All God's Creatures

Bill Staines in 2004   (Photo by Thom C)

As the Bill Staines song goes, “All God’s creatures got a place in the choir…”  This includes porcupines, prickly as they may be.

Tragically, humans don’t always see it that way.  Some interpret stewardship as the right to bludgeon for fun.  This is finally being judged for what it is: immoral and often illegal animal abuse.

Because two Rockland, Maine police officers beat porcupines to death with batons while on duty, they were fired, fined and sentenced to some jail time.  Another officer had reported this illicit behavior to the authorities.

Resources

https://www.wabi.tv/2021/07/16/former-rockland-police-officers-sentenced-beating-porcupines/ 

Copyright July 17, 2021 by Linda Van Slyke   All Rights Reserved