Halloween is a time when many of us like to dress up, gorge ourselves on sweet candy, and attend parties dressed up as outrageous characters who can then act like outrageous assholes and deflect the blame by announcing that "the Breast Inspector’s going to do what the Breast Inspector’s going to do". But for some, Halloween is a time of year where people can torture their pets in a socially acceptable way.

While not exactly nailing your dog to a tree or tossing a burlap sack bursting with kittens into the river, this isn’t too far from it.

Okay, dressing your dog as Yoda has goone too far.  This owner should be shot.

Dracula Dog?

And there you have it, a wide variety of horribly embarrassing pet costumes. I’d have included some pictures of pets other than cats and dogs, but it seems there’s not much of a market for costumes for your ferret, sea monkeys, or red-bellied chinchilla. I guess there’s not much good in putting a costume on a pet that doesn’t leave the house. Although come to think of it, there’s not much good that comes from dressing up ANY pets. No, no good. Only evil. Pure, black as pitch, carrying a gun to school, letting the terrorists win EVIL.