Some peoples reactions are a bit over the top...

I kill the one who has killed RD...

glitterthemeerkat
Senior Member

Really? You may need help, possibly medicine. How many animals are killed by autos where you live and do you go around posting "I'll kill them" as well? There lives are just as important/valuable.

I think that glitterthemeerkat is very young.

Yo

And "English" is not her native language (she is Dutch I believe) and she may not always choose the right way to say what she feels.

There is no doubt that the posters here are emotionally connected to the meerkats and therefore they have strong feelings and express them.

People often say things when they are shocked that is not what they would say when in a calmer state of mind.

Pronker

I think her passon and love for not just the Whiskers, but also Meerkats all around are what made her emotions so high, I do not like wreckless drivers, but I cannot go out and end their lives. As much as I want to go out and break some bones on some people that kill animals of all kind purposely or accidentally, I just can't do that. I have seen about 8-10 dead squirrels on the road from cars in the past month which is way more then I have seen in a entire year and I want to break some teeth on people for driving wrecklessly, but I can't. Around here, more and more people are believing that the road belongs solely to them and they can drive any way they want, the cops just let it go. I do understand where glitterthemeerkat is coming from with her emotions being so high, but she probably re-thought her opinion somewhat after she calmed down.

please don't talk about glitter that way, mkatfan. She is very young, and we are all in love with our meerkats. It really does hurt and sometimes we would like to let people know how we feel. just be careful what you say to the pups, because us pups tend to take it offensivly, especially if we cant listen to how you say what you say. also, its hard on us girls

glitter: meerkats are very small, especially when on all fours. i dont blame the driver if she ran out, he could have easily not seen. we know you were upset, and thats okay.

Thank you, ~Twiggy~

very well said, DDDD, i totally concur. some of us didn't know glitter is a youngster.

Hello everyone!

I agree that killing someone is wrong. I have no idea if running over RD was intentional, with their small size and blending color, meerkats would be very hard to spot on the road.

I also agree that some people do drive with reckless disregard for life, be it animal or human. I understand the emotions of Glitter.

When I was a teenager, a car came blasting around the corner and killed a cat right in front of me. Adults that were present told the driver that it could have been a child instead of a cat. Although he had the decency to stop after hitting the cat, it would not have been good if he had hit a child.

The authorities seem less than interested in addressing this problem.

I understand the frustration of anyone who expresses their feelings. Glitter seems to be a very kind and a person of deep thought and I just feel like she said what she did out of the utter horror of yet another life lost on a road.

I have read posts where people have hit an animal are are devistated, accidents do happen, some are simply unavoidable, things happen so fast. When it is not an accident, I share the "harsh" opinions.

Good points Philmeerkat, Dark, and NDodo! Thank you for the posts!

Take care
Flotosbea

[quote]what you say to the pups, because us pups tend to take it offensivly, especially if we cant listen to how you say what you say.[/quote]
Us mature kats have to remember that there are pups in the burrow. Good point!

They are pre-teens, and teenagers in the forum. It wouldn't be a bad idea, as adults, to watch our language, and try to be a little bit more understanding toward them.
Some of us that post every day, know a little bit about other members' age groups, where they live, about their pets, even if they have a spouse, etc. They are threads in the "Welcome To The Burrow" forum, regarding all these. Members provide all kinds of personal information during a discussion, as well.

Anger and frustration are completely normal reactions to hearing bad news about something or someone a person adores.

Thanks bichonmom and eveeryone else for enciuraging my post. like i said, so much of it revalves around the fact that we can't hear someone elses tone.

~Twiggy~

whether teens or adults, you can't excuse wrong comments. I understand the anger, it makes me mad too, but regardless of age we are all taught killing is wrong. No excuses. Its a shame that instead of encouraging positive behavior (comments) you are excusing wrong. ok maybe this person is younger but still old enough to sign on a computer, use a computer, find a forum regarding a topic they are interested in, sign up, and have an opinion. Let me say this, Glitter the meerkat, I understand your anger, it is a shame so many meerkats are lost, more than we are aware of I am afraid, I honestly don't believe anyone would do this intentionally and that is was an accident. I apologize for my comments with regards to getting help. I am glad you have a place such as this to vent your frustrations!

Good morning Mkatfan. Firstly, please allow me to say that I do not condone or excuse wrong behavior. If I thought for one second that there was any threat to someone, I would not tolerate it. There is a difference between understanding/tolerance and condoning. Reality is the defining factor. If I thought that anyone could even find the driver, I would be concerned. As small as the kats are (2 lbs.) I doubt that the person that hit RD even knew that they had hit anything with the road being dirt and full clods and rocks. No one is going to be killed, it was just an expression of pain and agony regardless of the age of the person who said it. I appreciate you expressing your feelings and I do feel that you are someone with high moral values and you are not afraid to stand up for your beliefs. Wonderful qualities, to be sure. It has been a pleasure to have met you and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Take care
Flotosbea

I can understand Glitter's gut reaction -- After last season's holocaust of death I just couldn't watch anymore. I have ALWAYS had an empathy for all creatures, great and SMALL and cannot understand how one could have been run over in the vast openess of the Kalahari! On an LA freeway, yes -- but in the virtual desolation of the desert??? Some one was not paying attention and it wasn't Rocket Dog. Death, especially of a creature who we've been LED by the producers to ascribe human emotions and actions to (anthropromorphism) has to be painfull. Personally, I would love to take the dork who ran her over and hang him up by is gonads. I have been working on a Meerkat needlework project as my way of working out the pain of loss -- I had Shakespeare, Flower, the queen of the Kalahari, the lover, Carlos and dear, sweet Mozart -- now, I get to add Rocket Dog -- don't know if I'll even watch this year ---

Another thing I'm worried about is that if none removed her body, more and more animals will come and be hit. Steve erwin told us that on one episode.

