Friday, September 28, 2007
 
Headline Presents Passive Voice That Frees Authorities from Responsibility
Notice the difference between the headline and the actual story: Last of roaming bulls found dead:
    The bull was initially spotted in the 3800 block of Gasconade Street in St. Louis. People who spotted the bull called 911 and dispatchers alerted animal rescue workers.

    The bull nearly ran onto busy Interstate 55, but crews were able to coax it away from the highway. The bull then took off and ran for about two miles south along railroad tracks. Crews pursued but the bull eventually stumbled down the steep embankment.

    Crews tried to free the bull which had its legs twisted and wedged between boulders but the animal quickly went into shock and died.

    "It's very disappointing," said Roger Vincent of the Missouri Emergency Response Service. "We were hoping to save him and send him on his happy way."
Oh, you sent him to a better place all right. These Animal Welfare Experts chased this livestock down a hill to its death.

If they were not Animal Welfare Expert Crews and were just normal people, do you think they'd be charged with animal cruelty?

I'm not saying they should be; I'm just saying that they probably could, unfortunately for those of us who are not experts.


- posted by Brian J. @ 2:29 PM
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