Homeless mans rabbit thrown in Liffey

Wolfe Tone · 04-07-2011 07:05PM #1

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 · 04-07-2011 07:06PM

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

Max Power1 · 04-07-2011 07:08PM

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

Wolfe Tone · 04-07-2011 07:08PM

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 · 04-07-2011 07:09PM

Max Power1 wrote: »

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

Same sort that would laugh and attack the homeless..

AudreyHepburn · 04-07-2011 07:09PM

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 · 04-07-2011 07:09PM

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 · 04-07-2011 07:10PM

How much do homeless people usually earn?

This should double his celery.

Chuck Stone · 04-07-2011 07:10PM

I hate bullies. They Bugs me.

Magill · 04-07-2011 07:11PM

Wolfe Tone wrote: »

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

FYP.

candy-gal1 · 04-07-2011 07:11PM

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 · 04-07-2011 07:13PM

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 · 04-07-2011 07:13PM

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

Tehachapi · 04-07-2011 07:14PM

Scum! Moral outrage! etc.

*Goes off to enjoy chicken/bacon dinner*

Sonnenblumen · 04-07-2011 07:14PM

swim rabbit swim?

Lorri_L · 04-07-2011 07:15PM

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

January · 04-07-2011 07:17PM

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 · 04-07-2011 07:19PM

Tehachapi wrote: »

Scum! Moral outrage! etc.

*Goes off to enjoy chicken/bacon dinner*

#

Don't start that.

thebigbiffo · 04-07-2011 07:20PM

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 · 04-07-2011 07:21PM

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 · 04-07-2011 07:21PM

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

7sr2z3fely84g5 · 04-07-2011 07:21PM

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

Wolfe Tone · 04-07-2011 07:21PM

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 · 04-07-2011 07:21PM

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 · 04-07-2011 07:22PM

On a lighter note:

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

AudreyHepburn · 04-07-2011 07:24PM

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 · 04-07-2011 07:27PM

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 · 04-07-2011 07:28PM

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 · 04-07-2011 07:29PM

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 · 04-07-2011 07:30PM

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.

04-07-2011 07:31PM

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?

Homeless mans rabbit thrown in Liffey

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