Now, no one can blame her for what she said, for your words are the overpouring of your heart. time passed and she soothed, like all of us would

~Twiggy~

Mkatfan, first of all do not single people out with a post just to critisize them. It is not nice. We are all family here and family does not try to humiliate family.

Second of all, lots of people write stuff they don't mean just to vent. For instance, I have said many a time that I was going to kill a person because they were being highly annoying or mean. Of course I did not mean it. I was simply venting my anger so that I would not end up actually slugging someone. I'm sure you have exaggerated something, sometime during your life because you were feeling emotional.

Attila

Mkatfan

We don't excuse wrong comments. I don't think that glitter meant what she said literally. She was just very upset.

Hi grandkatma, nice to meet you. At first, I felt like you about RD being run over...in the middle of nowhere?!? But there have been a couple of posts, one showing one of the kats standing up in the middle of the road and another showing that a farm road runs right through the area and unfortunately the Whiskers territory spans across the road. It is a dirt road, it appears fairly well kept, but there are dirt clods and small rocks which would be making noise and popping up as they were driven over. It is a sad thing about little RD and your word "holocaust" is most fitting for S3. I bet that your needlework is beautiful, what a lovely way to honor the little kats.

Take care!
Flotosbea

i think it isnt that bad if she said that, i mean we all say things we dont mean when we are shocked and stuff, (as pronker said), thats why i dont get on this site when im mad lol
but we pretty much know she doesnt mean it.

ps- the pic of the meerkat in the road is Rhian/Nikita!

bye Yall!

-NC1-

I'm sorry, but I don't see room for "language barrier" problem here. Even if "hurt" was meant instead of "kill", it's still unacceptable. As far as age goes....I understood from a very early age that killing/hurting or threatening to kill/hurt someone was very, very wrong. And whether the comments were meant to be taken literally or not, is beside the point. Threatening to hurt someone (even if joking about it) is unacceptable and should not be tolerated....PERIOD!!

What's even more shocking to me are the adults here that are willing to dismiss this as a child who's native language isn't English and who is acting out because she is upset.

I think the best thing to do is to think about what you are saying and then read it back.It should be something that you would want said to you or about you. Saying mean or unkind or offensive things to others or about others should not be tolerated. The world is full of killings and murders and I want to come on here and read about Meerkats. Stick to the point of the subject and leave the hurtful feelings aside.

We are coming upon a truly remarkable time when Flower will be shown as a movie on AP. What a wonderful thing to occur. Let's focus on this.

I will miss RD very much and I cry many many times during the day just thinking of what happened to her. We cannot bring her back, but we can celebrate her short and wonderful time she was here with us.

RIP Rocket Dog-You are your mother's daughter and did your very best. We are proud of you...

Flower we miss you and cannot wait to see you on Sunday as a pup and blooming into the beautiful Flower that you are!

Janelle

While I agree that it was horrible to lose RD even before we really got to know her it is really not nice to threaten to kill people. I know that I sometimes tell my husband that I'm going to kill him when he plays jokes on me.

I think Glitter was just really sad and over-emotional. She is really vert sweet.

BTW, I will not be killing my sweetie now or in the future.

sorry I meant very. It's that v in the corner watching me. I want to kill it.

Hello all!

Thanks -NC1-, I am horrible with names.

Hi geniebelle, I always enjoy your posts! I have pretty much said that I do not condone inappropriate behavior, but I try to just stay on an even keel and if the "threat" was just venting, I am willing to see that at times my behavior may not be the best. I understand Glitter and I understand you! We will agree to disagree on many topics and I appreciate your respect, you have mine!

And c9691, always the calming voice of reason!!! Where's ZTM when we need him? We must talk meerkats, we must talk meerkats. Seriously, lovely words about RD and Flower! {{{smiles}}}

toribook95, Glitter is very sweet. And take your hands off your sweetie!!! I'm going to get tailbit for this, but you have me cracking up! I thought I was the only one that noticed that "V" watching me.

Everyone have a nice evening!
Flotosbea

its really hard when you lose a pet or a family member or friends. people say things they dont mean some people take things a little harder than others. i dont think RD was hit by a car on purpuse if they were driving a truck they sit higher then a car does and with her being small they might have not seen her. she will be missed by all.

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Hi, all. I think we're all getting a bit antsy while we're waiting for the 25th! I'll be at my Sister's to help celebrate her birthday, but I'll be sure to be home by 8:00 o'clock to watch our beloved Flower. Does anyone know if the movie DVD will include the program that follows the movie? I'm sure it will all be repeated several times, but I still want the DVD, including all the information I can get about our 'kats! BTW, RocketDog was killed on my birthday, I hated that. I remember reading that three 'kats got killed at once on that road a couple years ago and that the territories of some of the groups are on both sides of the road, so I'm surprised that we haven't heard of many more road killings.
Sitting on pins and needles till the 25th, MaryJane

[quote]It's that v in the corner watching me. I want to kill it.[/quote]

LOL! toribooks95. If you've never read the thread on the "v" it's a must. We've determined that the "v" is uncle Youssy looking down at us. He always reminds us to wear our tin foil hats so no will "kill" us. haha