animal cruelty theme
The infliction by omission (animal neglect) or by commission by humans of suffering or harm upon any non-human animal is featured.
28 total · 4 major · 23 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| futurama2x15 | major | A band hippies had a rally outside of the Planet Express building protesting the eating of intelligent animals, popplers in particular. |
| futurama7x11 | major | Leela protested fox hunting. The story made some sort of commentary on animal cruelty by focusing on robot animal cruelty. |
| movie: Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972) | major | Apes were enslaved and brutalized by Humans. |
| novel: The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896) | major | The once eminent London physiologist Dr. Moreau had been publicly exposed for having performed cruel experiments in vivisection. He fled England in the wake of the scandal, secluding himself on a remote island. The castaway Edward Prendick was horrified to discover that Dr. Moreau was continuing with his gruesome work on the island, being especially appalled by Dr. Moreau's torturous experiments on a puma. |
| ahh3x06 | minor | Jesse slaughtered an innocent squirrel just to unnerve Stella. |
| ahp3x12 | minor | Emma considered reporting Mr. Rinditch to the police after he matter of factly admitted to having kicked her cat. |
| ahp5x35 | minor | Lady Charlotte admonished a man for whipping his horse to (in her view) the point of abuse. |
| as1985e2x16 | minor | Billy tormented the family dog with a vacuum cleaner. |
| blackmirror5x03 | minor | It was noted that regular mouse traps are cruel and the dad was seeking more humane methods of dispatch. |
| columbo1971e10x14 | minor | When Lt. Columbo noticed that one of Justin's koi tanks had too few gallons of water per fish-inch, Columbo quickly deduced that the murdered mobster Tony Galper was, almost literally, sleeping with the fishes. |