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Shadow
12-31-2011, 12:01 PM
Oh Geez...just what we need...memorials to the poor animals stupid pet and livestock owners let run loose. :rolleyes:

CHICAGO (http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&where1=CHICAGO&sty=h&form=msdate) — An animal rights group wants Illinois to install highway signs in memory of cattle killed when trucks hauling them flipped in two separate wrecks. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has asked for permission (http://www.peta.org/b/thepetafiles/archive/2011/12/27/the-cows-who-could-save-lives.aspx) to buy the markers, one in suburban Chicago and one northwest of Peoria. The group says the signs would pay tribute to the more than 20 cattle killed as a result of negligent driving this year.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45830168/ns/us_news-weird_news/

ConHog
12-31-2011, 12:17 PM
Oh Geez...just what we need...memorials to the poor animals stupid pet and livestock owners let run loose. :rolleyes:

CHICAGO (http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&where1=CHICAGO&sty=h&form=msdate) — An animal rights group wants Illinois to install highway signs in memory of cattle killed when trucks hauling them flipped in two separate wrecks. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has asked for permission (http://www.peta.org/b/thepetafiles/archive/2011/12/27/the-cows-who-could-save-lives.aspx) to buy the markers, one in suburban Chicago and one northwest of Peoria. The group says the signs would pay tribute to the more than 20 cattle killed as a result of negligent driving this year.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45830168/ns/us_news-weird_news/

Gee, this seems like a perfectly reasonable use of taxpayer money. :rolleyes:

Gunny
12-31-2011, 12:20 PM
Oh Geez...just what we need...memorials to the poor animals stupid pet and livestock owners let run loose. :rolleyes:

CHICAGO (http://www.bing.com/maps/?v=2&where1=CHICAGO&sty=h&form=msdate) — An animal rights group wants Illinois to install highway signs in memory of cattle killed when trucks hauling them flipped in two separate wrecks. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has asked for permission (http://www.peta.org/b/thepetafiles/archive/2011/12/27/the-cows-who-could-save-lives.aspx) to buy the markers, one in suburban Chicago and one northwest of Peoria. The group says the signs would pay tribute to the more than 20 cattle killed as a result of negligent driving this year.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45830168/ns/us_news-weird_news/

Then I guess we'll see how many memorial signs Gunny's big, red truck can kill on IL roads.:laugh:

Jess
12-31-2011, 12:21 PM
At great personal sacrifice, Gunny and I, along with a few friends, will personally commemorate the tragic bovine deaths ... GRILL TIME! :cool:

Gunny
12-31-2011, 12:23 PM
At great personal sacrifice, Gunny and I, along with a few friends, will personally commemorate the tragic bovine deaths ... GRILL TIME! :cool:

We can make a day of it .... sign hunting first, THEN grill time!

Jess
12-31-2011, 12:34 PM
We can make a day of it .... sign hunting first, THEN grill time!

Date night, huh? 2878

Bootneck
01-01-2012, 04:56 AM
PETA seeks memorials to cows killed on Ill. roads

Sounds like a load of bullocks to me.

Gunny
01-01-2012, 11:26 AM
Date night, huh? 2878

Yup:thumb:

Gunny
01-01-2012, 11:29 AM
Sounds like a load of bullocks to me.

I can top this one. As of today (1-1-12), in FL, it is illegal to kill hammerhead and tiger sharks in FL waters. :cuckoo:

Glad I don't live in Florida anymore. Me 'n sharks don't get along at all.

Noir
01-01-2012, 11:34 AM
If true (and not just a stunt, which i think this is) then its nonsense.

You'd think, indeed we all know, things they could much better be spending their time and effort on.

ConHog
01-01-2012, 11:55 AM
I can top this one. As of today (1-1-12), in FL, it is illegal to kill hammerhead and tiger sharks in FL waters. :cuckoo:

Glad I don't live in Florida anymore. Me 'n sharks don't get along at all.

In Arkansas , it's illegal to kill rattlesnakes. Top that if you can.

Shadow
01-01-2012, 12:15 PM
In Arkansas , it's illegal to kill rattlesnakes. Top that if you can.

In New Mexico it is illegal to trip horses and cows...not sure why you would want to anyway...but still.

ConHog
01-01-2012, 12:43 PM
In New Mexico it is illegal to trip horses and cows...not sure why you would want to anyway...but still.

You've never been cow tipping? It's great fun.:laugh2:

Jess
01-03-2012, 07:43 AM
If true (and not just a stunt, which i think this is) then its nonsense.

You'd think, indeed we all know, things they could much better be spending their time and effort on.

Unfortunately, Noir, it's not just a stunt. It it most definitely nonsense.

The local news showed a bit about it last night. They want the state to erect blue signs - like the ones that are erected "in memory of" persons killed by drunk drivers, etc. - alongside the road. Down here, where normal-ish people live, rather in the state of Chicago, most think it's BS. And an insult to people who've been killed on the roads and had a sign put up. Peta's statement is that there's no next-of-kin to stand up for these poor cows and make sure they are remembered. However, if they would have let a bunch of us rednecks at the crash site when it happened, we'd be fondly remembering some awfully good meals right now. It ain't the first time some of us have carved up a bovine for dinner.

The whole thing is udderly ridiculous. :cool:

Jess
01-03-2012, 07:47 AM
You've never been cow tipping? It's great fun.:laugh2:

You're more redneck than me. Wow!

Of course, we raised the cows and it's kind of silly to possibly harm one's own property. We knew all the other people with cows too, so you don't want to damage your friend's cows either.

Gunny
01-04-2012, 08:24 AM
In Arkansas , it's illegal to kill rattlesnakes. Top that if you can.

Absurd. If it's a snake and it rattles around me, it better make sure its SGLI is up to date first.

ConHog
01-04-2012, 12:11 PM
Absurd. If it's a snake and it rattles around me, it better make sure its SGLI is up to date first.

I hate snakes and kill them on sight, then worry about what kind they were. My grandfather used to chew me out royally for killing King Snakes back when he was still with us. I don't care. Snakes.. UGH. They'll just have to arrest me.

Gunny
01-04-2012, 09:06 PM
I hate snakes and kill them on sight, then worry about what kind they were. My grandfather used to chew me out royally for killing King Snakes back when he was still with us. I don't care. Snakes.. UGH. They'll just have to arrest me.

I let the garter snakes go because I can identify them. I can identify other snakes too .... targets.

CSM
01-04-2012, 09:43 PM
I let the garter snakes go because I can identify them. I can identify other snakes too .... targets.

Ya gots to kill the garter snakes too or all the other types will move right in with em thinking it's their kind of neighborhood.

Gunny
01-04-2012, 09:48 PM
Ya gots to kill the garter snakes too or all the other types will move right in with em thinking it's their kind of neighborhood.

Good point.