Of course none of us, in our right state of mind (or just because of hunger) would ever hurt or kill our own dogs (obvi.)
but what I'm saying is.. this story is vague, translation is rough, and IT'S ENTIRELY possible (pretty likely IMO) that there is a greater mental health issue going on here.
I just have my doubts about this being a black/white cruelty case or a story about a guy being hungry after 3 days and deciding to eat his dog.
IMO it's more likely that this is an issue of a mental break of some sort. In which case, it's NOT an issue of "I would never do that" because of COURSE we wouldn't
I'm not withholding judgement because "hey who knows if I got hungry enough.."
I'm with-holding judgement because of his state upon retrieval and what his mental health was/the whole situation. There are just A LOT of factors that don't make sense.
He could be mentally ill, could've been traumatized, could've eaten some mushrooms.. point is, he wasn't exactly hunky dory when rescued (more-so than just not having been fed for a few days)
I just don't think there is enough to go on.
It's really easy for me to sit in bed and think "OH I WOULD NEVER" but hey, I've never been starving and alone and eaten crazy shrooms or had a mental breakdown.. and the brain is a brilliant scary thing so...
I'm just saying it's entirely possible this case is more grey than just black/white
It may not be, who knows.
But still, I'm not going to decide this guy is a crazy animal abuser, he kept the dog with him for months.. something is off about this story.
and his condition on retrieval is vague at best and certainly didn't indicate that he was hunky dory other than being kind of hungry.
(and WHO would leave for months and not tell anyone?)
I suspect there is much more to this when it comes to that mans mental health and the true reasons for his actions