The "No Kill" Movement That Ignores Or Minimizes Real Cruelty; One Pet's Sad Fate

                                           In the news was a story regarding a pet pig that the owner gave away to someone that responded to an ad on a well known web site. The person that "adopted" the pet pig later proceeded to hit it with an axe that stuck in the pig's back, shoot it with a small calibre rifle, and beat and punch the helpless animal in the face and head assisted by his friend. This all took place outside, witnessed by neighbors who called the police and also recorded by phone some of what transpired. One witness said the pig cried and screamed from the excruciating pain. The so called adopter(s) claimed they intended on killing the pig for meat. (Killing for food should be as quick and painless as possible).  A witness claimed the pig was tortured for no reason other than for the sadistic joy of the human handlers. If the owner of that pig had any love for her or his pet, he or she should never have put their beloved pet in that situation.
                                           Thankfully the police did the right thing and arrested the offender(s), a rare event when it comes to animal cruelty.
                                            The pig probably lived a pampered, easy life, learning to love and be comfortable around humans. The pig was unprepared for the horrible reality of falling into the hands of sadists.
                                            The pig's owner probably cared for his or her pet pig, and then found he or she could no longer care for it. The pig's owner then did what a lot of owners of pets do when they find for one reason or another they cannot keep their pet, whether it is a dog, cat, bird, pig or some other animal. Which is give their pet away hoping that it ends up in a nice home. Because the alternative for some pets, which is to be humanely euthanized, is in the eyes of many so called animal lovers the absolute worse thing that can happen to an animal. But there are fates far, far worse than humane euthanasia(an unfortunate reality but not cruelty).
                                               Real cruelty, which the entire no kill movement seems to callously ignore or minimize, is a million times and more worse than humane euthanasia. Many are the times when animals are adopted and placed into homes and situations that guarantees a life of pain and misery along with horrific deaths that no living animal should have to experience.