RIP Baby Alan Rabbit

[AeolianHarp]

He was an animal that was eaten by another creature. Like it or not, this is in the nature of animals.

That DJ had no need of killing and eating Alan, who was so tiny that he had little meat on him. The DJ was not starving, had no need to kill Alan- it was all for his own sick attention to get more ratings on his radio station.

If he had lived longer, would it have made any difference? Would he have grown in wisdom and understanding? Would he have ever understood abstract concepts, reasoned from one to another, and made good choices? Would he have ever created art? No. The rabbit was all he was ever going to be.

What has that got to do with anything? And humans are not all that- we brutally kill each other for silly religious differences, and all other spurious reasons. Hardly wise. I'd take Alan's innocent nature over that. Rabbits don't create art, true, but that doesn't make them lesser beings. Some other animals do create art such as apes and elephants ( paintings). But we don't need to judge other beings by comparing them to humanity. Humanity has a lot to learn. To live in peace with each other would be a start.

And it is only our emotional attachment to him, which can go beyond what is reasonable, that makes it into a tragedy. Certainly no other rabbit cares about this, feels any sadness at it, or even understands it.

Rabbits are mammals- they have emotions, they are not robots. They have friends and love each other. They are social beings and suffer from loneliness when stuck in a tiny hutch alone.

If they had adopted plant-based diets, would we be discussing this right now? I doubt it - no one would have bothered to write an article about it. So one way or the other, they did get our attention.

Not so, many people adopt plant based diets and do positive things for our animal brothers and sisters which get attention.

And I'm not sure their purpose was to accomplish something with regard to the stock animals living in bad conditions, but rather to draw attention to the hypocrisy of some groups who claim to love animals but do not care about the situation.

Alan's death was not worth pointing out hypocrisy.

[Chris]

Alan was not an "it"- he was a tiny little baby who was beaten to death! Careful instructions my ar*se. He would have hardly any "meat" on him.

He was an animal that was eaten by another creature. Like it or not, this is in the nature of animals.

He had hardly lived. It was a despicable act. And if any DJ had done this in my island he would have been arrested and charged with animal cruelty.

If he had lived longer, would it have made any difference? Would he have grown in wisdom and understanding? Would he have ever understood abstract concepts, reasoned from one to another, and made good choices? Would he have ever created art? No. The rabbit was all he was ever going to be. And it is only our emotional attachment to him, which can go beyond what is reasonable, that makes it into a tragedy. Certainly no other rabbit cares about this, feels any sadness at it, or even understands it.

To murder a tiny baby like that does not bring to attention in a compassionate and positive way how other animals are suffering in abbatoirs. The best way to do this is to adopt a plant based diet. Plenty of people do care about how animals are cruelly treated- those who do, do not beat a baby animal to death.

If they had adopted plant-based diets, would we be discussing this right now? I doubt it - no one would have bothered to write an article about it. So one way or the other, they did get our attention.

And I'm not sure their purpose was to accomplish something with regard to the stock animals living in bad conditions, but rather to draw attention to the hypocrisy of some groups who claim to love animals but do not care about the situation.

[AeolianHarp]

Still, I don't think these DJs really did anything wrong. They killed a rabbit. They didn't waste it - they ate it. And according to that article, they killed it according to careful instructions from an expert from a Danish zoo.

Alan was not an "it"- he was a tiny little baby who was beaten to death! Careful instructions my ar*se. He would have hardly any "meat" on him. He had hardly lived. It was a despicable act. And if any DJ had done this in my island he would have been arrested and charged with animal cruelty.

And it seems the point of all this was to bring attention to the fact that animals there that are actually raised to be food are treated quite badly. And while everyone gets upset over cute, visible animals being mistreated (even when they are not really being mistreated), no one cares about the animals who are actually being kept in terrible conditions.

To murder a tiny baby like that does not bring to attention in a compassionate and positive way how other animals are suffering in abbatoirs. The best way to do this is to adopt a plant based diet. Plenty of people do care about how animals are cruelly treated- those who do, do not beat a baby animal to death.

[Chris]

While I was enjoying kidding you in the other thread, AeolianHarp, I actually am quite fond of rabbits.

Still, I don't think these DJs really did anything wrong. They killed a rabbit. They didn't waste it - they ate it. And according to that article, they killed it according to careful instructions from an expert from a Danish zoo.

And it seems the point of all this was to bring attention to the fact that animals there that are actually raised to be food are treated quite badly. And while everyone gets upset over cute, visible animals being mistreated (even when they are not really being mistreated), no one cares about the animals who are actually being kept in terrible conditions.

[AeolianHarp]

Here in Utah that DJ would have been arrested; I believe that is a felony here.

Same here Sorrano. We have animal cruelty laws in Britain. He'd have been arrested and the RSPCA called. Poor little Alan Rabbit- he was a beautiful innocent little baby. That DJ is a wicked coward- perhaps he ought to re try his experiment with an adult crocodile.

[Sorrano]

Here in Utah that DJ would have been arrested; I believe that is a felony here.

[AeolianHarp]

Radio hosts spark outrage for killing baby rabbit with a bicycle pump live on air.

Two Danish radio hosts killed a young rabbit with a bicycle pump live on air, sparking hundreds of complaints for what they said was a bid to highlight the “hypocrisy” of animal welfare campaigners.

Radio24syv presenters Asger Juhl and Kristoffer Eriksen ate the nine-week-old bunny, nicknamed Allan, after clubbing it to death with the pump during their show.

More than 1,500 people have now joined a Facebook group demanding a boycott of the station.

http://www.itv.com/news/2015-05-26/r...p-live-on-air/

Sign the petition to get the cruel DJ off the air!

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/599/4...-bicycle-pump/