident happened in Brickfields, Worcester last week.

"I was in the front room as it was happening,” said Shakira.

"I didn't realise it was Cleo until a neighbour knocked on the door and asked if our cat was black and white.

"I collapsed on the floor screaming. I wish I'd helped her. I'd have rather been injured by the dogs than to lose my cat.

She added: "She didn't deserve to die the way she did. I just want my cat back."

Her mother said: "My daughter could hear all this commotion.

“She ran outside and saw what happened and came running to me in the back garden, screaming.

"I was sat on the doorstep crying and I had my daughter in my arms. It was awful. I cried all night. I can't get it out of my head.

“The footage clearly shows the dogs were out of control and going wild. These were big dogs. They should be muzzled."

She claimed the family had not heard anything back from the dog owner, despite him saying he would take Cleo to the vet.

She has also contacted local vets in the area but none reported having Cleo brought in, meaning the family do not know where Cleo's body is.

Mrs Boalch added:""We can't even bury her to say goodbye. We are devastated and my daughter won't stop crying."

Shakira’s step-dad, Ian, 56, watched the footage following the attack and said the dogs were off their lead and jumped onto Cleo unprovoked.

He said: "She didn’t have a chance. She was torn into pieces.

“I am so angry. I’d like to see him prosecuted. Any dog that is capable of doing that should be muzzled.”

West Mercia Police confirmed the incident was reported to them on June 20.

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/dog-owner-...112956400.html

A Staffie let alone two off the leash is idiocy but not that of the dags. Humans always feck it up and a good amount who own these type breeds shouldn't be allowed to own goldfish. Prob best that girl didn't find her cat after that. We've seen an uptick of roaming Coyotes in some neighborhoods here and if you have a cat or toy breeds you better keep them indoors or very close.

[walrus]

This is horrible, do not click it if you love animals (@spicoli)

Dog owner grovels to family after his two Staffies maul cat to death in the street

A dog owner fell to his knees and grovelled after his two dogs ripped a cat apart in front of the pet moggy’s horrified family.

The man is seen apologising to the family and falling on his knees in front of Sharon Boalch and her daughter Shakira Jefferies' eyes after their cat Cleo was mauled in front of their home.

The shocking footage of the Staffordshire Bull Terriers attacking the cat was captured on a doorbell camera.

The owner can be heard telling the pair: "I was in the park and my dogs were following a black cat and they killed him.

“I was going to take him to the vet."

Shakira, 16, can be seen bursting into tears after her beloved pet was killed.

The incident happened in Brickfields, Worcester last week.

"I was in the front room as it was happening,” said Shakira.

"I didn't realise it was Cleo until a neighbour knocked on the door and asked if our cat was black and white.

"I collapsed on the floor screaming. I wish I'd helped her. I'd have rather been injured by the dogs than to lose my cat.

She added: "She didn't deserve to die the way she did. I just want my cat back."

Her mother said: "My daughter could hear all this commotion.

“She ran outside and saw what happened and came running to me in the back garden, screaming.

"I was sat on the doorstep crying and I had my daughter in my arms. It was awful. I cried all night. I can't get it out of my head.

“The footage clearly shows the dogs were out of control and going wild. These were big dogs. They should be muzzled."

She claimed the family had not heard anything back from the dog owner, despite him saying he would take Cleo to the vet.

She has also contacted local vets in the area but none reported having Cleo brought in, meaning the family do not know where Cleo's body is.

Mrs Boalch added:""We can't even bury her to say goodbye. We are devastated and my daughter won't stop crying."

Shakira’s step-dad, Ian, 56, watched the footage following the attack and said the dogs were off their lead and jumped onto Cleo unprovoked.

He said: "She didn’t have a chance. She was torn into pieces.

“I am so angry. I’d like to see him prosecuted. Any dog that is capable of doing that should be muzzled.”

West Mercia Police confirmed the incident was reported to them on June 20.

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/dog-owner-...112956400.html

A Staffie let alone two off the leash is idiocy but not that of the dags. Humans always feck it up and a good amount who own these type breeds shouldn't be allowed to own goldfish. Prob best that girl didn't find her cat after that. We've seen an uptick of roaming Coyotes in some neighborhoods here and if you have a cat or toy breeds you better keep them indoors or very close.

