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AAAGGHH!!
As much as I love a good firework display, it is now getting ridiculous over
here in Old Blighty. November 5th is our traditional fireworks' night (Guy Fawkes'Night) but over the last few years the number of days each side where fireworks are being set off seems to be ever extending. Three nights on the trot now I've heard fireworks exploding and I have no reason to think it's not going to extend as far past Nov 5th. AAAGGHHH! Animals are frightened of these things! And the really nasty news report yesterday http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_832832.html?menu=news "Hamster 'attached to firework and blown up' Police and the RSPCA are investigating a report a hamster was blown up after being attached to a firework with an elastic band by a group of teenagers. The incident is alleged to have happened in Cambridge on Friday and witnessed by a shopkeeper. A spokeswoman for the society urged anyone with any knowledge of the incident to contact either them or the police. "We are investigating. On the face of it, this would seem to be an incident that beggars belief," she said. "It is obviously something we are very concerned about. It would seem to be an horrific attack. We would urge anyone who knows anything about this to contact us or the police. And we would urge any teenager who might have been with the group who did this to come forward. All calls are treated in confidence." Cambridgeshire police said they had also been informed of the incident. "We are looking into the matter," said a spokeswoman. "I suspect it is more likely to be a case for the RSPCA than for us, but we would certainly welcome any information about it." Ms Graves has told the Cambridge Evening News that four teenagers came into her shop to buy Star Blast rockets on Friday. They then went next door to a pet shop and bought a hamster. "One of them asked: 'Have you got an elastic band?' so not really thinking, I gave him one," Ms Graves told the newspaper. "The next thing I knew, they went over the road, tied the hamster to the rocket with the elastic band and blew it up. I was disgusted by it. If they do that sort of thing to an innocent animal, you wonder what they are capable of. It made me sick." Story filed: 12:19 Monday 27th October 2003" I despair at times, I really do. helen s --This is an invalid email address to avoid spam-- to get correct one remove dependency on fame & fortune h*$el*$$e**nd***$o$ts***i*$*$m**m$$o*n**s@$*$a$$o* *l.c**$*$om$$ do not post my correct 1 on *any* public forum - thanks |
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