Happy ending for Milo (hopefully), but another horrific example of how we're failing so terribly in this country when it comes to animal welfare, and the devastating consequences of leniency on youth crime.

How can the Irish government think this is OK?

Translation below:

*Milo could have died that day. He was only a few weeks old when a gang of youths in Ireland started kicking him around like a football, for fun.

He was too small to defend himself, and tried to show that he was defenseless by making himself small. The cries of pain when the kicks hit him showed he was a living being. A brave woman who witnessed it put a stop to the abuse, and he was welcomed by our partner, @limerickanimalwelfare.

Milo has been recovering in a dedicated foster home. Soon he will be on our home page, ready for his story to have a happy ending*

by Anxious_Deer_7152

17 comments

  3. Why did I have to read this it’s made me so angry 😭

  4. This made me feel sick.
    The cunts that kicked that dog won’t stop at puppies. They will graduate to humans.

  6. Is it true that it’s common for Irish dogs to be adopted in places like Sweden and that we have a bad name in Europe when it comes to dog welfare?

  7. Due to reddits, how shall I say, censorship policy. I certainly wouldn’t advocate for the cops to start beating the living shit out of these “people”. That would be awful. Imagine them getting beaten with a few oranges in a sock. Awful stuff altogether. Or Imagine them getting beaten with an old yellow pages that’s laying around. Terrible. I can’t advocate for that at all.

  9. Shocking, but given this is not the first time that Limerick Animal Welfare (LAW) has posted on Facebook about a dog being “kicked around like a football” by youths.

    If this kind of cruelty is actually happening, it would suggest a major, ongoing animal welfare crisis in Limerick. But where are the statements to Gardaí? Where are the witnesses? Where is the proof?

    Animal cruelty is a serious issue, and it happens across Ireland. Yet somehow, these extremely specific and dramatic stories (involving unnamed “youths” and puppies “kicked like footballs”) seem to come only from Limerick Animal Welfare. Why?

    Here is two examples, four years apart, with nearly identical language:

    2025:

    >“Members of the public were left deeply sickened as Limerick Animal Welfare (LAW) shared the story of a tiny puppy that was rescued from youths ‘kicking him around like a football.’”

    https://www.independent.ie/regionals/limerick/news/puppy-rescued-by-limerick-animal-welfare-after-being-kicked-around-like-a-football-by-youths/a744842529.html

    2021:

    >“An animal welfare charity intervened after reports of a young puppy being ‘kicked around like a football’ in the Mayorstone area of Limerick city.”

    https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-40705970.html

  10. Every time I open this app I’m seeing more and more Irish youths being such little bastards.

  11. It takes some awful level of ignorance for not one, but a group of lads to abuse a dog, of all things. I grew up with dogs as probably the best thing you could ever have. The thought of torturing one would simply never occur. These kids don’t need some kond of soft approach counseling. They are as low as it gets and will grow up to be absolute shite. I hope the local community repays them ten fold.

  12. I can’t post what I would have done to those scrotes if I’d seen that happen. Look at his wee face. Pure evil bastards I wish them every misfortune in life. Even worse than having to live in Limerick.

  14. The fact they can do this to an innocent animal means they are capable of much worse. I’m sick of these ‘youths’ getting away with everything.

  15. But of course those youths wouldn’t like being kicked around by adults huh?

    Anyone who behaves like that needs something to fear.

  17. Fiancee has worked in vets her entire adult life, this is a daily occurrence. Constantly abused and abandoned animals are being brought in.

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