It w?s ? ??i?t ??t??n??n, ?n? I w?s ??ivin? ??wn ?n ?m?t? ???? w??n s????nl?, I ????? t?? s??n? ?? ????i?s c??in?. At ?i?st, I t?????t it w?s j?st m? im??in?ti?n, ??t t?? s??n? ???w l????? ?n? m??? ???sist?nt ?s I c?ntin??? ??wn t?? ????.

As ? c?m??ssi?n?t? ?nim?l l?v??, I ??ci??? t? st?? ?n? inv?sti??t?, ??llin? ?v?? t? t?? si?? ?? t?? ????. As I ??????c??? ? n????? ?ll??w??, t?? c?i?s ???w l?????, ?n? I ???liz?? t??t t??? w??? c?min? ???m ? sm?ll c???????? ??x l?in? in ? c??n??.

As I l??k?? insi??, m? ????t s?nk ?t t?? si??t ?? six littl? ????i?s, n? m??? t??n ? w??k ?l?, c??in? ?itt??l?. T??? w??? ?ll ????l?? t???t???, s?iv??in? ?n? ??n???, wit? n? ?n? t? c??? ??? t??m. S?m??n? ??? ???n??n?? t??m t????, wit? n? ???? ?? w?t??, ?n? t??? w??l? ??v? s???l? ?i?? wit???t ?????? c???.

Wit???t ? s?c?n? t?????t, I ?ick?? ?? t?? ??x ?n? ??t it in m? c??. I ???v? st??i??t t? t?? n????st ?nim?l s??lt??, w???? t?? st??? imm??i?t?l? t??k t?? ????i?s ?n? ????n c??in? ??? t??m. T?? ????i?s w??? in ???? c?n?iti?n w??n t??? ???iv?? ?t t?? s??lt??, ??t wit? t?? l?v? ?n? ?tt?nti?n ?? t?? st???, t??? sl?wl? ????n t? t??iv?.

T?? st??? ??? ?n? cl??n?? t?? ????i?s, ?n? ??v? t??m t?? w??mt? ?n? c?m???t t??? s? ??s????t?l? n?????. T?? ????i?s w??? ?ls? ?iv?n m??ic?l ?tt?nti?n ?n? v?ccin?s t? ?ns??? t??i? ???lt? ?n? w?ll-??in?. T??s? littl? c???t???s w??? s? inn?c?nt ?n? ??l?l?ss, ??t t??? w??? n?w in ???? ??n?s.

T?? ????i?s ??v? sinc? ???n ????t?? ?? l?vin? ??mili?s, w?? ???vi?? t??m wit? t?? c??? ?n? ?tt?nti?n t??? n???. T??? ??? ???win? ?? ????? ?n? ???lt??, t??nks t? t?? c?m??ssi?n ?? t??s? w?? ??sc??? t??m ?n? t?? c??? ?? t?? ?nim?l s??lt?? st???.

T?is inci??nt is ? ??min??? t??t ?nim?l ???n??nm?nt is ? s??i??s iss??, ?n? t??t t???? ??? still ?nim?ls ??t t???? w?? n??? ??? ??l?. W? s???l? ?ll ?? vi?il?nt ?n? ?????t ?n? c?s?s ?? ?nim?l ???s? ?? n??l?ct t??t w? c?m? ?c??ss. It is ?nl? t?????? c?ll?ctiv? ?cti?n ?n? c?m??ssi?n t??t w? c?n ?ns??? ? ??tt?? ??t??? ??? ?nim?ls.

In c?ncl?si?n, t?? st??? ?? t?? ???n??n?? ????i?s ???n? in ? ??x is ??t? ????t-w??nc?in? ?n? ????tw??min?. W?il? it is ? t?????? t??t t??s? inn?c?nt c???t???s w??? ???n??n?? ?n? l??t t? ?i?, it is ?ls? ? t?st?m?nt t? t?? c?m??ssi?n ?n? kin?n?ss ?? t??s? w?? ??sc??? t??m ?n? c???? ??? t??m. W? m?st ?ll ?? ??? ???t t? ?ns??? t??t ?nim?ls ??? t???t?? wit? t?? l?v? ?n? ??s??ct t??? ??s??v?, ?n? t??t n? ?nim?l is ?v?? l??t t? s????? ?l?n?.