WTF??

[pyroyale]

I rarely post news items here but I just saw this on the BBC website.

Parasailing donkey stunt sparks police inquiry

Police in southern Russia are investigating allegations of animal cruelty after a donkey was made to parasail as part of an advertising stunt, Russian media report.

The donkey was sent up into the sky last week by entrepreneurs hoping to attract people to their private beach.

Witnesses near the beach on the Sea of Azov in the Krasnodar region said the animal had been screaming in fear.

It landed in the water and was pulled onto the shore, said police.

"The donkey screamed and children cried," regional police spokeswoman Larisa Tuchkova told AFP news agency.

"No-one had the brains to call police."

Instead, bystanders took photos and phoned newspapers, she said.

"It was put up so high into the sky that the children on the beach cried and asked their parents: 'Why did they tie a doggy to a parachute?'" Taman newspaper reported last week.

"The donkey landed in an atrocious manner: it was dragged several metres along the water, after which the animal was pulled out half-alive onto the shore," the paper reported.

Police began to investigate after the incident, which occurred at the coastal village of Golubitskaya, was aired on national news on Tuesday.

The businessmen responsible may face criminal charges for animal cruelty, according to news agency RIA-Novosti.
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Who thought that making a donkey parasail was a good way to advertise a beach??!!

That poor animal.

The human race really makes me despair some days.

(Had a really boring day. The highlight was getting a comment approved on the new Staff Blog. It's been awesome doing nothing. Going to Okayama City tomorrow. Hoping to get my Visa sorted easily and quickly and will also be hitting Tower Records XD)

Comments

[hitotoki-mikoto.livejournal.com]

Wow. That poor poor animal. wtf is wrong with people these days? I hope they get charged for animal cruelty. Unacceptable. :(

[excused-early.livejournal.com]

Too bad survival of the fittest (more intelligence) doesn't apply to human societies very well anymore...
The owner needs to pay for what he did, one way or the other.

I'm still waiting to hear from my CC company, Kellie.
I'm wondering if I should go ahead and take you up on your offer. =/

[pyroyale.livejournal.com]

Maybe they should make the advertising geniuses who came up with the idea parasail without any training or preparation,

I have to go to a combini in the next couple of days to pay my Yahoo BB bill anyway so just let me know!

[excused-early.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Kellie!!
I'll let you know by noon tomorrow, Japan time. <3

[aprilisloca.livejournal.com]

Arugh the poor thing! The bystander effect... got to love it when that psych degree actually get put into use in daily life lol.
You need to show me where the Okayama Tower Records is :)
Which reminds me, I still have to register for that point system..

[pyroyale.livejournal.com]

You don't need to register for the Tower Records point system, they just automatically give you a card when you buy something. It's on the fourth floor of a department store, you need to come out of the main entrance side, opposite to the side where the training was held.

[mrjl-writer.livejournal.com]

Someone should drag the businessman behind a dune buggy on his private beach, from one end to the other. Then let the donkey give him a swift kick. What a sick stunt.

[vzb2.livejournal.com]

Ugh!
That's just awful! What some people do to others, animals and etc amazes me.