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Britain |
Sauteed Dog And Mad Englishman (and Yoko Ono) |
2007-05-30 |
A British artist ate a corgi dog, famous for being Queen Elizabeth II's favourite breed, in protest Tuesday after a group including her husband Prince Philip allegedly killed a fox earlier this year. Mark McGowan, who has previously eaten a swan as part of a performance art show, tucked into the dog alongside Yoko Ono, the widow of ex-Beatle John Lennon, live on a London radio station. "I know some people will find this offensive and tasteless but I am doing this to raise awareness about the RSPCA's inability to prosecute Prince Philip and his friends shooting a fox earlier this year, letting it struggle for life for five minutes and then beating it to death with a stick," he said. The RSPCA (the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) is in charge of handing over evidence to British prosecutors in cases where they believe acts of cruelty to animals have been committed. They said they found "no evidence" that any offence had taken place in January, when the incident took place. "An independent post-mortem examination was carried out and found that the fox died from gunshot wounds -- and no evidence of other injury or trauma was found," it said in a statement. "The only witness who could have supported the version of events reported in some sections of the media refused to give a statement." McGowan said the dog, which died at a breeding farm, tasted "really, really disgusting," and added that Ono "looked a bit strange" as she also tasted the dog. The queen has owned more than 30 corgis during her reign, which started in 1952, and currently owns four -- Pharos, Swift, Emma and Linnet. |
Posted by:Anonymoose |
#4 How do we rid ourselves of these people? |
Posted by: Rob Crawford 2007-05-30 11:39 |
#3 But would he eat Yoko Ono? Ewwwww! |
Posted by: Spot 2007-05-30 10:28 |
#2 I'd certtainly have no problem if they switched from hunting foxes to hunting "performance artists"... |
Posted by: tu3031 2007-05-30 10:26 |
#1 Protest killing a fox by killing a dog. Bugwit. |
Posted by: Deacon Blues 2007-05-30 10:17 |