Category: animal rights
Duck goes quackers for Quaker State

By Santiago Rojas
MTW contributing writer

A rare breed of duck known as the kwackerus webbed footerus was discovered in Antarctica by a team of Global Warming fanatics recently.

When the group, which refers to itself as Melters United Against Antimelters (MUAA) found the duck, they inadvertently made an astounding discovery; it had ingested the equivalent of four quarts of motor oil. Lab tests revealed that the duck had been ingesting the oil for an extended period of time and that the oil in question was the Quaker State brand.

Toxicology tests surprisingly showed that the duck had no ill effects from ingesting the oil. Instead, the rare duck had a buoyancy rating roughly three times that of other "water resting" fowl. In addition, the duck's feathers were virtually waterproof.

As a result, scientists are now poised to release findings which suggest that refined oil is actually beneficial to water fowl.

In response, the melters are uniting with the environmental activist group, GreenPeace, to bring a class action lawsuit against the scientists, and the oil companies. They claim the duck's rights were infringed upon and that friction from the expulsion of digested oil via the duck's anus is responsible, in part, for the premature melting of parts of Antarctica.

 
Animal nuts, right?

By Troglodad
MTW contributing writer

For years, a pet peeve of mine has been all the imbeciles who value animal life over that of humans. In fact, my motto has always been "Save the whales; we?ll eat them later."

What really irks me is that so many put so much effort into helping animals when there are children starving, going without education or even lacking clean clothes. But instead of helping them, the animal nuts want to protest the inhumane treatment of chickens, or people wearing fur.

Why have I never seen Greenpeace blockading slums to help poor children, or one of the more militant groups liberating children from the homes of convicted molesters?

All that aside though, I have just read what is undoubtedly the craziest, animal nut story ever:

LAMB AID AFTER ANIMAL'S MOOR FALL
Seems a poor, lost, wittle lamb was found near to death in Lancashire, England, after falling into a gully. The five week old ANIMAL, was rescued by horseback riders (wonder how horses feel about being pressed into service?). And now there?s going to be a "Lamb Aid" concert to help pay the critter?s vet bills.

WHAT?!

Have the British gone totally #@!&ing insane?

I?m sorry, but I missed the concerts to rehabilitate horses that injure themselves in races, like the Kentucky Derby. And what about all those stray dogs and cats that get euthanized?

It?s livestock! If it?s that badly injured put it down or eat it or something!

Oh my God! I just stepped on a cockroach! Quick, somebody call an entymologist! We can save this little guy! Of course, the bills will be astronomical, but with the support of animal rights nuts everywhere, maybe we can have a concert to pay for it! Yeah, Roach Aid. Nope, wait, that?s too much like Raid, the Roach killing bug spray. Um, Creepy-Crawly Aid?

I wonder what Sally Struthers thinks of all this animal nonsense?