Posted on 04/29/2009 8:18:01 PM PDT by Chet 99
Formerly tame rabbits taste just as good as wild ones.
The only correct action would have been to apply at local DNC headquarters for a bunny-cage bailout. They’re bailing out humans with their houses. Not to do so in this case would be discrimination against Bunny-Americans.
Not in this state
Animal task force shows claws
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1280305/posts
NJSBA Animal Law
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1562040/posts
Excerpts:
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ARREST POWERS: The legislative provision governing arrests for violations of the animal cruelty laws is contained in N.J.S.A. 4:22-44. It empowers only the state society and not the county societies. Arrests may be made with a warrant or without a warrant when the violation occurs in the individual’s presence. Since the provision was first enacted in 1880, the power to arrest has been conferred not only upon the NJ SPCA’s officers and agents, but also upon its members. However, nowhere in the statutes governing the societies is the term ‘member’ defined. Therefore, it includes dues-paying members and those members of the Board of Directors who are not agents or officers. These individuals receive no law enforcement training.
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POWER TO CARRY WEAPONS: Perhaps the most disturbing area of unbridled authority bestowed upon SPCAs is the ability of their officers to carry firearms without being subject to governmental oversight or to most of the stringent requirements governing legitimate law enforcement officers. While some SPCAs do not allow their officers to carry weapons or do not use the designation ‘officer’ in order to eliminate the firearms issue, the officers of nine SPCAs are armed. Both county and state SPCA officers are exempt under NJSA 2C: 39-6c(7), which empowers SPCA officers to carry weapons in the actual performance of their official duties.
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What a maroon!
My first response to the original post was 'Oh my god!' because a domesticated bunny in the wild is just so much meat for the taking. Plus, the bun doesn't know the habitat, doesn't know where food and water are. Would you, if released in somewhere you've never been before?
I would never, ever release a domesticated bunny in the wild and consider the guy got away easy. If you're not going to take care of an animal properly, including finding a proper home for it if you can no longer care for it, then you shouldn't have animals.
A domestic rabbit has no survival skills. They are not wild rabbits. They cannot even distinguish between toxic and non-toxic plants. It is a death sentence to toss a domestic prey animal into an environment it has no experience in.
You can always tell a domestic rabbit because when they are abandoned, they sit right out in the open, plus in most cases they all have different colorings than the typical cottontail. They don’t know what to be afraid of.
It is not a favor to do this to a pet rabbit.
Rabbit abuser ping, my little Lepus.
With big nasty teeth.
There are some who call me.............TIM.
Hmmm...using this ‘logic’, it would be inhumane to release the GITMO dudes. They’ve been lock up so long, they could never fend for themselves.
As a conservative once you take the responsibility for either a child or a pet, they both are 100% dependent on you. You don’t just dump either one of them because they make your life harder.
You can tell a lot about a person in how he or she treats their animals. Same with their kids.
>>>Domesticated rabbits ARE unable to live in the wild.
Bull pucky. Domestic just means they are tame which is why they are so popular as livestock.
I’d better stop feeding bread to those two ducks who’ve taken up (temporary) residence in our pool - they might choke on some of it - it is pretty stale and hard by the time they get it - then I’d really be in trouble.....
Message sent by this, next time instead of liberating Mr. or Miss Bunny, see:
http://msucares.com/livestock/small_animal/slaughter.html
Slaughtering and Dressing Rabbits
Well, presumably he should’ve obtained a larger cage for it, or simply got a cage that was of sufficient size for an adult rabbit when he bought the baby bunny in the first place, or put up an ad online or asked around to see if anyone wanted a free pet rabbit and all his rabbit food and other rabbit-care supplies, they’d only need to buy a cage...
Putting a domestic animal into the wild is usually very dangerous for them. A domestic rabbit would have no idea about predators, cars, bad weather, where to find food or water, what food and water is safe, etc. So, while it’s not impossible for them to survive, there are dozens of imminent dangers around and survival is highly unlikely.
Many years ago, I found two beautiful rabbits abandoned in a park near the woods behind the home where I grew up. They were hopping around near the small street running along the park. So, I asked some people to help me catch them, and I thought I was a Good Samaritan for driving them to the local shelter. That Monday, I was at work sharing the story, and some animal lovers (who also were vegetarians) there became upset, saying the shelter probably killed the rabbits. I had no idea that would happen. They said I should've let them live in nature.
And now, this man is being punished for releasing his rabbit into nature.
<why they are so popular as livestock.
I don’t understand this - livestock? Do you mean livestock as in pets or as in breeding rabbits for pets/meat? I just haven’t heard them referred to as livestock so I’m not sure what you mean, but I’m willing to be educated.
And bull pucky though you may believe it to be, domesticated rabbits are not meant for the wild.
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