Slog - Comments on Maybe We Should Feed Them to the Rabbits in Woodland Park? http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/maybe_we_should_feed_them_to_the_rabbits The city of Seattle needs to dispose of 110 parakeets. The birds were seized from a man that lived in a one-bedroom U-District apartment. "It sounded like a flock inside this apartment," said Neil Deruyter, a humane law enforcement officer with the Seattle Humane Society, adding that several neighbors had complained. "You could hear the noise from the street." The owner, who Deruyter said is in his 50s, admitted conditions for the bright, multicolored birds were less than ideal and the animals were beginning to overwhelm him. He had been collecting birds in his one-bedroom apartment for about five years,... Copyright 2008 Wed, 28 Mar 2007 09:12:16 -0800 Thu, 29 Mar 2007 05:25:40 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by monkey hmmm, a couple of parakeets would keep my cat busy while I'm at work during the day. I think he's tired of all his lifeless kitty toys.

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/maybe_we_should_feed_them_to_the_rabbits#c684903 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/maybe_we_should_feed_them_to_the_rabbits#c684903 News Wed, 28 Mar 2007 09:26:15 -0800 Comment by Bauhaus After hearing all the arguments for hunting, I have to say I still don't get it and I think what underlies the purported thrill of it all is not the need for food but rather the need to kill something visibly live. Otherwise, why don't the motherfuckers just grow turnips?

Kiley's on my shitlist for good.

]]> Bauhaus http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/maybe_we_should_feed_them_to_the_rabbits#c685054 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/maybe_we_should_feed_them_to_the_rabbits#c685054 News Wed, 28 Mar 2007 11:45:28 -0800 Comment by Levislade Bauhaus, turnips aren't running rampant in Woodland Park, adversely affecting the environment. And, if you're a meat-eater, why grow turnips when there's free meat running wild and overcrowded all over the city?

]]> Levislade http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/maybe_we_should_feed_them_to_the_rabbits#c685211 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/maybe_we_should_feed_them_to_the_rabbits#c685211 News Wed, 28 Mar 2007 14:06:32 -0800 Comment by One Man's Meat... There's tourists running rampant all over the city too, and I'm told they taste like pork, but people get all crabby when I barbecue THEM.

]]> One Man's Meat... http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/maybe_we_should_feed_them_to_the_rabbits#c685274 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/maybe_we_should_feed_them_to_the_rabbits#c685274 News Wed, 28 Mar 2007 14:51:23 -0800 Comment by Darcy Sadly, my instinctive reaction to parakeets now is to feel suddenly really uncomfortable - I'm sure due to that woman who wrote in to Savage Love a couple of years ago about her parakeet-masturbating granny. Christ.

]]> Darcy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/maybe_we_should_feed_them_to_the_rabbits#c685511 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/maybe_we_should_feed_them_to_the_rabbits#c685511 News Wed, 28 Mar 2007 21:03:04 -0800 Comment by gnossos oh my gawd. I'd totally forgotten that one Darcy. A best of Savage Love for sure. Thanks for the horrid memory.

]]> gnossos http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/maybe_we_should_feed_them_to_the_rabbits#c685523 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/maybe_we_should_feed_them_to_the_rabbits#c685523 News Wed, 28 Mar 2007 21:57:24 -0800 Comment by Red Wendy Fuck off with this shit. Seriously, it's offensive. Brendan Kiley = future serial killer.

]]> Red Wendy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/maybe_we_should_feed_them_to_the_rabbits#c685548 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/maybe_we_should_feed_them_to_the_rabbits#c685548 News Wed, 28 Mar 2007 22:48:40 -0800 Comment by .......... Brendan Kiley and Dan Savage...totally fucking lame. I'm with #7...Fuck you.

]]> .......... http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/maybe_we_should_feed_them_to_the_rabbits#c685555 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/maybe_we_should_feed_them_to_the_rabbits#c685555 News Wed, 28 Mar 2007 23:00:47 -0800 Comment by JunieGirl I suppose if he was really starving, he might settle for parakeet. But there's not much meat on them. A lot of work for very little payoff.

]]> JunieGirl http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/maybe_we_should_feed_them_to_the_rabbits#c685562 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/maybe_we_should_feed_them_to_the_rabbits#c685562 News Wed, 28 Mar 2007 23:20:31 -0800 Comment by Darcy Hey, no problem man. I like to cheerfully make the people around me miserable, too!

]]> Darcy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/maybe_we_should_feed_them_to_the_rabbits#c685611 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/maybe_we_should_feed_them_to_the_rabbits#c685611 News Thu, 29 Mar 2007 05:25:40 -0800