I'm honestly curious to see the responses after reading the thread about the fire, baby, and cat. My response to all of that was that emotions were high, there has been miscommunication, and all parties are hurt. I'm not calling anyone crazy or immoral. ANYWAYS from some of the responses, I thought we may get some interesting responses here... Please no name calling I don't want the thread shut down and I don't want fights. I just am curious to see the reasoning. I'm not going to say my answer :)
If you could ONLY save one from a burning fire and that the others would probably be lost because you wouldn't have the time to safely go back and save another would you choose to save:
Your furbaby (cat or dog or other creature) that you would feel lost without
or
Your friend's infant
I can honestly say that I would save a stranger's infant over a pet- I think anything else would be unconscionable.
Ugh, that's such a hard question to answer. In the end I would save my friends kid but it would probably be one of the hardest things I would have to do. My dogs are my babies.
LOL. This thread may get just as heated.
I'd choose to save my friend's infant, without question. Regardless of how precious that animal may be, it's still an an animal and not a human being.
Hopefully I never have to make this decision! Leaving my fur baby to die horribly in a fire makes me want to cry!!! I just.....can't imagine it....no!!!! :(
I voted for the infant.....I can't really explain why. They are both equally important to me, but I wouldn't want my friend to be that hurt when I could have prevented it....
@les105: Agreed. I'll add my vote to I'd save even a stranger's infant over a pet.
My friends baby but man I would be devastated about my dog (and wonder why the f my friend wasn't saving her own baby)
@Sunfire: yea probably.. i mean for some people this is a REALLY hard question, others not so much... but I just wanted some insight to the responses I saw on that thread. It was getting all muddled with different views of the question asked... and the poor OP isn't getting any good advice
I am a huge animal lover who spoils my dogs and has approximately 10,000 favorited youtube videos of puppies (and none of babies). I would still save any human being over any animal. It's like...not even a question.
GAHH I can't even answer so let's just say I hope I'm never in this situation because I would probably teter between both and burn up myself in the process.
Although I will say, my co-workers BFF's house burned down a few years back, she thought her cat had been lost and months later when they were re-building kitty walked out of the woods nearby and resumed his spot in their home.
Cats can help themselves more than an infant, let's put it that way.
Here is MY take, because this is a really tough question...so I will answer based upon my position situationally.
If it were just me, my friends infant and my dog in the house, that means I am babysitting her child. That also means I have taken full responsibility for the care and well-being of her infant, as if it were my own. In that case, I would absolutely do everything in my power to protect her child. Obviously, I have two arms - so ideally, I would have dog in one, and baby in the other, but that is not what you are asking :)
In regards to the post asking the question where the poster answered her cat, the question was 'who in the room would you save?!'. Under that circumstance, I would absolutely take my innocent dog, or try too, because the parent is also there, and therefore would most likely have her baby before any other. Again, not what you are asking :) BUT, I felt the need to share my answer from both sides of the situation!!
No. Are we really doing this thread? After going on 6 pages of internet yelling?
...but I voted anyway...
PS I'm not saying that the loss of either of those is easy. That's why I made it a poll so noone really has to defend their answer... It's a terrible situation in general and THANK GOODNESS it's jjust a game.
An infant, hands down. I love animals, but a human life takes precedence, in my book. I don't care if it's my best friends baby, or the spawn of my worst enemy. Baby, without a doubt.
My friend's infant for sure. I'd save any child over my pet, I just would. I'd feel terrible about it, but I couldn't save my pet over a child.
I chose friend's baby but if my Ricky Kitty was still around, it would be nearly impossible to leave him (he died at 19)
I... Just...
I don't know. There are too many factors to take into consideration.
Is it just me, my cat and my friend's baby in the house? In that scenario I would chose my friend's baby.
Are there other adults in the house? Is it just myself and my husband and baby? If so, I would like to think one of us would take the baby and the other would attempt to save the cat. Is my friend in the home with me? If so, I would most likely save my cat and would hope that my friend would be trying to save her own child.
honestly chances are I love my dog/ cat WAYYYYYY more than your kid. So I save MY love, not your love.
Honestly, both. I would grab both as fast as I could. I would risk my life for anyone that was close to me, including pets.
