Homeless mans rabbit thrown in Liffey

Wolfe Tone

Apparently this lad is a beggar who has a pet dog and rabbit... Often sits on O'Connell Bridge. Some scumbag apparently threw the rabbit into the river, his owner jumped in after it and rescued it, before he was rescued himself!

Picture taken just after he rescued the rabbit
Back on dry land.

http://thedailyedge.thejournal.ie/man-jumps-into-liffey-to-save-pet-rabbit-169390-Jul2011/#slide-slideshow2

I understand that beggars may be an irritant to some, but the poor rabbit

Fella who did it was arrested AFAIK.

ItsAWindUp

All I can say is I wish the very worst for any individual who would do something like that.

Max Power1

Pure and utter scum. Who could possibly justify doing that?

Wolfe Tone

ItsAWindUp wrote: »

All I can say is I wish the very worst for any individual who would do something like that.

Tempted to say he should be chucked in himself, not to drown mind.

7sr2z3fely84g5

Max Power1 wrote: »

Pure and utter scum. Who could possibly justify doing that?

Same sort that would laugh and attack the homeless..

AudreyHepburn

As irritating as begging can be, I always think ' this person probably wasn't always in this position and things at home must really have gone to hell to push him/her to this lifestyle'.

The least we can do is to not treat these people as the equivalent of what you'd find on the end of your shoe. People like the aforemention scumbag what to take serious look at themselves if they think it is acceptable to kill what the poor man probably considered his friends.

beagle001

I hope they catch the scumbag who three the rabbit in the river and make him pay for the rescue mission as well as a hefty fine.

Dancor

How much do homeless people usually earn?

This should double his celery.

Chuck Stone

I hate bullies. They Bugs me.

Magill

Wolfe Tone wrote: »

Tempted to say he should be chucked in himself, and drown himself.

FYP.

candy-gal1

Some scum with nothing better to do, trying to impress someone or feel better about themselves probably! This makes me v that anyone would do that!
I saw the rabbit there before as i was walking through town, so cute!

AudreyHepburn

Wolfe Tone wrote: »

Tempted to say he should be chucked in himself, not to drown mind.

Better yet chuck everything he owns into the Liffy, just as he did to that man.

davearthurs

Saw a poster for a stolen rabbit in Ranelagh only a few days ago....

Tehachapi

Scum! Moral outrage! etc.

*Goes off to enjoy chicken/bacon dinner*

Sonnenblumen

swim rabbit swim?

Lorri_L

Some scumbag thinking hes being funny :mad: karma and all that

January

That's terrible

I was in the city centre last Monday and was talking to this guy, he was on the corner of Liffey Street and Mary Street/Henry Street... rabbit extremely well looked after and dog also... rabbit was munching away on lettuce as we were speaking. He's a nice bloke just down on his luck and doesn't want to get rid of his animals...

Fúcking disgrace that someone would do that to a poor defenceless animal and hope he's charged with animal cruelty...

AudreyHepburn

Tehachapi wrote: »

Scum! Moral outrage! etc.

*Goes off to enjoy chicken/bacon dinner*

#

Don't start that.

thebigbiffo

this kind of thing just Bugs me. what's up doc?

*coat on

terrible all the same. if you can do that you'd throw a person in river too imo.

Max Power1

January wrote: »

Fúcking disgrace that someone would do that to a poor defenceless animal and hope he's charged with animal cruelty...

+1

Especially on the part where the perpetrator should be charged.

castletownman

Lettuce all agree that whoever done that is sc*m.......

7sr2z3fely84g5

i think there would be more sympathy if someone posted a thread on scoob throwing the OP's iphone into the liffey...

Wolfe Tone

Tehachapi wrote: »

Scum! Moral outrage! etc.

*Goes off to enjoy chicken/bacon dinner*

Me eating any variety of meat, even rabbit(which is tasty) is totally different than getting a homeless mans rabbit, his friend that for all we know he feeds and takes care of before he does himself, and throwing it into a river off a bridge.

ball

Fair play for jumping off O'Connell bridge into the Liffey.
And the rabbit survived? It could have easily died as soon as it hit the water.

Max Power1

On a lighter note:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9czkZiO-38

AudreyHepburn

Wolfe Tone wrote: »

Me eating any variety of meat, even rabbit(which is tasty) is totally different than getting a homeless mans rabbit, his friend that for all we know he feeds and takes care of before he does himself, and throwing it into a river off a bridge.

+100

The dog and rabbit are clearly all he has in his life and I would bet he considers them his best friends. It's a completely different to eating something farmed for consumption.

Dancor

We were talking about this in work, I was all ears, and somebody laughed at the story. I personally find nothing bunny about it.

Sonnenblumen

AudreyHepburn wrote: »

+100

The dog and rabbit are clearly all he has in his life and I would bet he considers them his best friends. It's a completely different to eating something farmed for consumption.

..or shooting for pleasure

Tehachapi

AudreyHepburn wrote: »

+100

The dog and rabbit are clearly all he has in his life and I would bet he considers them his best friends. It's a completely different to eating something farmed for consumption.

