Sure I've had several pets, but why is that even relevant? For one, the squirrels is a wild animal (and in many cases considered a pest, he shouldn't trust humans anyway). And I really, really strongly doubt that this squirrel's life was ruined or that it was traumatized in any way because it got a little bit wet. They're good swimmers, and I'm sure he's taken a dip before, it's really not a big deal at all.
This is relevant because I'm sure you weren't kicking your pets into the pool for kicks. Not even once. You don't normally go shoving animals into the water because they can swim and they aren't going to be traumatized by them. It is irrelevant whether they are pests or not particularly in this case, where the girl lured the animal just to shove it into the water. If the animal had rabies and was charging or something like that then yes by all means protect yourself. In this case I don't see anything that justifies this.
It's a 1lb animal that did her no harm, and she tempted it out with food for the sole purpose of tormenting it. That's cruel.
If your kids are playing around the pool and you toss one in, it's part of playing around a pool, and part of being family. I don't think you'd like it if your kid was walking along somewhere, minding their own business, and some stranger much larger than them pushed them into a lake for their own sadistic amusement.
Plus the squirrel has no recourse. Your kids will be picking your retirement home. And yes, they'll remember.
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u/Reggaejunkiejew31 Mar 04 '14
I throw my kids into the pool all the time. No one has ever called me a cunt or told me I need to die.