You are all so sweet. Thankyou for showing concern. I am in therapy (have been for four years now). Imagine if my Dad could do that to animals what he did to my mum and his family. BTW he never sexually abused us.

I love animals - I always wanted to be a vet but I didn't have the aptitude in maths and physics to be so. So I volunteered at rescue centres through my University years and would love to do that again if I ever get the time.

I has scarred me but has also given me strength as well. I am not afraid to stand up for animal rights anymore. Nor am I afraid to stand in front of a person abusing an animal. That little girl with the kitten - I would be saving the kitten and rushing her off to a mental health clinic. She has some serious psychological issues. I would rather be abused than see a cat or a dog or any animal take punishment for that own person's hatred.

It angers me that people who are brutal to creatures get a fine and a slap on the wrist. I think they should be jailed or treated in the same way as they treated the poor creature. I would have loved to have taken a whip to the person who badly lacerated a horse near my parents farm.

My mum has always taught us to value life. I do. My sister who vowed she would never own an animal, now rescues dogs that have been dumped on the side of the roads in Australia. My brother rescues native birds and unwanted fish. We are all healing in our own ways.

Thankyou so much guys HUGS