We have an adorable litter of cats living outside of our apartment complex. Many people are feeding them, but no one is able to really catch them yet. The other day, there were these two horrible girls (probably 11-13 years old) who trampled straight into their den, starting throwing pizza and saltines at them, and screaming, "What stupid cats! Why won't you eat the food?"

I would have been in a TON of trouble for acting like that towards the poor creatures--and I don't come from a tree hugging, PETA family, either.

It was all I could do to not rip those girls a new one. It was so inappropriate. Why don't parents teach their kids to treat animals with respect, when this behavior could end with pets being injured or kids being scratched up or bitten by the very animals they are mistreating?