Thursday, October 15, 2009

Animal Rights Folks Outraged At Burning Bunnies

Seems sensible to me. 

The city of Stockholm shoots thousands of wild rabbits spread across the green spaces of the Swedish capital and sends their bodies to be burned as heating fuel, a practice which has enraged animal rights groups.

City official Mats Freij said Stockholm killed 6,000 wild rabbits last year and has culled 3,000 so far this year, but said a subcontractor decided to use the cadavers as fuel.

“One should put this in the perspective that we (humans) are actually cremated ourselves and that generates a completely different reaction,” Freij said in response to criticism.

(6) Comments
Posted by Owen at 1225 hrs
Foreign Affairs

  1. I would use them for food but that’s just me.  Rabbit is fantastic roasted with a bunch of root veggies and some red potatos.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on October 15, 2009 at 1520 hrs


  2. Are they burning the bunnies alive?  No?  Then what’s the problem?  Either people have power (because Sweden is hardly a temperate climate) or bunnies die to make power “green”...these environmentalists can’t have their (carob) cake and eat it, too.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on October 15, 2009 at 2001 hrs


  3. Joe’s right.  But after that biomass is biomass.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on October 16, 2009 at 0649 hrs


  4. It’s a big world out there with lots of genuine problems.  Don’t these idiots have anything better to get worked up about?

    Posted by scott on October 16, 2009 at 0843 hrs


  5. Amy: Environmentalists? Read again. They aren’t mentioned in this story.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on October 17, 2009 at 1817 hrs


  6. it always somehow makes the news


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