Drowning newborn puppies?

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My stepdad has stated that in the 70s/80s, his family had an unexpected litter of several puppies. Apparently they lived in the country with a male and female dog, didn't have the money to get them fixed/neutered, didn't have people to sell/give them to. His mom and dad instructed him to drown the puppies. He put them in a plastic bag and drowned them.

He didn't say anything else. Am I the only one who thinks this is completely f***ed up? It's all their fault, keeping two dogs that were perfectly capable of reproducing, then oops... they have babies. Then you drown them? What is the logic?

What the f***?

JSmuve · Accepted Answer

That's terrible. When I was 19 I was walking down by the river north of my house and I found a cat carrier in the middle of the river with a dead cat inside. Apparently the owners no longer wanted the cat so they pitched it into the river locked inside it's carrier. I ended up pulling the thing out of the river, tearing the carrier open, and burying the cat just because I couldn't stand the thought of leaving it there. The poor thing had it's mouth and eyes wides open. I have two cats of my own and the thought of someone doing that to an animal is devastating to me.

kholland65 · Accepted Answer

All I can say is you better hope nobody reads this and comes to track down your step dad. This is a felony and your step dad and anyone who played a role would see jail time for this. Most likely the would also be convicted on multiple counts of animal abuse. One for each dog they killed.

skinandbones · Accepted Answer

:( it's f***ed up...people can be so cruel... reminds me of how this one boy in my grandma's hometown was born mentally retarded so they just locked him up in a room and only let him out at night because people thought he was contagious. he died in that tiny little room :/

YouthfulPallor · Accepted Answer

That used to be a common and widely accepted means of getting rid of puppies and kittens. It's awful. And psychologically damaging, I would imagine.

xzinax2 · Accepted Answer

that's common. with kittens too. is it sick and illogical? yes,but people rarely think about animals as living beings,they just do it.

VoiceOfReason · Answer

There is no logic there, just cruelty.  To suffocate and drown helpless animals is very selfish and cruel.  Personally I wouldn't do it and if I were in such a situation where I couldn't at least get one of them spayed/neutered then it would be a lot easier to give one dog away to someone than it would be to keep killing helpless puppies from so many litters.  That would be my logic.  Clearly they were selfish and didn't place any value on the lives of those animals.

kairon156 · Answer

I know right. apparently my uncle had to drown a bag of kittens. it's a horrid thought. I'm just glad there's an SPCA now.

anytime I know someone has new kittens I do my best to convince them to get them "fixed"

ladsin · Answer

its kinda common out in the country to get rid of something that would be a burden, the monetary cost, can't give em away, can't let em run free, better than leaving them to starve

evenlift · Answer

As a a member of the oppressed canine race myself, I find this totally unacceptable.

Cute user name by the way. I hate foxes too...

Seriously, though, that is f***ed up. And seriously I do hate Megan Fox. She looks like a crack whore or something

Littletad · Answer

Such lovely conversations you have with your step-dad. Mine are usually just consisting of hello's and goodbye's. Even those are stomach lurching.

AndyWes · Answer

That's the same thing that pro-life people say about abortion. Kind of messed up, isn't it? When an innocent party gets the shaft over other people being irresponsible and cruel.

COCOCHANEL · Answer

it sounds like a bad idea. I wouldn't be able to do it and I hate dogs.

snowangle · Answer

I imagine that's the same logic of people who use abortion as birth control.  Seriously, though. That's messed up. :(

Phoenix1991 · Answer

I would go Wtf as well , strange but true. I never had a dog before but I would never do something like that or accept it.

CindiluvsFriends · Answer

That's messed up. Why didn't they just go to the nearest town and try to give them away there?

repetron · Answer

Yeah that's messed up, but breeders nowadays will let the runt of the litter die off if it can't fend for itself

XRabbitHeartX · Answer

That's awful :'( I think that's really, really f***ed up!

xHoneyxBeex · Answer

There is no logic. It's cruel and completely wrong.

Robotic · Answer

why did he even say anything? this isn't the kind of thing anyone wants to hear.

moviedude714 · Answer

that really angers me and pisses me off, makes me raging mad against a person who would do that

Light_Yagami · Answer

That's normally how serial killers start off btw

aMuse · Answer

It's your  family, don't ask us WTF... lol

confused415 · Answer

I think I just threw up.

smilesgirl · Answer

I've heard of people doing this, too.

unighted · Answer

yea that's really mean and f**ked up.

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