Abused Kids or Abused Dogs - What Spurs More Outrage?

First off everyone here knows I am a dog lover.  My little Bella IS my child.  But I want to do an experiment among our NBC5i.com readers.  The question is which story invokes the greatest public outcry, abused dogs or abused kids?  This Rant is linked to the abused kids story I did last night.

This question first came to mind when I was covering a trial in Connecticut where a woman had thrown her roommates cat in a pond then stoned it as it tried to swim to shore.  There were 100s of “animal activists” protesting this woman, and for good reason.  The other troubling part of this story is, on the second floor of the court house a child molester was on trial for raping a 7 year old boy.  There were no protesters and no activists to greet him as he walked into court each day.

My real wish is that there would be 100s of protesters for both trials, but somehow the animals always win out.  I’m not sure why.  Just like puppies and kittens, kids can’t fend for themselves either.

Recently I reported a story about Charley the dog who was dragged behind a pick up.  The day after I posted that Rant I received 233 hits.  That’s the third highest daily hit number in Grant’s Rant history.

Animal Cruelty

Most of you reading this story now, got here by clicking on the link from the story I did last night about two abandoned children left alone in a boarded up house with razor blades on the floor, a soiled mattress and a loaded gun.  Just so you know the police did arrest the father, Gregory Amphee, as he drove up in a stolen car holding a bag of marijuana.  That’s him below.

I’ll let you know on Friday how this post stacked up against the post that profiled Charley the abused dog.

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One Response to “Abused Kids or Abused Dogs - What Spurs More Outrage?”

  1. marki2k7 Says:
    June 25, 2008 at 8:35 am

    Quite the eye-opening blog you have written there.

    I do find it disturbing that so many people protest the heinous crime of animal cruelty but no one does child molestation. I am inclined to think that the reason for this is because people flock to causes where other people have already flocked. Also, it is probably because that child molestation is a touchier subject than dog abuse. So many people have been abused and nobody wants to re-live it or acknowledge it again.
    I don’t agree with with it, though.
    I am a victim of childhood rape and abuse and I can say that I would rather fight for innocent child than to sit by on the sidelines ignoring the fact that I was ever abuse.
    As for animals, I too detest those who abuse them. I have had a few pets over the years and it would crush me if anyone ever put them in harm’s way.

    My two cents.

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