Came across a clip on YouTube. A small kitten had somehow managed to get inside a goldfish bowl and couldn't get out. Its mother tried to extricate it and eventually did so, tipping the bowl on its side and the little one was able to escape.
Then I started thinking. The clip was 1:46 long. Why did the person wielding the camera simply film what was happening instead of helping in what was clearly a distressing situation to mother and kitten? And why did I initially find it amusing instead of condemning such callousness?
I hate these type of animal in distress videos. I made the mistake of watching one about a poor dog, and I'm bombarded with them every time I go on YouTube now. They are so distressing I try to stay away from the site now, but I did have a habit of visiting in the evening if there's nothing on telly.
me too - one clip which I most certainly did NOT watch, apparently showed a dog being put to sleep. Actually, I am a bit ashamed of myself for originally finding the kitten in the goldfish bowl amusing
Mike
Quote from: Raven on October 17, 2022, 06:44:49 AMI hate these type of animal in distress videos. I made the mistake of watching one about a poor dog, and I'm bombarded with them every time I go on YouTube now. They are so distressing I try to stay away from the site now, but I did have a habit of visiting in the evening if there's nothing on telly.
Clearing your YouTube history & searches should stop you from getting them.
When I cleared my history & searches it stopped all the videos about young Russian women.
I quite like the videos where an animal is rescued from a predicament, one in particular where a young elephant was rescued, with the help of a JCB, after falling into a hole.
All the family of adult elephants stood watching & just let the humans get on with the rescue.
Phil - I didn't realise that was possible - how to achieve it, please?
You just type young russian women in the search bar :grin:
Quote from: klondike on October 17, 2022, 09:07:14 AMYou just type young russian women in the search bar :grin:
Lol. I only typed it the once. :upvote:
October 17, 2022, 09:16:40 AMQuote from: Michael Rolls on October 17, 2022, 09:06:04 AMPhil - I didn't realise that was possible - how to achieve it, please?
You have to be signed in to your YouTube account. There are three horizontal lines at the top left of the home screen which is the menu link, you click on that & then on history.
You can also disable cookies which should prevent YouTube remembering what you've watched.
https://bit.ly/3SmtN4l
ah, don't have an account - is it worthwhile?
You have a gmail account. If you were signed into that then Youtube will be using it.
Quote from: Diasi on October 17, 2022, 09:04:50 AMI quite like the videos where an animal is rescued from a predicament, one in particular where a young elephant was rescued, with the help of a JCB, after falling into a hole.
All the family of adult elephants stood watching & just let the humans get on with the rescue.
Oh I don't mind those type, :smiley: it's the ones where the dog (usually) has been abused, dumped, in pain ect ect, by it's horrible previous owners. It breaks my heart. :cry:
I used to help at the Old English Sheepdog Rescue for Scotland and I saw some of the awful things that can/do happen sometimes. :cry:
Quote from: Raven on October 17, 2022, 11:39:26 AMOh I don't mind those type, :smiley: it's the ones where the dog (usually) has been abused, dumped, in pain ect ect, by it's horrible previous owners. It breaks my heart. :cry:
I used to help at the Old English Sheepdog Rescue for Scotland and I saw some of the awful things that can/do happen sometimes. :cry:
I quite like seeing how the animals are rehabilitated & rehomed.
I get regular such stories from the Dogs Trust.
they are one of my remaining Charites - they do great work. Never forget one of their e-mails a couple of Christmases ago. To celebrate the festivities, some swine, at the dead of night, drove to one of their centres and hurled an unwanted dog ( from memory, it may have been a Boxer, but not sure) over their fence to be discovered the next morning. Thankfully, they were able to nurse him back to health, but what sort of person could do such a thing? Another one that I would love to introduce to a hungry tiger or the like
I think some of these "rescue" clips, particularly from China and Far East in general are fixed, a set up.
Quote from: Michael Rolls on October 17, 2022, 12:46:01 PMthey are one of my remaining Charites - they do great work. Never forget one of their e-mails a couple of Christmases ago. To celebrate the festivities, some swine, at the dead of night, drove to one of their centres and hurled an unwanted dog ( from memory, it may have been a Boxer, but not sure) over their fence to be discovered the next morning. Thankfully, they were able to nurse him back to health, but what sort of person could do such a thing? Another one that I would love to introduce to a hungry tiger or the like
The sort who appeared on the Jeremy Kyle Show.