Youth who threw rabbit in river

Dyr · 04-12-2012 04:17PM

The sad thing about this case is the amount of bogeys out begging with unfortunate animals on their laps for the sympathy factor

Also, f**k that little bastard in the liffey at this time of year and let his family decide if they want to jump in after him.

04-12-2012 04:21PM

MrsD007 wrote: »

That could have been an old picture though!

I was just listening to the RTE 1 Radio news a few minutes ago and they interviewed Mr. Byrne who confirmed that Barney, his rabbit is alive and well It looks like the Indo got it wrong in their news report.

The indo didn't say the rabbit was dead

dilallio · 04-12-2012 04:37PM

seven_eleven wrote: »

Wait, so did the rabbit actually die or what?

zefer wrote: »

Yep.. Your man got it from the water but it died in his arms according to the article

When they got the rabbit out of the water, some lady ran over, took an aerosol can from her bag, and sprayed it into the rabbit's mouth.
Barney the rabbit immediately jumped up, ran 10 metres, turned around and waved, hopped another 10 metres, turned around and waved again. He kept repeating this over and over until someone asked the lady

"That's amazing. What was in that spray?"

She showed him the can and he read:

'V05 hare spray, revives damaged hare, induces permanent wave'

/gets coat

Lady Chatterton · 04-12-2012 05:16PM

bluewolf wrote: »

The indo didn't say the rabbit was dead

The Indo reported the following......

"Barney died in my arms. I got him under the bridge and gave him the kiss of life."

The Indo failed to mention that the rabbit was revived so it was reasonable to assume that the rabbit hadn't survived.

keithclancy · 04-12-2012 05:16PM

Indo is a shíte rag anyway.

super_furry · 04-12-2012 05:18PM

Well he's opened a franchise in Dublin because there's at least three different guys in town begging with rabbits now.

davet82 · 04-12-2012 05:19PM

super_furry wrote: »

Well he's opened a franchise in Dublin because there's at least three different guys in town begging with rabbits now.

thats because everyone wants to give the poor man with the rabbit a few extra bob for his troubles, sure it paid for my ipad

Shryke · 04-12-2012 05:25PM

The rabbit guy was on 4fm a little earlier. I was browsing stations in the car and caught a bit of the interview. No new info although he was pretty adamant that the rabbit died and then later made a point that he revived it.
I honestly didn't listen for that long. Awful thing to do to an animal, and to a man who's badly off.

saintsaltynuts · 04-12-2012 05:27PM

What do you get if you pour boiling water down a rabbit hole?
Hot Cross Bunnies.

Dodge · 04-12-2012 05:30PM

WileyCoyote wrote: »

So you are happy that his current sentence is merely the postponement of his next crime, thus society is not really any safer, so the jail term is a waste.

I'm more liberable than most, and some of the reactionary nonsense on this forum is sickening...

But, there's no amount of educating you can do to someone who thinks its OK to grab a rabbit from a homeless guy and **** it in the river.

There's no set of personal circumstances, in which that lad can justify, explain or excuse that action

Its somply a scummy thing, but a scummy person

The_Thing · 04-12-2012 05:30PM

I hope the only present the scumbag gets this Christmas is a bullet between the eyes.

04-12-2012 05:31PM

MrsD007 wrote: »

The Indo reported the following......

"Barney died in my arms. I got him under the bridge and gave him the kiss of life."

The Indo failed to mention that the rabbit was revived so it was reasonable to assume that the rabbit hadn't survived.

They reported a quote which said "kiss of life" at the end, so I don't agree. It also states earlier in the article that:
...before both were rescued by firefighters.

MaxSteele · 04-12-2012 05:31PM

What a waste of space. Animal cruelty should be as harshly treated in the same bracket as cruelty or harm to a child.

138 previous convictions. Wouldn't ya f*cking know.:rolleyes:

Julius Seizure · 04-12-2012 05:32PM

Is it just me or did this happen a few months ago? With a dog maybe

Lady Chatterton · 04-12-2012 05:39PM

bluewolf wrote: »

They reported a quote which said "kiss of life" at the end, so I don't agree. It also states earlier in the article that:
...before both were rescued by firefighters.

I suppose it is a matter of opinion, I think the piece could have been better written.

Would it have killed the Indo to put in a line of text to say that rabbit recovered from his ordeal?

04-12-2012 05:40PM

It's the indo, any piece could have been better written

Cienciano · 04-12-2012 05:41PM

WileyCoyote wrote: »

So you are happy that his current sentence is merely the postponement of his next crime, thus society is not really any safer, so the jail term is a waste.

