Why

This is not a defence of her actions, they are not defencible.

But from the background, it's pretty clear she was suffering from depression, and that her crime was more one of denial and neglect than active malice. What the poster doesn't say, for example, is that she returned to feed the dog for weeks until she dislocated her knee. After that, she claimed her boyfriend fed it. That seems to have been a lie, but could be self delusion. Again - she seems more a failure than a monster to me.

Also, I never get why "fat slob" is always thrown at these people. Would her actions have been less reprehensible if she were skinny? Are other "fat slobs" somehow at fault here? That, imho, is trashy.

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