Animal Abuse is Rampant in Living Nativity Scenes
It's not Christmas without my neighbor's decked-out lawn. I'm not
talking about the standard electric reindeer or cotton-snow in the
bushes—this guy goes all out, National Lampoon's
style. He's even got an inflatable Nativity scene that balloons my
spirits every time I see it, especially because I know how cruel
real-life Nativity productions are to the animals who are forced to
perform in them.
Animals used in live Nativity Scenes are often left unattended, tethered, and vulnerable to everything from unbearable temperature extremes to sexual abuse and vicious attacks like the one in Virginia that left a donkey savagely beaten, with blood streaming from his face. Jesus—who
taught people to love all animals and treat them with compassion—would
want everyone to go electric. So if you know of a Nativity scene with
live animals in your area, take action by contacting the pastor of the
church and encouraging him or her to leave live animals out of the
Christmas festivities. And if you spot animal neglect or abuse, always report it immediately.
Costumes, models, and electric animals are creative and fun cruelty-free alternatives to real animals,so live animals should be left out of Christmas festivities.
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to hear about animals that are abused in such a manner...and it's unnecessary that it's done at all by anyone, but yes, especially if that person claims to follow Jesus.
I think that they should not leave any animal unintended like that. Can't they be brought up on animal cruelty charges, or were they?
Does Peta go after farms that use animals to farm? Hope not. Then I'd really lose all respect, that is unless they are abusing them.
People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid. - Soren Aabye Kierkegaard (1813-1855)
would automatically think of sex when looking at animals . Good grief, and other explicatives!!!
Considering PETA doesn't believe anyone should own animals, you've also gotta love the argument about animals potentially being exposed to extreme weather. Maybe someone should carefully explain to the folks at PETA that animals don't know how to build barns, which means if all the animals are turned loose to "live wild and free as nature intended", they would be exposed to extreme weather all the time.
The most amazing thing about PETA is there are actually people in the world dumb enough to give them money . Incredible!
Are we seeing evidence that a vegan diet leads to degenerative brain disease?
You list two unsubstantiated examples here, about 6 more on your site- of which, zero are abuse cases- and yet you call it "rampant"?
That is exaggerating the problem. However, exaggerating problems is the multi-million dollar business you practice. So, I guess it is to be expected.
(I bet you'd help more animals if you had any credibility at all.)
The plural of 'anecdote' is not 'data'.