So then, are you going to keep your way to rehabilitate a scumbag with 138 convictions a big secret?

davet82 · 04-12-2012 05:43PM

MrsD007 wrote: »

I suppose it is a matter of opinion, I think the piece could have been better written.

Would it have killed the Indo to have put a line of text to say that rabbit recovered from his ordeal?

NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED DURING THE WRITING OF THIS ARTICLE... A RABBIT GOT WET AND A DOG GOT THE RUNS BUT THAT'S ABOUT IT.

Lady Chatterton · 04-12-2012 05:45PM

davet82 wrote: »

NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED DURING THE WRITING OF THIS ARTICLE... A RABBIT GOT WET AND A DOG GOT THE RUNS BUT THAT'S ABOUT IT.

Exactly, that is the line I was looking for

:D

DEFTLEFTHAND · 04-12-2012 05:48PM

I remember the story at the time. I found myself getting emotional when he talks about looking down in the water and seeing the rabbit swimming around in circles attempting to keep afloat. It's amazing the bond the two of them must have if he'd risk his own life to save him.

Shryke · 04-12-2012 05:54PM

Dubhaltach wrote: »

Is it just me or did this happen a few months ago? With a dog maybe

Baxteeeeeer!

old hippy · 04-12-2012 06:37PM

The_Thing wrote: »

I hope the only present the scumbag gets this Christmas is a bullet between the eyes.

Ah, my faith in reactionary Ireland is restored. Well done, sir. :rolleyes:

i57dwun4yb1pt8 · 04-12-2012 08:37PM

lets hope its his salad that gets tossed this time

somairle · 04-12-2012 08:40PM

qwert2 wrote: »

Scum. Sub human scum

Partridge

ascanbe · 04-12-2012 08:57PM

MrsD007 wrote: »

The Indo reported the following......

"Barney died in my arms. I got him under the bridge and gave him the kiss of life."

The Indo failed to mention that the rabbit was revived so it was reasonable to assume that the rabbit hadn't survived.

Maybe he meant it in this sense:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dOwHzCHfgA

Gongoozler · 04-12-2012 09:27PM

As much as I hate to interrupt a good scumbag-bashing, I have to agree with Kopparberg. It's a tool to him is all. This man is around town every day. He lives on the northside of the city, he's gotten the bus into town at the same time as me a few mornings to start his day. Funny how nobody noticed that he used to have a different dog. His story to me was that he rescued her. Now he has two different dogs. And it is a franchise - I've seen lots of beggars out with animals, 1 with a puppy, 1 with a kitten. These people aren't much better than the scum who threw the rabbit into the river.

Higher · 04-12-2012 10:01PM

Gongoozler wrote: »

As much as I hate to interrupt a good scumbag-bashing, I have to agree with Kopparberg. It's a tool to him is all. This man is around town every day. He lives on the northside of the city, he's gotten the bus into town at the same time as me a few mornings to start his day. Funny how nobody noticed that he used to have a different dog. His story to me was that he rescued her. Now he has two different dogs. And it is a franchise - I've seen lots of beggars out with animals, 1 with a puppy, 1 with a kitten. These people aren't much better than the scum who threw the rabbit into the river.

Is that why he jumped into the Liffey after it?

Gongoozler · 04-12-2012 10:11PM

Higher wrote: »

Is that why he jumped into the Liffey after it?

Don't know why he did.

The other day, there was a little girl in her buggy with her mum, on a traffic island, waiting to cross. The mother was doing something, and the child got out, and started walking off behind her. A car zoomed up along, and for a split second as both of us noticed what was going on, I got the feeling of running across to push the girl out of the way.

I like children probably less than your average person who doesn't like children, and yet I still would've done that.

Go figure.

sheeper · 04-12-2012 10:51PM

Well done judge
Delighted he got jail

Linguo · 04-12-2012 11:43PM

We have a rabbit and therefore love Barney, hate him being used as a tool to get money though, my mam thinks it's possibly the best business idea ever and the only one making a profit right now! I do think John loves the pets though, the lad who's sometimes on the ha'penny bridge now with a rabbit really annoys me and I hate to think any of them are mistreated but don't think it's the case with John.

We all love him though, last time boyfriend and I were in town we went and bought Barney some carrots, the dogs some dog treats and John a sambo just to be nice:)

Youth who threw rabbit in river

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