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Men Charged For Tossing Explosive-Strapped Rabbit Into Lake
POSTED: 7:01 am EDT July 30, 2004
UPDATED: 12:22 pm EDT July 30, 2004
CASTRO VALLEY, Calif. -- Lucky the bunny is living up to her name.
Lucky, a mixed breed rabbit was rescued after being strapped with explosives and thrown in Lake Don Castro in Castro Valley, Calif. on July 13, 2004. A Paleorabbit?
It had seemed like luck had run out: Strapped to a powerful explosive with a lit fuse, Lucky was tossed into a lake.
But the explosive didn't blow up, and the rabbit was pulled out of the water. Let me guess - the fuse wasn't waterproof. Dumbass.
Now Lucky's owner and his friend face misdemeanor charges of animal cruelty after photos of the July 13 incident surfaced on the Internet.
Nick Sigmon, 18, and Paul Collins, 20, are accused of taping an illegal M-1000 -- a large firecracker equivalent to a quarter stick of dynamite -- to the rabbit and throwing her into Lake Don Castro. Um, wouldn't that be an M-100? And why not just give the rabbit away?
Sigmon said he fished Lucky out of the water to save her from drowning. But prosecutors charged the two lifeguards on Wednesday. Two other men who were present during the incident may also face charges.
"I think that a lot of people are judging us without knowing us at all," Sigmon said. Asked why he fitted Lucky with the explosive, he said, "Um, that's a real tough question to answer." That's all I need to know to make a judgement, jerkoff. Hope you spend a few weeks at the county lockup.
Sigmon said he adopted the bunny after almost running over her with his car, but can no longer care for her because he's starting college this fall at University of California, San Diego, where he plans to study biology.
Someone found the photos on one of the suspect's personal Web site and posted them on Craigslist, the popular Internet bulletin board, where the House Rabbit Society in Richmond saw it.
Lucky is recovering at a foster owner's home, where she's snacking hay pellets and doing well.
Hungry sheep on the Yorkshire moors have taught themselves to roll 8ft (3m) across hoof-proof metal cattle grids - and raid villagers' valley gardens. The crafty animals have also perfected the skill of hurdling 5ft (1.5m) fences and squeezing through 8in (20cm) gaps. They have destroyed several gardens and even graze on the village park, bowling green, cricket field and graveyard. The grids were installed 10 years ago after a gardener in Marsden, near Huddersfield, held stray sheep hostage. Dorothy Lindley, an independent district councillor in the former textile town on the edge of the Pennine uplands in West Yorkshire, said: "They lie down on their side, or sometimes their back, and just roll over and over the grids until they are clear. I've seen them doing it. It is quite clever but they are a big nuisance to villagers. They eat plants, flowers and vegetables in gardens. It is soul destroying." Mrs Lindley added: "What amazes us is they are not frightened. When you try to move them on they look at you as if to say it is their patch and you are not right in the head. You can shout at them and even if they see a dog they are not frightened."
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Yorkshire has always had a reputation for feistiness ever since the Vikings founded York. No doubt in-settlers have diluted that among the humans, but it's not surprising that the sheep would cop an attitude. Especially when lured by the wonderful gardents that flourish in that cool, damp weather.
Have only hiked the Yorkshire moors once, but they were lovely. And the sheep were definitely homies back then, too LOL.
Of FooFoo barking out the back window, probably not. And not of you either, because they will engage a good solicitor and sue if you cause mental anguish of any kind. Heh.
A good sheep-working border collie would have them bunched and moving back to the moors stat, though. Love to watch them work.
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They eat plants, flowers and vegetables in gardens. It is soul destroying."
hey! quit be exagragate! some peples to attacher them plants.
this in good story. sheps are more smart peples are give em credit for. :)
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I am a native of neighboring Cumbria and spent quite a bit of time in Yorkshire as a youngster. Londoners think of this as the part of the map that was formerly left blank and inscribed "here be dragons."
I remember a visiting cousin who was surprised to find automobiles and television sets in our quaint nether-world of fog and weird goings-on.
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