If it's the animal's welfare which concerns people, there really isn't a huge world of difference when you think about it. Meat eating isn't necessary any more so it's a selfish luxury. If someone like me can be vegan for many years and in great health it just proves this. Before you reply - THINK for a moment about what you are saying.

Tehachapi

Wolfe Tone wrote: »

Me eating any variety of meat, even rabbit(which is tasty) is totally different than getting a homeless mans rabbit, his friend that for all we know he feeds and takes care of before he does himself, and throwing it into a river off a bridge.

So long as what is being sympathized is the companionship between the homeless man and his rabbit - rather than the welfare of the animal itself then I'm fine with that.

Disgusting, cowardly, act. I wish we had a system were we could do the same to the scumbag that did this.

I am curious though, why does the homeless guy start fighting with the lads on the boat toward the end?

Uriel.

The rabbit man should have been dumped back into the liffey considering the show of "gratefulness" he gave to the rescue services. Rabbit should be found a home.

The homeless guy is clearly as much of a d1ck as the guy who threw the rabbit in in the 1st place

Superbus

He looked so vulnerable on the ledge.

AudreyHepburn

Deleted User wrote: »

Disgusting, cowardly, act. I wish we had a system were we could do the same to the scumbag that did this.

I am curious though, why does the homeless guy start fighting with the lads on the boat toward the end?

Maybe he was afraid they'd take his pets too? Or he'd get into trouble himself for what happened?

AudreyHepburn

Tehachapi wrote: »

If it's the animal's welfare which concerns people, there really isn't a huge world of difference when you think about it. Meat eating isn't necessary any more so it's a selfish luxury. If someone like me can be vegan for many years and in great health it just proves this. Before you reply - THINK for a moment about what you are saying.

Please don't preach to me. I have no problem with vegan/vegitarian lifestyles and I'd rather not derail the thread with this topic.

Those pets are all that man has and to try and take them from him is dispicable.

Conor108

Deleted User wrote: »

I am curious though, why does the homeless guy start fighting with the lads on the boat toward the end?

His dog is still on the bridge and the dinghy is taking him somewhere else. He was trying to get them to turn around.

Phill Ewinn

Is this fur real? Poor wabbit came within a whisker of drowning. Hopping mad at that scumbag.

castletownman

The rabbit looked like he was on burrowed time for a while there.....

Scuid Mhór

Rabbit's got a good owner.

entropi

Deleted User wrote: »

I am curious though, why does the homeless guy start fighting with the lads on the boat toward the end?

Didnt want to be taken too far from his dog I would imagine, as it was still on the bridge. Can't say I've seen him there before, but then again I dont walk over that bridge alot. Good to see they are all ok.

Heartless cnutbags whoever threw the rabbit in the river.

El Siglo

It could have been worse, at least it wasn't Elmer Fudd throwing his rabbit into the Liffey.

In any case, it's not cool to do that to a wee rabbit.

aligator_am

The cops have just released a sketch of the suspect.

http://www.dailyfreegames.com/wallpaperfiles/size3/elmer-fudd_01_1280.jpg

iamwhoiam

Master of Nothing wrote: »

Didnt want to be taken too far from his dog I would imagine, as it was still on the bridge. Can't say I've seen him there before, but then again I dont walk over that bridge alot. Good to see they are all ok.

Heartless cnutbags whoever threw the rabbit in the river.

I think he was asking to go back to the dog . I found it so touching how he cuddles the rabbit and hold him tight . A far gentler soul than he who threw it in .

_feedback_

Phill Ewinn wrote: »

Hopping mad at that scumbag.

^ that's my favourite of the puns!

Whoever did that is a horribly bad person. Glad to see they both came out ok.

Powerhouse

Wolfe Tone wrote: »

Tempted to say he should be chucked in himself, not to drown mind.

Not to drown maybe, but a Great White Shark loitering in the Liffey at the time would be a nice thought.

Outkast_IRE

I deffo think we should set aside an island for these scum like these and let them live/rot on the island in any way they want .

mikom

Deleted User wrote: »

I am curious though, why does the homeless guy start fighting with the lads on the boat toward the end?

They went to land him on the southside.
"I'm Northside till I die Bud"

cesc77

Nasty cnut throwing the rabbit in but at least the hobo got a decent wash along with his clothes

He wont earn much in the near future looking all spic and span like.:pac:

Oh_Noes

I never liked that Jack Black...

cesc77

Outkast_IRE wrote: »

I deffo think we should set aside an island for these scum like these and let them live/rot on the island in any way they want .

Very harsh....homeless people have feelings too ,you know:pac:

RhubarbCrumble

Whoever did this is a complete b*****d. Something similar happened in Limerick last year. An elderly man who plays the tin whistle on the street (not actually homeless AFAIK but anyway) had a Jack Russell who he was devoted to. He was there one day when a couple of scumbags just grabbed the dog and ran off with him. Poor old man was heartbroken. He was on local radio and newspapers appealing for the return of the dog as he said he was his best friend. I'm open to correction, but I don't think he ever got him back