Pet sucked to death!
Dog owner sees pet sucked to its death by street sweeper
Robert Machin was about to put his two dogs into his car after a walk in the Bronx, New York, when a strong tug on one of the leads spun him round.
His next sight was of Ginger, one of his Boston terriers, being sucked into a street-sweeping vehicle, yanking the lead out of his hand.
"It happened so fast. As I seen the dog, I tried to pull her back. But the machine had her," WABC-TV, a New York-based TV station, reported Mr Machin as saying. "We started yelling at the driver. Evidently he couldn't hear us."
Mr Machin, 57, chased the vehicle for two-and-a-half blocks before it stopped. It was not clear what speed the driver was travelling. Regulations limit such vehicles to a maximum of 10mph
Thanks for resolving my gerbil terrors but what of all the school pet goldfish that we have lost over the years, the ones we dropped when removing to clean the tank, the ones we left in the tank when filling with hot water for cleaning and the many that we poisoned in strange experiements to discover what goldfish would eat apart from fish food - did make the important discovery that fish that are commonly fed on fish food flakes will also accept pencil shavings, a good tip for all fish keepers on a tight budget.
Qatars best known Pirate - Yaarr!
Its OK.. The cleaning lady has since then snuffed it and his soul has been released into the world beyond..
He is now in that great school in the sky, where Gerbils are loved, the hay is fresh and the cage doors are left open all day!
This posting has given me terrible flashbacks to the terrible accident that happened at the school in my home town many years ago, a terrible event that involved a school class pet gerbil and a elderly cleaning lady equipped with a vaccum cleaner, the poor little fella dug his nails into the floor tiles so deep that it left deep scratches but the 1400 watt motor was too much and he was quickly lost forever, some say he his spirit still haunts the school and when the moon is full and the nights are dark his ghostly image can be seen scurrying the corridors.
Qatars best known Pirate - Yaarr!
T h a n k s..... :)
The Romanian cats at least serve a purpose.
I changed my Profile to include "throwing cats into street cleaner" as a hobby.
The Canadian’s cat is a house decoration.
It is big, fat, its hair is glowing and it walks slowly, always trying to be seen by its master. The Canadian woman feeds the cat well, just like a family member. The Canadian cat tastes all the food cooked by the skilful hand of its mistress, and meanwhile she pets the cat and brushes its back. After lunch the Canadian cat jumps on the round decorative pillow in the middle of the loose bed and sleeps and purrs just like a spinning factory.
One can never see the Romanian's cat. Its place is always under the bed, under chairs, where people can not interfere with it. Its hair is always disheveled and one can number its ribs from far away.
The Romanian's keep a cat for catching mice and not for sprawling in the house. That’s why the Romanian does not feed the cat well. In the Romanian's house the cat eats surreptitiously and steels the food. The cat hides under the bed until the romanian woman leaves the room. Then the cat jumps quickly on the table, grips a sausage and sneaks back under the bed, where it starts to nibble the sausage with discretion and without arousing any suspicions. Being satiated, the cat climbs on tiptoe on the warm soil made oven and gets ready for a rest. But, feeling itself guilty, the Romanian cat does not purr like the German cat. The Romanian cat sleeps on its four paws and closes only one eye, with the other one following the romanian woman to see if she noticed the missed sausage …
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After so many “national” features, which of you, dear QL readers, would not be able to tell: which is the Romanian’s cat and which is the Canadian’s cat ?
Maybe I've spent too much time in the Gulf...my view on cats has darkened. I need to spend the summer in Canada and see friendly, non-stray cats.
Cats are so harmless. They don't disturb anybody, yeah...mmm...only if they're mating and they make these strange noises in the middle of the night. lol.... it's actually like a baby crying. I love cats a lot, but these cats in Qatar are so wild, scared of people(and they should be scared, considering what i read here,lol).
Normal cats, those that are raised among loving families are soooooo cute, not like dogs, they might bite you anytime. European cats are the best, love them! Miss them! :( I bought one cat from Qatar but she was quite unfriendly, gave her away eventually, all my husband's family was scared of her, lol...
Cornellian, I guess you are a cat-lover. I'm sorry that we don't share the same love. Dogs are clearly man's best friend. Always there when you need them. My sister-in-law opened a dog grooming shop in Korea. I love to go over there and hang out with the dogs. dw's family has this lovely large white dog which eats birds that it catches in their yard.
What an awful story, it's horrible seeing ur pet going through such torture :(
Oh and Baedaebok, I hope that once cats do take over the world, they build a huge street sweeper to sweep u and people like u away :)
I'm not always right, but I'm never wrong -Garfield
REALLY JANGO ???
CAN YOU SAY AGAIN??
hehe
Harsha, I was looking over the cat's shoulder. I grew up with two cats and they drove me up the wall. After seeing that documentary Cats 'n' Dogs, I know for sure that cats want to take over the world!
They only pretend to not know what we are talking about. They understand very how and are plotting how to seize control.
where was he looking???
what a terrible thing to say baedeabok...cats are no different to dogs or humans...no one deserves to be treated that way...
I have. The problem is the number of cats have grown up with me...at a greater rate than I have. Ideally, they should be spaid or neutered. Seeing as though I doubt anyone will spring for thousands of cats to be neutered or spaid. The only other solution is to control their population with street cleaners!
Grow up bae
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Of course it is not funny if it happened to a dog. A cat is a different story. They are becoming a menace to society. I'd be quite happy to start tossing them into the street cleaners in Doha. It's an excellent way for population control!
i can kill the driver (by accident too) if that happens to my arnold.
chaud
What a freak accident..poor dog..
AA sorry but i dont find it funny...