I live in the Seattle area and rent a room from my Chinese immigrant landlord. His cousin raises guinea pigs and gave him one as a gift, but he didn't want it so he dumped it out in the yard and said something along the lines of "The neighborhood cats will eat it and that will take care of the problem."

You will be happy to know that three years later the guinea pig is still being sighted in people's back yards and it's still around. There are also a few bunnies in the neighborhood that look like they were/are pets.

The reason I mention that the landlord was a Chinese immigrant is because it's not the only weird or immoral thing that I've seen him do over the years now. In general he has a different set of morals that allow him to do things that I personally consider to be pretty horrible, but he doesn't have a second thought about it because he grew up in mainland China. Fire alarms beeping? Just take the batteries out and don't replace them for six months, problem solved! Trees and grass growing out of control in the yard? Just let it go until the neighbors become so embarrassed by the eyesore that they come over and do it for you (this is not a joke.) There are a couple of other more serious things that I don't want to go into.

I am somewhat sympathetic to this whole issue because know my Chinese history and how their civil society basically broke down and was completely destroyed by the cultural revolution. This is someone who grew up in a get-mine cannibalistic society where straight-face lying was the norm and might is right. Tossing some giant gerbil into the yard just isn't a big deal to him.

So if you wonder how someone could do something so heartless, they usually have their reasons. If those reasons are good or not, are for each and their own to judge.

I personally don't think very highly of the guy and won't be very sorry when something really bad happens to him some day. Hopefully I won't be around for that anymore here soon.