Bunny Wants Your Money

A few months back I saw the SAFE poster with the little tear-off tabs, asking for volunteers to help with the annual appeal. SAFE is an organisation which seeks to be a voice for animals in New Zealand. As they can't speak for themselves, it is only right that someone should. Being strongly opposed to animal abuse myself (after watching a video here), I tore off one of the little tear-off tabs and got in touch with the team at SAFE to let them know I was keen to help out.

Arrived at the SAFE headquarters at 10am where they kitted me out with a bunny suit, and where I was loathe to part with my cellphone and wallet, as there are no pockets on a bunny suit. Bunnies as you may know, are not marsupial. Together with a female leopard, I walked from the SAFE office to our possie on what is basically the busiest intersection in Christchurch - returning passer-bys' incredulous stares or giggles with looks of placid contentment and self-confirmation. Of course the floppy ears weren't helping much, one was standing up nicely but the other one kept falling over, resulting in the appearance of a rather large, dejected-looking bunny.

The cow across the intersection from me who was suffering from an identity crisis informed me of the time when I asked him (12:45pm), and also that he didn't know exactly which animal he was. His sister, a canary sympathised with me as I related to her the incident where an extroverted, middle-aged female had grasped my tail and commented, "aw, what a cute little tail the bunny has". I did not share her sentiments, and looked at her blankly while she laughed awkwardly with her friend.

A photo-blogger stopped and asked for a photo, and in return I asked her to email me it. There's another one on her blog...

Standing within view of McDonalds, KFC and Burger King, and having skipped breakfast, after 3 hours I caved in, and together with the canary and the cow-who-didn't-know-what-he-was, I walked back to the office for debriefing. After getting back into civvies and a glass of something fairly warm and organic, it was all about making a bee-line for Burger King. Anyway, in all seriousness, animal abuse is a terrible blight on our society, and we have a duty to speak out against it. It is impossible for you to care about it unless you know what it is, so I encourage you to look into it yourself.

It's a Dog's Life

WARNING: This post describes scenes of torture in detail and includes a graphic photo.

Diesel (Jack Russell) who was tortured to death

The Otago Daily Times reports of a horrific animal-abuse case committed in Dunedin which has earned the perpetrator the harshest sentence in NZ history for abuse towards animals...

Jeffrey Hurring (19) was yesterday sentenced in the Dunedin District Court to a year in prison. He killed the 18-month-old dog by strangling it, pouring petrol down its throat and then hitting it over the head with a shovel.

Hurring's actions were uttlerly deplorable and have been rightly condemned. But where's the outcry over unborn babies being tortured to death everyday in New Zealand? Below is a description of a Dilation and Extraction abortion which are used on babies between 13 and 18 weeks.

The cervix is dialated and the unborn child is dismembered with plier-like forceps. Force is needed to pull the baby apart. The instrument is used to seize a leg or other part of the body and then, with a twisting motion, tear it from the baby's body. The teeth of the forceps twist and tear the bones of the unborn child. The baby's spine is snapped and the skull crushed. After the baby parts are removed, they are reassembled outside the womb to be sure all are removed. - www.prolife.com

Victim of a Saline abortion (19 weeks)

After 16 weeks, the Saline Injection method is often used:

A long needle injects a strong salt solution through the mother's abdomen into the baby's sac. The baby swallows this fluid and is poisoned by it. It also acts as a corrosive, burning off the outer layer of skin. It normally takes somewhat over an hour for the baby to die from this. Within 24 hours, labor will usually set in and the mother will give birth to a dead or dying baby. (There have been many cases of these babies being born alive. They are usually left unattended to die. However, a few have survived and later been adopted.) - www.lifesitenews.com

Click here to read the story of Gianna Jessen who survived one of these abortions and now tours the World exposing the truth of what abortion really is, and what it does to helpless unborn babies. We must all speak up for innocent creatures who are being exploited and abused, whether they be feisty Jack Russells, or pre-born babies.