Oh, Lucky :(
As a former domestic violence counselor, I wonder if anyone, even anonymously, has filed a police complaint against this man? Or <I>these</I> men, given the fact there are others like him mentioned here! There's a d@mned good chance he's/they're doing the same thing to his girlfriend or famly. (did you know every single instance of a serial killer on record has a history of torturing and killing animals as a child?) I digress. Did this guy throw his arms into the air and scream "TOUCHDOWN!?" Did others just laugh and walk into the job site, smacking him on the back to congratulate him?
There are good souls out there like your son. Sure, I bet he didn't want to "make trouble," but silence tells abusers that what they do is OK. Holding them accountable doesn't stop them, but it makes them think once or twice before they murder another animal or burn their family with cigarettes. Thank goodness your son had you to give him a carrier. Could he have lived with himself had he let Lucky die a painful and frightened death? I doubt it.
His good heart was obviously too wracked to just forget about him.
My husband is a general contractor. Like your son, he works with sickos like this upon occasion. It's not "...those kinds of men" but the few that have little-to-no value for life. Around my husband, these men are particularly careful of others pets and strays on job sites. They don't <I>dare</I> not be. My 6'5" 230 pound husband husband has a case of canned salmon and a 25 pound bag of dry cat food in his truck -- and it's not for a snack.
Thank god for your son. Lucky is beautiful; you and yours are lucky <I>and</I> beautiful!
Christine
Christine
Proud & Lucky Mom of Shelby, Morgan, Bentley, Pauley, Tohsa, & Kharma, who misses Scorpio, Sunny, Winchester, Lucy, Hank, Pauley, Laddy & General
"Where there is breath, there is hope."
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