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September 1, 2010 at 5:19 am #2365
Phidippides
KeymasterI say it's a fake. When I watched the video, it looked like at least some of the splashes in the river were simply too far away compared to how fast her arm was moving. Besides, it was released suspiciously close to the video of the woman putting the cat in the trash can.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/31/girl-sparks-animal-activi_n_701011.html
September 1, 2010 at 8:05 am #22186scout1067
ParticipantI would imagine it is a fake. Only the first couple of puppies make any sound and they mysteriously leave the frame before she throws them. It is probably just as fake as the video of the soldier in Afghanistan throwing a puppy off a cliff that surfaced last year. Gets a good rise out of people though doesn't it?
September 5, 2010 at 8:17 am #22187scout1067
ParticipantAccording to this news article the video is real. Police track down teenage girl filmed throwing live puppies into a river
September 5, 2010 at 3:40 pm #22188Phidippides
KeymasterYeah, I guess it is. Apparently there's quite a bit of anger over this to the point where people are basically wishing death threats on the girl. My take is that animal cruelty is obviously wrong and should be prevented. I don't think it rises anywhere near the moral depravity of cruelty to humans, but I'm still not not going to defend animal cruelty either. But I did see someone write something somewhere that was interesting. He said that when he had a problem with a possum in his house, animal control told him that he should catch it and kill it by drowning it in water. So if the puppies that the girl threw into the river were sickly/unwanted, how wrong was it to do that? She did not seem to be "enjoying" it. We're also talking about Bosnia, where it might not be all that easy to sell/donate puppies to others.
September 6, 2010 at 11:03 am #22189scout1067
ParticipantPersonally, I think folks that get all up in arms about “animal rights” are just people that have way too much time on their hands. There is something wrong with throwing the puppies in the drink like that, but I think any corrections should come from her parents and not the law.
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