I will never understand what motivates a person to engage in animal cruelty of any kind, let alone a young kitten - on second thought, may I <i>never</i> understand such motivation. I grew up in a cat house (no, not a bordello), so this kitty captured my heart. God bless the kind soul who rescued her, took her in as his own, but had enough of a sense of dark humor to rename her "Sticky".