call me a hippy pacifist if ya will, but i think that the "associate" of Emanual's dad could use some time as a target himself. Never mind the fact that i'm a new "daddy to a pair of new kittens myself, i still think people that abandon helpless animals need some time as whittling posts for knife testing (or claw sharpening) since they're the lowest form of humanity that our despicable race has produced. may he fall face first into a ball of discarded kitty fur and sneeze/scratch his worthless hide to shreds while sneezing his lung tissue out little bits at a time.
sorry, but i'm just a helpless romantic.