[quote]Does your father still hate animals? [quote]

Wolfsoul, his attitude hasn't changed. My stepmother has an 18-year-old cat and my dad won't allow it in the house. When he married her about 9 years ago, he told her either the cat was moving out of the house or he was. Personally, I think she chose the wrong animal! Your story about the guy shooting the dog precisely describes the sort of person my father is to animals.


However - if you were to meet him you'd never guess it. He would hang on every word you said and listen very well, and you would think he was one of the nicest people you'd ever met. He has a very soft, gentle voice and demeaner (sp?) and generally treats people very well, except when it comes to animals.

He's very quiet. I just can't describe him. Everybody who meets him loves him. He's the leader of a popular bluegrass band (not famous - but plays in state fairs etc.) and writes beautiful lyrics. You'd really never know it. Because he would never be cruel to anything/anybody who he thought had a soul. He thinks of animals as just dirty objects, and doesn't think there's a place for them in a person's life or home.

? Anyway - enough of trying to describe him. That's not the point anyway. My point is just that if we really actually love animals, then we need to teach other people to love them, too. Our duty is to help not only our own animals but animals in general.