The Salt Lake Tribune
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Odoriferous rendition
No Geneva Convention for you, buddy.

A Salt Lake man who gave a trapped skunk shade and water goes to trial Thursday for interfering with animal control officers. He faces a $650 fine.

But the Utah Humane Society says it will push for leniency for Ryan Turner, even if it means staging a "mass protest" (by phone, fax and email) against the city.
What you did represented the most admirable qualities a human being can possess — empathy for another’s suffering, a willingness to help a creature incapable of defending itself against forces much more powerful than its own, and recognition of the inherent worth of all sentient beings.
Turner seems to think he can treat a skunk better than the U.S. treats detainees at Gitmo.

By the way, where is that skunk now — Uzbekistan?

1 Comments:

At January 12, 2009 2:03 PM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

Oh good on the Humane Society of Utah. Thank goodness someone is looking out for animals.

Think they can stop killing animals at their shelter now?

 

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