Let these dogs run into a couple panthers or leopards we will show them what’s up

[Master]

This is horrible, do not click it if you love animals (@spicoli)

Dog owner grovels to family after his two Staffies maul cat to death in the street

A dog owner fell to his knees and grovelled after his two dogs ripped a cat apart in front of the pet moggy’s horrified family.

The man is seen apologising to the family and falling on his knees in front of Sharon Boalch and her daughter Shakira Jefferies' eyes after their cat Cleo was mauled in front of their home.

The shocking footage of the Staffordshire Bull Terriers attacking the cat was captured on a doorbell camera.

The owner can be heard telling the pair: "I was in the park and my dogs were following a black cat and they killed him.

“I was going to take him to the vet."

Shakira, 16, can be seen bursting into tears after her beloved pet was killed.

The incident happened in Brickfields, Worcester last week.

"I was in the front room as it was happening,” said Shakira.

"I didn't realise it was Cleo until a neighbour knocked on the door and asked if our cat was black and white.

"I collapsed on the floor screaming. I wish I'd helped her. I'd have rather been injured by the dogs than to lose my cat.

She added: "She didn't deserve to die the way she did. I just want my cat back."

Her mother said: "My daughter could hear all this commotion.

“She ran outside and saw what happened and came running to me in the back garden, screaming.

"I was sat on the doorstep crying and I had my daughter in my arms. It was awful. I cried all night. I can't get it out of my head.

“The footage clearly shows the dogs were out of control and going wild. These were big dogs. They should be muzzled."

She claimed the family had not heard anything back from the dog owner, despite him saying he would take Cleo to the vet.

She has also contacted local vets in the area but none reported having Cleo brought in, meaning the family do not know where Cleo's body is.

Mrs Boalch added:""We can't even bury her to say goodbye. We are devastated and my daughter won't stop crying."

Shakira’s step-dad, Ian, 56, watched the footage following the attack and said the dogs were off their lead and jumped onto Cleo unprovoked.

He said: "She didn’t have a chance. She was torn into pieces.

“I am so angry. I’d like to see him prosecuted. Any dog that is capable of doing that should be muzzled.”

West Mercia Police confirmed the incident was reported to them on June 20.

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/dog-owner-...112956400.html

A Staffie let alone two off the leash is idiocy but not that of the dags. Humans always feck it up and a good amount who own these type breeds shouldn't be allowed to own goldfish. Prob best that girl didn't find her cat after that. We've seen an uptick of roaming Coyotes in some neighborhoods here and if you have a cat or toy breeds you better keep them indoors or very close.

Let these dogs run into a couple panthers or leopards we will show them what’s up

Forgot about the fact that you have predators that would kill dogs. Only humans can do that here.

[Master]

Birds taller than elephants may have once lived alongside human beings

Emus and Ostriches are dangerous. We know this. They're so hardcore the Australian Army officially lost a war with them in 1932.

Now imagine they were bigger. Much bigger. Like as tall as an elephant bigger.
Meet the Pachystruthio dmanisensis, a gigantic flightless bird that once stood 3.5 metres tall (for scale an African elephant typically stands at 3.3 metres tall). It weighed around 450kg, which is around three times the weight of an ostrich, currently the largest living bird on the planet.

Over 1.2 million years ago, scientists think they*may have lived alongside human beings in Europe.

As discussed in research recently published in the Journal of Verterbrate Paleontology, the Pachystruthio dmanisensis roamed eastern Europe at a time when the earliest known humans were arriving from Africa.

Interestingly, as opposed to other prehistoric birds of its size, the Pachystruthio dmanisensis is thought to have been a decent runner (although not as fast as modern Emus or Ostriches) and actually took down young mammoths as prey.

To reiterate: this gigantic, elephant-sized bird*hunted mammoths.
The Pachystruthio dmanisensis is believed to be the biggest bird ever found in Europe, but it isn't the world's biggest bird, historically. That title belongs to the Vorobe Titan, which once weighed 800 kilograms and lived in Madagascar. Not sure if that bird attempted to take down mammoths, though. Crucial distinction.

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/techa...artanntp&pfr=1

[TitoFan]

Soooo..... earlier today..... at Disneyland in Anaheim, California.......

[Master]

That guy in the pink T shirt needs to go to jail.

[TitoFan]

Strange how long it took for Disneyland to address this. You'd think they'd have strategically placed trapdoors throughout the Magic Kingdom.



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