Really? We're exactly? I suppose it is if you're rich but that's a minority. Most of the world lives in poverty. It's all about death
Are we sure the dog just didn't like being stroked? Serious note, nice that it had a happy ending Don't get why anyone would want to hurt any animal, especially one as helpless and defenceless as that dog probably was.
Go on YouTube and enter any search request along the lines of Animal or Pet rescue and you will see hundreds of videos showing just exactly how despicably cruel people all over the globe can be to helpless and trusting creatures. There are some awful people on this planet, some through ignorance and some just plain evil.
Torturing an animal like that should get you just as harsh of a punishment IMO. Killing an animal might be seen as less of a crime than killing a human, but torture? The animal has literally been through hell. The owner deserves a life sentence.
There are some truly nasty ****s out there that take great pleasure in hurting animals. Many of them need a bullet to the head and dumped in a ditch. Anyone ever hurt my pets I will rip the skin from their face with a knife that has been dipped in ****.
Indeed there is clearly something just wrong with you if you want to hurt them. Best to put these people down and be done with it. That's what they do with dogs who bite folk and are overly aggressive. Equality and all that.
Cattle are killed humanely for a very good reason, can you explain the reasons for treating a dog that way or even treating any animal that way