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girty1600
Tots' Bunny Nabbed in Circus Protest


Sep 25, 10:38 AM (ET)


SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - A pet rabbit named Sugar Bunny was stolen from a preschool and fliers protesting circus animal acts were left in its empty cage.

The preschool's children gathered in a circle Monday to remember Sugar Bunny.

"We talked about how some people have different ideas about animals," said teacher Lori Peters. "Some people don't think they should be in cages."

Sugar Bunny vanished from the Community Building Children's Center on Saturday, teachers said.

"Somebody stoled him," 5-year-old Zion told The Spokesman-Review, which gave only the first names of him and other children in a report on the heist. "I'm sad."

The fliers expressed protests against the Ringling Brothers Circus, which was in town during the weekend, and had a picture of a bear trying to escape from a cage. The fliers bore the names of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and the Northwest Animal Rights Network.

Daphna Nachminovitch, director of PETA's domestic animal department, said the group would not endorse stealing a pet bunny.

"Just like dogs and cats, (rabbits) have been domesticated, so we encourage people who have the knowledge and ability to adopt rabbits from their local shelters," Nachminovitch said.

It's unclear whether the preschool will find a new pet, Peters said.

Bye bye bunny

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Daphna Nachminovitch, director of PETA's domestic animal department, said the group would not endorse stealing a pet bunny.


Really?
Michelle
Those people have no shame.
Lotus Flower
I wonder what they (whoever "they" are) did with the rabbit after they stole it? They probably set it loose and then it got attacked and eaten by another animal.

The thing is, they don't like animals being caged, but the rabbit was domesticated and you can't just turn a tame animal loose and hope it will look after itself. The people that took the rabbit are crueller than those that were feeding, watering and cleaning the rabbit in the school - the very people, in fact, that the thieves hate, how ironic...
nativechick1989
Well, just gotta hope that who ever took Sugar Bunny treats him good.
girty1600

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The thing is, they don't like animals being caged, but the rabbit was domesticated and you can't just turn a tame animal loose and hope it will look after itself


If it was PETA sympathizers then the bunny might have been killed; depends on how radical the bunny-nappers were at the time and how closely said nappers follow the PETA doctrine.
Lotus Flower
QUOTE(girty1600 @ Sep 26 2007, 06:59 AM) *
If it was PETA sympathizers then the bunny might have been killed; depends on how radical the bunny-nappers were at the time and how closely said nappers follow the PETA doctrine.


How do they work that out then, steal the rabbit - then kill it? I don't get that no.gif
swtp
Those P.E,T.A. nuts are soooo freaky! I wouldn,t trust them with a cock roach! no.gif
kenshinx
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I wonder what they (whoever "they" are) did with the rabbit after they stole it?


roadkill ??
goalienan
I wouldn't call a pet bunny a circus animal, so I don't know where these people are coming from...Hard way for these kids to learn that all people aren't nice... mad.gif
rhyknow
We're talking here about people who are trying to emulate PETA, an organization run by Ingrid Newkirk.

Sounds pretty unremarkable until you read HER WILL

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2. While the final decision as to the use of my body remains with PETA, I make the following suggested directions:

a. That the “meat” of my body, or a portion thereof, be used for a human barbecue, to remind the world that the meat of a corpse is all flesh, regardless of whether it comes from a human being or another animal, and that flesh foods are not needed;

b. That my skin, or a portion thereof, be removed and made into leather products, such as purses, to remind the world that human skin and the skin of other animals is the same and that neither is “fabric” nor needed, and that some skin be tacked up outside the Indian Leather Fair each year to serve as a reminder of the government’s need to abate the suffering of Indian bullocks who, after a life of extreme and involuntary servitude, as I have seen firsthand, are exported all over the world in this form;

c. That in remembrance of the elephant-foot umbrella stands and tiger rugs I saw, as a child, offered for sale by merchants at Connaught Place in Delhi, my feet be removed and umbrella stands or other ornamentation be made from them, as a reminder of the depravity of killing innocent animals, such as elephants, in order that we might use their body parts for household items and decorations;

d. That one of my eyes be removed, mounted, and delivered to the administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as a reminder that PETA will continue to be watching the agency until it stops poisoning and torturing animals in useless and cruel experiments; that the other is to be used as PETA sees fit;

e. That my pointing finger be delivered to Kenneth Feld, owner of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, or to a circus museum to stand as the “Greatest Accusation on Earth” on behalf of the countless elephants, lions, tigers, bears, and other animals who have been kidnapped from their families and removed from their homelands in India, Thailand, Africa, and South America and deprived of all that is natural and pleasant to them, abused, and forced into involuntary servitude for the sake of cheap entertainment;

f. That my liver be vacuum-packed and shipped, in whole or in part, to France, to there be used in a public appeal to persuade shoppers not to support the vile practice of force-feeding geese and ducks for foie gras;

g. That one of my ears be removed, mounted, and sent to the Canadian Parliament to assist them in hearing, for the first time perhaps, the screams of the seals, bears, raccoons, foxes, and minks bludgeoned, trapped, and sometimes skinned alive for their pelts; that the other ear be removed, preserved, and displayed outside the Deonar abattoir in Mumbai to remind all who do business there that the screams of the cattle who are slaughtered within its walls are heard around the world;

h. That one of my thumbs be removed, mounted upwards on a plaque, and sent to the person or institution that, in the year of my death or thereabouts, PETA decides has done the most to promote alternatives to the use and abuse of animals in any area of their exploitation;

i. That one of my thumbs be mounted in a downward position and sent to the person or institution that, in the year of my death or thereabouts, has gone against the changing tide of societal opinion and frightened and hurt animals in some egregious manner;

j. That a little part of my heart be buried near the racetrack at Hockenheim, preferably near the Ferrari pits, where Michael Shumacher raced in and won the German Grand Prix;


I think anyone who follows that nut wants their head examining.
goalienan
omg...she has quite a few issues....thanks for that info...
Goblin-5
PETA are definitely whack jobs now. They started off as a reasonable organisation but they have degenerated into a bunch of raving loonies
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