I would definitely grab the baby and get the baby safely outside. No question. But then, even if it wasn't "safe" to do so, I would go back for my pet. I couldn't live with myself if I didn't at least try.
In reality, my pet is usually sitting on or next to me at all times, so chances are I could just grab both at the same time.
@les105: 100% agreed. I'd save any baby over the pet. I could never live with myself if I left a helpless infant to burn to death over an animal. I love animals too, but even if it were my favorite childhood pet, it wouldn't be a question.
@Sunfire: Agreed.
If it were in my hands and I was the only person who could save them - I'd save the infant baby anyday. No matter whose it was.
If it's the choice between any animal (even my beloved kitty) and the child of someone I maybe even hate or don't know, I will choose the human being every time. I wonder, though, if there would be legal reprecussions if you actively chose the cat and left the child in the burning house.
@missrobots: +1 all or nothing. My babies are as small as infants and I would shove them both into my hoodie, zip them in, grab the baby and run.
I will not answer because I refuse to accept that there would be a situation in which I could not get back in for my cat. However, I would save the baby first. Then I would go back in for my cat, regardless of safety to myself.
I would choose any human life over a pet/animal. I would be devestated if my pet/animal were killed by a fire but allowing another human to perish so I can save my pet is unthinkable to me.
@CaliHoya: I actually wondered if anything legal could come into play as well - like a wrongful death suit or negligent homicide?
@artichokey: +1 I hope this would be the case :) I can't imagine not having my Sookie or Tucker.
Actually, I am going to weigh in.
Assuming there was a fire or other disaster, and I was the only one capable, and I could only grab one, I would save any child.
I adore my dog. He's an amazing dog, he has supported and understood me in his dog way so much. I would be miserable if he died and I could have prevented it, and it would haunt me. However, I do value human life over animal life. I would save any child that couldn't save themselves over any animal.
Most people outlive several pets in their lifetime. A particular pet isn't "replaceable". You never get another pet that's exactly like one you had and loved. But you go in knowing there's an expiration date.
Parents aren't supposed to outlive their children. I don't have kids and haven't experienced that bond. However, I have seen the awful, life-altering, unimaginable pain when it has happened to my loved ones.
Based on the above explanation of my beliefs, at risk of getting flamed for this, I think the attitude of "I will chose what's important to me, not you" is selfish.
I love my dogs and luckily for this seniero they are outside dogs so a house fire wouldn’t really affect them. But hands down I would do everything in my power to save my friends or any child and then run as fast as I could to open my gate or break down my fence for my dogs.
Again I love my dogs and all animals but realistically we all know they are not going to be around forever and they have a relatively short life expectance compared to an infant who has their entire life ahead of them.
My friend's baby. But I would go back in for the cat, if I couldn't grab it ALSO on the way out, no question.
And I agree with PP that this answer applies if i'm babysitting, or if the child's parent is injured/unable to grab her own baby. If we're both there, and we're BOTH grabbing things, i would grab my cat, and she could grab her baby.
I just can't vote. I couldn't live with myself for choosing my "furbaby" over a real baby or vice versa. Sorry, I guess this makes me a terrible person.
@risingsun: Love this response! I think this is the explanation I was looking for, but just couldn't express it.
As much as I love my pet, it is still JUST a pet and there is no way I could ever put their life above that of another human, even if it was a human I didn't know.
I would attempt to save both my pet and the baby, because I don't want a human life to be taken because of something I could have done but didn't, but I also don't want to abandon my pet, something I love so much, just because she is a not a human. Depending on the size of the pet, it would be feasible to pick both of them up to be saved.
However, if I could only pick one...I would probably pick the child, for no other reason than the loss of a child is more devastating than the loss of a pet, regardless of how much I love her. The loss of a child is the single-most devastating loss a person could face, followed by the loss of a spouse, same-aged friend, parents, and siblings. I could never willingly put a friend through that kind of devastation. I have seen that kind of loss first-hand, and the utter grief felt by the parents is unimaginable -- I have never heard such screams, and have never seen such pain.
However, my pet is like my child -- I love her so very much, more than I can explain -- and I would never be able to live with myself after having to make that choice.
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