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PETA Protests Butterfly Release
You thought lobsters have it bad There wonât be a butterfly release at Saturdayâs conclusion of the Flight of the Butterfly Festival. The animal rights activist group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals protested the release of 1,000 butterflies, saying it was inhumane and cruel. Keep âem prisoners in butterfly Abu Ghraib instead. Instead, festival organizers at the Lake Elsinore Outlets will float butterfly-shaped balloons. Awww. How cute. Wait, wonât the balloons pop and be eaten by the yellow stripped spanish warbler and occlude their breathing and eating passages causing an agonizing death? Better to cancel the Festival altogether The outlet says it decided to scrub the butterfly release after receiving a letter from PETA requesting a more humane culmination to the event. PETA says such releases are used mostly for wedding celebrations and memorials. But a spokeswoman says butterflies have to struggle to get out of envelopes and boxes. What is PETA going to do about the agony of leaving the cocoon? We need a new category for animal stories Posted by: Mr. Davis 2004-05-10 |
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