The Circle of Life, or something like that

[twasadark]

I witnessed a murder today. Horrible, senseless, brutal.

On a hike in the hills, my rottie mix (sweet and gentle with people but not with other critters) spied a defenseless little horny toad and snapped it up, killing it pretty much immediately. Then spitting it out because it apparently didn't taste so great. So far, Ubu has murdered:

• said horny toad
• a kangaroo rat
• two bunnies
• a possum
• innumerable squirrels (initially, I was perplexed by all the dead squirrels in my back yard. I figured they died in the trees and fell on the ground because hey, I don't know what happens to squirrels when they die naturally. Plus I was in denial. Then one day while I was looking out into the back yard I saw the crime take place. Poor little squirrely.)

Plus, there was an attempted murder of our turtle, hapless Ralph who had to be rushed to the vet who filled the shell holes with epoxy. He's fine, but somewhat ragged looking.

Oh, and I stopped up the tub today, pissing hubby off. Hey, I didn't know I should put the carpet cleaner dirty water down the tub!!! I feel horribly guilty because it's his birthday. This made me feel better (cause, you know, it's all about ME):

 
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[twasadark.livejournal.com]

We have a "kitty coop" in the back yard (fenced in area for the cats and turtles) and I found a dead bird in there a couple of weeks ago, so I think that the cats are getting in on the action, too. I'm surrounded by little murderers! :-(

[avilina.livejournal.com]

No, no, the worst could be when you have a Mama cat who will bring in injured animals half alive to teach hunting to little kitties.