Stupidest pro-animal protest ever

[Karnak]

I read this article today in the SF Chronicle:

Subaru rabbit ad makes activists hopping mad

This is just stupid.  Protesting over rabbits, can a person get any shollower?  This is the epitome of the horrendous "Save it because its cute, let it dies if it ain't" mentality of too meny of the animal rights activists (and I know how most of you feel about them already).  Rabbits breed like, well, rabbits.  They ARE food.  That is their fucntion in the ecosystem, breeding is their method of surviving despite being food.

I can uderstand when people go to great lengths to save a dog or a cat, as in the $50,000 dog rescue from the ship near Hawaii a few months ago, because they are useful to humans and have a long tradition as working animals and companion animals.  I might not agree with the resouces used, but I can understand it.  But rabbits?  They're stupid, untrainable food items that are about as far from endangered as an animal can be.  Who cares if little Sandy lets her pet rabbit go because she can't keep it anymore and it goes off to be coyote/bobcat/bird food?  At least let little Sandy think her rabbit is out there hopping free in a nice warm green field instead of telling her point blank that she just killed her rabbit by the Bobcat execution method.  It doesn't matter a bit that the rabbit got eaten, in fact it was good that it did.

We need to protect the key animals in the ecosystem, without caring whether they are cute or not.  That's just a stupid lithmus test to use.

These people are whacked.

[AKSWulfe]

Cats and dogs are domesticated to be pets- which is why most people hold them dear. Like horses(except they are to be rode on).

Can you let a Rabbit loose in your home? toejam no, they'd crap all over the place and who knows what else. Kind of like monkeys.. who wants a monkey? They throw their own crap at you!

-SW

[DA98]

Heeeehehehe... we EAT rabbits in Europe... heheheheeeee MWAHAHAHAAAHA... Excellent with "All-i-Oli" (garlic and olive oil) sauce...

[DA98]

Damn, now I'm hungry...

[Kanth]

Cats and Dogs aren't pets everywhere, in some places they are food.

If intelligence is the deciding factor in what is allowed to live then there are alot of people who need to be put down immediately.

DmdKanth

Originally posted by Karnak
I read this article today in the SF Chronicle:

Subaru rabbit ad makes activists hopping mad

This is just stupid.  Protesting over rabbits, can a person get any shollower?  This is the epitome of the horrendous "Save it because its cute, let it dies if it ain't" mentality of too meny of the animal rights activists (and I know how most of you feel about them already).  Rabbits breed like, well, rabbits.  They ARE food.  That is their fucntion in the ecosystem, breeding is their method of surviving despite being food.

I can uderstand when people go to great lengths to save a dog or a cat, as in the $50,000 dog rescue from the ship near Hawaii a few months ago, because they are useful to humans and have a long tradition as working animals and companion animals.  I might not agree with the resouces used, but I can understand it.  But rabbits?  They're stupid, untrainable food items that are about as far from endangered as an animal can be.  Who cares if little Sandy lets her pet rabbit go because she can't keep it anymore and it goes off to be coyote/bobcat/bird food?  At least let little Sandy think her rabbit is out there hopping free in a nice warm green field instead of telling her point blank that she just killed her rabbit by the Bobcat execution method.  It doesn't matter a bit that the rabbit got eaten, in fact it was good that it did.

We need to protect the key animals in the ecosystem, without caring whether they are cute or not.  That's just a stupid lithmus test to use.

These people are whacked.

[Wingnut_0]

Hey Wulfe,

I have a 1  year old Dutch in my house.  He's completely potty trained.  Uses the litter box and actually chases my cat around the house..hehe.

[Russian]

I had a pet rabbit; he lived out side the house. He would come up and take food from my hands and enjoy being touched….and then my dogs .....................ate him.

It’s a freaking commercial, get a freaking life. Organization of 142 (?) brain dead tree hogging hippies. If they don’t like that commercial, create counter commercial promoting…saving rabbits. Some people have too much time on their hands.

[Animal]

Yeah I also had a pet rabbit.
He got along pretty well with my boxer dog, they lived, played, and even slept together for about four months.

One day, for some reason, the dog ate him.

[john9001]

that $50,000 was not to save the dog , it was to salvage the ship, the dog was a freebe

[AKSWulfe]

Wingnut, is a Dutch a Rabbit? I'm sorry, I don't know breeds of rabbits.

I'll admit, they are cute.. they make great pets when they are caged. But whenever those lil' bastards ran around they crapped all over the place... you guys have different experiences? Seriously! It was like training a salamander for me!

Just like hamsters, they are great caged... but when they get loose in the house, it ain't no good for nobody.

But you gotta admit, wild rabbits are some pretty tasty treats. (well, if you've had it before)

Kanth, I have a Shar-Pei... I've heard they're a delicacy in China, and other Asian countries... same as cats(Siamese esp.)... except I've actually seen (on the discovery ch) how they prepare them. It's disturbing to say the least.
-SW

[Hangtime]

"...it's wabbit season.."

"duck season!"

"...wabbit season!.."

WABBIT SEASON!

DUCK SEASON!

*BLAM*


"....you're desthpicable."

[Wingnut_0]

Yea a Dutch is a small, about 5lb max, breed.  Usually blk/wht.  

I think my cat kinda urged him along.  He was super young when I got him, and I think he just took to using the litter box because he saw the cat doing it.  

People laugh when they come to my house by I'm 100% serious when I say he's never sprayed or left his pellets anywhere but the litter box.  He doens't stay out all the time but I'll let him run around for hours in the evening.

Wild rabbits are good to eat, but the tame one's are just blahh..

[Dinger]

mmm... Rabbit's good eatin'.

But it's a pretty fitting ad for a SUV.

And it's pretty funny that the rabbit people are protesting the ad for giving a completely wrong image of the wilderness.  Uh this is an SUV.  There's no danger in the world that someone will take their Subaru and release Johnny Cottontail in the woods.  ARe you kidding? Mom and Dad don't ever leave the suburbs! And if they did try to go out there, they'd probably roll the top-heavy heap of junk on the freeway offramp!

In all fairness, the rabbitteers have a point: you don't go releasing animals in ecosystems not built for them.
Perhaps some Australians would care to comment on releasing cute little bunnies in the wild?

[JoeDirt]

is this a joke????


that is disgusting..... some people......argh!

i say demello[head] is mentaly SCREWD^

[Tac]

I dont see them whinin over the GEICO commercial where 2 squirrels cause a car accident on purpose and then celebrate it.