Let's see how many hot buttons you can hit...

[orlacarey]

Today one of my facebook friends posted a youtube video of entitled: Squirrel, Child, Greyhound....Unnexpected. I admit I clicked on it thinking there was a chance that I'd get to see a greyhound chase prey - something that while maybe not pleasant I have a curiosity about since I've never seen the greyhounds run like that. Instead (for those who

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[isabelladangelo]

Small child playing with a dead animal is disturbing enough but that the child is in her underwear on the internet? ...I wish to say I was shocked at such stupidity of the parents, but I'm not.

[lady_guenievre]

I agree with pretty much all your points - with one minor quibble (and this may have been in the video, but since you gave a good description I didn't click through) the existence of the dead squirrel doesn't mean the hounds were unfenced. I've been about 3 inches from having to take a dead squirrel away from one of my Hounds - my (fenced) yard is infested by Very Stupid Squirrels, and the hounds go 0-60 in like 30 feet...

[orlacarey]

Normally I'd agree with you...if the unleashed dog wasn't visible in the clip. I don't know that the dog was unleashed when he/she caught the squirrel but at one point they call the dog out onto the front lawn.

[lady_guenievre]

Oh, well, in that case they're just stupid sighthound owners, case closed. :)

[luscious_purple]

I'm not going to look at the video, but you won't get any quibble from me about your points well taken.