Yes but the way it was conducted, placing it within the cage, distracting the animal while he is consuming it thus allowing it to squirm, not natural.

Male chickens fight with other male chicken. Natural.

Where can I go to wager on cock fights?

Perhaps you should PM Jepho and ask him this very question. If you are concerned with his 'conduct' then I think you should forward your concern to him personally. Thats what I would do if it bothered me that much.

Regardless of how an animal is fed, my point still stands - animals will eat other animals to stay alive. It's the same thing as watching a school of salmon feed on live krill. Are you disturbed if you go to the Vancouver Aquarium and watch them feed the aquatic mammals? Would you be equally disturbed if you were fishing and watched a school of salmon go for their food choice?

By the way, watching a school of salmon fight for one piece of krill - be it the head or any other body part - is quite graphic. Much more graphic than watching one 20" bearded dragon eat a tiny pinky mouse. The only way jepho could've committed animal cruelty in any way is if he purposefully went and injured the pinkie mouse.

Animals will eat other animals to survive. It's all food to them.

Either way, we're getting off topic on the introduction of pets. If you would like to continue this discussion, please start a new thread.

Nope. I don't even have a problem with cock fights or dog fights. I'm not PETA. Mentioning it doesn't mean I have a problem with it. Oh and I use to work at the Vancouver Aquarium :) and I've fed my Arowana live fish often.

ALRIGHT!!!

This thread was to INTRODUCE YOUR PETS. Not get political about animal ethics and rights.

Now let's continue on with posting your photos of your beloved friends.

Teh Shae, 4 1/2 year old Lab. Spoiled as hell and she still acts like we abuse her.

http://www.2k4civic.com/images/shaejune28-2.jpg

This is my baby, Baby (i know, not a very creative name). His nicknames are smallcat and smallfeet. He's a pure-bred long-haired chihuahua but can get mistaken for anything from a giant rat to tiny house cat! This is him at 2 months old.
http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/5541/baberx2.jpg

at 4 months
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/9017/babe11tw6.jpg

at 12 months... finally an adult!
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/1484/babe111wn7.jpg

and this is the most recent, 2 and half years old!
http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/5981/babe1rt3.jpg

He also has a biological brother called Purdy. Purdy belongs to my bestfriend and sometimes they go for little walks with eachother.
http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/6920/purdy1jc2.jpg

Playing with eachother. heh
http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/5166/purdyvy0.jpg

These are our babies:
Mr. Yoshi (Yorkie/Chihuahua)
Miss. Pishi (Persian/Calico)

**Mr.Yoshi @10 weeks old**
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...nsir/Yoshi.jpg

**Mr.Yoshi NOW 11months,23 days**
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...r/DSC00518.jpg

**Miss Pishi @9 weeks old**
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...r/DSC00458.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...r/DSC00492.jpg

here's my little bunny butt chiah. he's a 13 months old pembroke welsh corgi.
this is him at 4 months:
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-...1368/chiah.jpg

1 yr:
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-...8/DSCF0001.jpg

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-...8/DSCF0128.jpg

at the herding class with his handler:
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-...8/DSCF0129.jpg

here is my susage dog... ==
 

http://members.shaw.ca/cokz/1.jpg http://members.shaw.ca/cokz/2.jpg http://members.shaw.ca/cokz/3.jpg http://members.shaw.ca/cokz/4.jpg

wild strawberriers, blackberries and other pesticide free veggies! they love em!

He's a cat. OF COURSE he owns the place.

Dogs have owners.

Cats have staff.

http://www2.moltenimage.com/photos/pets/buster.jpg - http://www2.moltenimage.com/photos/pets/weezie.jpg
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http://www2.moltenimage.com/photos/pets/tabatha.jpg - http://www2.moltenimage.com/photos/pets/screech.jpg

Buster and Weezie are brother and sister, both purebred Persian.

Tabatha is purebred Himilayan.

Screech is purebred evil bitch.

My cat's got Buster's fur and Tabatha's eyes. He's a himalayan/persian cross. He's got the doll-face style nose, not the super pushed in that some persians/himalayans have.

We got Buster and Weezie "cheap" from my wife's friend's aunt, who breeds Persians... Buster's nose is "too long" for him to be a show cat, and Weezie was the runt (she has no nose to speak of - hence the name - and never grew much bigger than a kitten).

And yeah, and Weezie loves fresh veggies - we once caught her on the table picking through the tomato chunks set out for making tacos :)

:lol bwahahahha... so true so true.

such cute pictures

This is Owen. Purebred German shepherd, he is going to turn 1 years old in a few days. these pictures were taken a few months ago and he is ALOT bigger now.

and yes he is spoiled rotten.

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...607aresize.jpg

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1...l/DSC_2500.jpg

My parrot Bobo 3yrs old African Grey parrot ~ dunno whether it's a male or female ~ didn't bother taking it to do a DNA test ~ talks a lot of chinese and english and some jubberish ~ favorite food is chicken wing~ favorite move is head banging ~ it'll bang his head against whatever he sees repeatedly for no reason ~


http://members.shaw.ca/wai_lai01/DSC00003.JPG
Stretching out it's legs~
http://members.shaw.ca/wai_lai01/DSC00005.JPG
doing a walk around it's cage
http://members.shaw.ca/wai_lai01/DSC00006.JPG
doing flips
http://members.shaw.ca/wai_lai01/DSC00009.JPG
giving you the angry eyes
http://members.shaw.ca/wai_lai01/DSC00012.JPG
trying to blend in??

meet Elton John
 

meet Elton John!

we bought our house for the sole reason of getting a doggy.

here he is, 9 week old great dane

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...rstday015s.jpg

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...rstday011s.jpg

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...rstday006s.jpg

i gotta add to the weiner dog pics... too cute!

introducing molly

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y21...ang/molly2.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y21...mollypot1w.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y21...llylookin2.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y21...mollypeek2.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y21...yrunsweb-1.jpg

here is what i have @ home. cat doesn't get along with the dog.
here she is when she was a puppy http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y20...Picture014.jpg
present
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y20...Numbers072.jpg
the cat kitty... she meows alot
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y20...Numbers052.jpg

Medley

broken tail and missing some teeth, the racoons love her
http://x5.freeshare.us/126fs609388.jpg

Missi
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...-missi/z45.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...-missi/z53.jpg
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j2...-missi/z52.jpg

So, can I win fattest golden retreiver award!?? lol

This is Baby. We adopted her about 4 years ago... Shes around 8-9 now, and on a diet :)

http://www.pbase.com/suomyairsoft/image/71888083.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/suomyairsoft/image/71888087.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/suomyairsoft/image/71888090.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/suomyairsoft/image/71888092.jpg