of horrors
So, two male penguins at a zoo in Berlin are living together and, recently, the pair adopted a baby penguin ("Gay penguins raise chick at zoo," June 4). The article goes on to explain that there are three pairs of same-sex penguins at that zoo.
One can only imagine the consternation among right-wing groups here and abroad! Soon, a group called "Repent Penguin Nation" will be formed to keep vigil at the zoo and shout irrelevant biblical passages over loudspeakers. Not to be left behind, an astute U.S. lawmaker will introduce a "Defense of Mating Act" to ensure that gay American penguins don't try that kind of behavior here.
If all else fails, we can put the issue to a vote in California.
Rev. C. Christopher Tobin
The Reformed Catholic Church
St. Mary's Priory
Aston
Animal cruelty
includes trapping
Wayne Pacelle's commentary "Taking on cruelty to animals" on Tuesday was timely and accurate, but inexplicably omitted one of the cruelest ways we allow animals to be tortured. Trapping, which might have been excused a couple of centuries ago when people killed wildlife to feed and clothe themselves, is still permitted, in fact encouraged, by Pennsylvania, as a "sport."
Some sport. No tracking of an animal, giving it at least a chance of escape. No quick death by bullet. The trapper's victim is grabbed by the leg or throat and held until the "sportsman" finds it convenient to come by. Many a trapped animal resorts to chewing off its leg to escape. Many die slow, painful, and lingering deaths.
That this cruelty still exists in the 21st century should shame all Pennsylvanians.
Nick O'Dell
Phoenixville
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a little competition
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