tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post1663523177071676096..comments2024-03-27T07:18:58.033+00:00Comments on Frances Garrood: ...and now it's butterfliesFrances Garroodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-25195730794703964142012-10-16T13:42:01.309+01:002012-10-16T13:42:01.309+01:00'All creatures great and small''All creatures great and small'Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-30218334718006559922012-10-16T13:27:23.780+01:002012-10-16T13:27:23.780+01:00Which next lines, GB??Which next lines, GB??Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-49798902229335306722012-10-16T13:26:43.135+01:002012-10-16T13:26:43.135+01:00I think it's all to do with the appearance of ...I think it's all to do with the appearance of the creature in question, GB. And while I was never much of an RSPCA supporter (we tend to support other charities), I shall now strike it off the list. While we continue to allow live animals to be transported abroad in trucks, crowded and frightened, and while we still keep chickens in crowded sheds etc etc I cannot see that the RSPCA is using donations as the donors would wish.<br /><br />There. I feel better now!Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-54269698450277823632012-10-16T09:31:17.551+01:002012-10-16T09:31:17.551+01:00I just went back to see what comment I'd made ...I just went back to see what comment I'd made on your last post on this topic and despite all the thoughts I had I didn't leave a comment. Obviously a severe case of ARADD again. I was so sure!<br /><br />It's publicity Frances. If you adopt a high profile objection to something like Damien Hirst then you know that you are onto a Good Thing. Anything that raises your profile like that potentially increases the awareness of what you do and your donations.<br /><br />I love butterflies and moths and praying mantises and.... the list is huge. I love mice. I still put down traps so that they don't infest my garden shed as they did one year when I was in New Zealand. I burn out wasps nests so that I don't have to share my space with them. Your logic is impeccable in that there is no reason why one creature should be treated differently to another.<br /><br />Ah, but wait a minute. Were the butterflies being harmed to gratify our senses? Were they, like wasps and rats, threatening us? Perhaps there is a difference. The question in my mind is whether the difference justifies different treatment by the RSPCA. <br /><br />You do raise some interesting points Frances.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-78305926068789668152012-10-16T09:15:35.892+01:002012-10-16T09:15:35.892+01:00One dog per case = no publicity = no increase in f...One dog per case = no publicity = no increase in funding from the incident.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-33106155771476707042012-10-16T09:13:51.622+01:002012-10-16T09:13:51.622+01:00I think that the next lines probably cover the ugl...I think that the next lines probably cover the ugly ducklings of the world, Frances, though I do take your point.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-5486376219179109632012-10-15T16:15:49.832+01:002012-10-15T16:15:49.832+01:00I doubt it, Dr.T. You'll have to do better tha...I doubt it, Dr.T. You'll have to do better than that.Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-31621261463105958392012-10-15T16:14:04.183+01:002012-10-15T16:14:04.183+01:00I complained to them about a similar dog, Lynne, a...I complained to them about a similar dog, Lynne, and got nowhere. And I'm sure you're right about the caterpillars!Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-70738280431015646642012-10-15T16:12:22.456+01:002012-10-15T16:12:22.456+01:00Oh yes! Mothballs! Terribly cruel.Oh yes! Mothballs! Terribly cruel.Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-25408603996874766942012-10-15T16:11:47.421+01:002012-10-15T16:11:47.421+01:00It's like the hymn "all things bright and...It's like the hymn "all things bright and beautiful"; it leaves out the ugly bits!Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-65769021481079789562012-10-15T16:10:28.131+01:002012-10-15T16:10:28.131+01:00Good point(s), Maggie!Good point(s), Maggie!Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-3976937275035451942012-10-14T22:27:58.375+01:002012-10-14T22:27:58.375+01:00We have had an ingress of mice and I have set trap...We have had an ingress of mice and I have set traps. Should I be awaiting the sinister knock on the door at midnight?<br /><br />Anyway, I 'invented' a song for my grandchildren about it:<br /><br />'We're going off to buy a mouse trap<br />We're going to catch him if we can<br />And we'll put him in a box<br />With a change of mousie socks<br />And send him packing off to Mousie Land'<br /><br />So if I sing that through the letter box they might let me off, do you think?Dr Henry Tegnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09066781800926576413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-68056619843416091452012-10-14T19:50:08.409+01:002012-10-14T19:50:08.409+01:00I've only had one encounter with the RSPCA. I ...I've only had one encounter with the RSPCA. I called them about a dog who had no fur and had been tied up for weeks. They weren't interested. Apparently as long as it had water it was OK.<br />Perhaps Damien should have begun with caterpillars. No-one likes them.Lynne Hackleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11584150621973821344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-68305636483995067472012-10-14T17:47:02.786+01:002012-10-14T17:47:02.786+01:00Suddenly had a vision of little old ladies being p...Suddenly had a vision of little old ladies being pursued down the street by RSPCA officials because there was a whiff of mothballs as they passed .SmitoniusAndSonatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11210817141287881808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-61492808066238562512012-10-14T17:29:21.374+01:002012-10-14T17:29:21.374+01:00You hit the nail on the head when you said that bu...You hit the nail on the head when you said that butterflies are pretty - something that I have never seen a slug described as.Colette McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00383068332228040704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-78963841956756446762012-10-14T14:06:08.499+01:002012-10-14T14:06:08.499+01:00And what about all those teeny weeny little spider...And what about all those teeny weeny little spiders that fall out of your hair and get squashed away? Or ants, that occasionally creep through the cracks in the patio doors and start marching across the floor to eat something the grandchildren have dropped? And do moths have the same gravitas as butterflies? I think not.Maggie Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15938216505505274248noreply@blogger.com