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Post by revisedartlily on Jan 13, 2011 22:04:37 GMT
news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8196002/man-ignores-police-to-save-joeyPersonally, for me, it made me so grateful to read of someone being so humane. Yes, he had young kids so I am guessing some people might say he was foolish. However, I think he assessed his safety. I too would not have been able to ignore the little animal. Bravo I say, an example much needed in this iPhone, Me-generation world.
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Post by Patrick on Jan 13, 2011 23:02:00 GMT
Good attitude and all that - but if he had been swept away??
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Post by housesparrow on Jan 14, 2011 8:25:06 GMT
I thought Australia was killing off kangaroos by the hundreds?
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Post by revisedartlily on Jan 14, 2011 9:10:49 GMT
Yes, he could have been swept away and if that was the case then obviously he was foolhardy. But if he was a sensible bloke and a local, let's give him the benefit of the doubt and say he wasn't being a dickhead. Yes, in some areas there is a bastarding policy to cull kangas.  But that doesn't mean we ALL feel like that! |
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Post by Weyland on Jan 14, 2011 10:38:08 GMT
"Mr Cole said he "couldn't stand there and watch our coat of arms just drown""  |
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Post by everso on Jan 14, 2011 16:14:29 GMT
Difficult one. I'd never put an animal above a human life - I know some people wouldn't agree with me though. However...when you see a life in danger, human or animal, you never know how you'd react.
I'm glad the man saved the little joey, but if he'd been swept away and drowned, Australia's tax payers would have had to provide for his five children presumably - an expensive joey then.
On the subject of culling, isn't this done in the animals' interests (in the same way as we cull deer - tough on the ones killed, but all for the common good, so to speak), or maybe I'm wrong, I don't know.
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Post by Weyland on Jan 14, 2011 17:33:07 GMT
maybe I'm wrong, I don't know Forgive me if it offends, Ev, but I say for God's sake stand your ground. In my long and varied experience of women, it's rare to meet one who wouldn't be constantly saying stuff like "maybe I'm wrong, I don't know", when it was usually perfectly clear that they were right, but wouldn't admit it. I've been called worse than shite for allegedly putting some of the said women down, which could hardly have been further from the truth. I mean it, and that has been confirmed by a few of the alleged victims after the event. Am I ranting? I guess so, but it has been a cross I've had to bear for a long time -- strong, attractive, lovely women who yet put themselves down and transfer the blame to me -- me who never put a strong, attractive, lovely woman down in my life. Or any other woman for that matter. Sorry for the rant. I feel it in the deep heart's core. [With thanks to W.B. Yeats.] |
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Post by everso on Jan 14, 2011 17:53:36 GMT
Well, hush ma mouth. I blame it on Gone With The Wind.
Actually, I think you may have misunderstood me, Weyland. I meant that I might be wrong about the culling of kangaroos. I said "On the subject of culling, isn't this done in the animals' interests" but I should have said "kangaroos' interests". I don't know whether culling is done for the common good like it is with deer in this country, or whether it's done for sport and nothing else. I guess it probably IS done for the common good, but I truly don't know.
Mr. E. would probably put you straight. I constantly tell him I'm always right.
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Post by Weyland on Jan 14, 2011 18:05:21 GMT
Sorry, Ev. I'm a broken record on this "putting down" thing. Kneejerk on account of history. That's my excuse. Mr Ev should think himself bloody lucky. Finis. |
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Post by everso on Jan 14, 2011 18:49:27 GMT
Sorry, Ev. I'm a broken record on this "putting down" thing. Kneejerk on account of history. That's my excuse. Mr Ev should think himself bloody lucky. Finis. Of course he does. I tell him he is lucky and he knows I'm always right.  |
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Post by housesparrow on Jan 14, 2011 19:18:56 GMT
I've a feeling that the killing of kangaroos is done for human benefit, not theirs. They will insist on running across roads instead of using the zebra crossings, denting people's bumpers.
But Lily will I am sure enlighten us further.
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Post by revisedartlily on Jan 14, 2011 21:25:51 GMT
Er, no, I won't!! No offence, honest, but I started this thread in gratitude at a joey being saved. So I am hardly likely to be the sort of person to a) know about or b) write about, the culling!
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Post by housesparrow on Jan 15, 2011 7:39:01 GMT
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Post by revisedartlily on Jan 15, 2011 9:03:36 GMT
 It is precisely because of this sort of horror that I am so delighted to see the story I posted. Darling little joey.
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Post by Weyland on Jan 15, 2011 11:33:47 GMT
"Civilian marksmen contracted by the department began shooting the kangaroos on Tuesday night at the Majura training area" Interesting that the army has to hire marksmen. No doubt they bring their own rifles. Outsourcing gone mad. |
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Post by revisedartlily on Jan 15, 2011 21:52:01 GMT
It's a bit weird, really, cos I spend half my life going round with my eyes covered up and my hands over my ears going "ner ner ner" so I don't see or hear anything horrible about animals. I start this thread and now I am reluctant to read the replies because of how it has turned out!  |
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Post by riotgrrl on Jan 16, 2011 11:22:04 GMT
It's a bit weird, really, cos I spend half my life going round with my eyes covered up and my hands over my ears going "ner ner ner" so I don't see or hear anything horrible about animals. I start this thread and now I am reluctant to read the replies because of how it has turned out! Lil, how do you feel abou thearing horrible things that have happened to humans? |
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Post by aubrey on Jan 16, 2011 12:18:19 GMT
I feel bad hearing about both; but with animals a horrible thing that happens is often a joke. And you also don't often hear about it: all the animals that must have got killed in the Aus floods, and they only get mentioned if they are livestock.
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Post by jean on Jan 17, 2011 22:45:46 GMT
I went to see Warhorse last week. I recommend it.
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Post by Weyland on Jan 17, 2011 22:54:16 GMT
I went to see Warhorse last week. I recommend it. Bucephalus? |
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