Wednesday, 26 November 2008

Heartless Coppers: "Stop grieving, it's only a chicken!"

From the BBC:
Flowers and tributes were left in an alleyway where the body of a mystery dead baby was found - before police realised it was only a chicken foetus...

Police cordoned off the scene but soon realised that it was not a human but a chicken foetus.

Well-wishers had laid more than a dozen bunches of flowers at the scene, along with cards and teddy bears. One of the cards read: "RIP Little Baby. Safe in the arms of Jesus. From someone who is a loving mother xxxx."

Merseyside Police told the community on Monday to "stop grieving, it's only a chicken".

A spokeswoman for Merseyside Police said: "It seems a member of the public saw the remains of a foetus, which possibly resembled a human foetus, and called us.

"We cordoned off the area to investigate, as we would with any possible suspicious death, but it became apparent it was not a human foetus.
This is very similar to the time a friend of mine saw a toy alien lying on the street and mistook it for a dead human foetus with much alarm!

However, Animal News is left wondering why the good people of Liverpool are not permitted to grieve for a chicken foetus as they would a human one. This anti-animal discrimination has to stop!

Hat tip: Robino

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