Parents of rabbit flu death son taunted by animal rights extremists

dailymail.co.uk ^ | Last updated at 12:59pm on 24th August 2006

[rightgrafix]

Animal rights activists have targeted the parents of Britain's first known human victim of "rabbit flu", with telephone callers telling them his death was a "rabbit's revenge".

John Freeman, 29, died after becoming infected with the bacteria pasteurella multocida after picking up a rabbit on his farm.

He fell ill the next day with a fever and died three days later.

[goldstategop]

These animal rights lovers hate humanity to the depths of their sick souls.

( No more Olmert! No more Kadima! No more Oslo!)

[wmileo]

I did not read the entire article. However these Animal Rights Activists seem to have graduated from the same school as the people who attend (crash is a better description) the funeral services of fallen Military personal from the Iraq and Afghan war. I think it is the worst possible way to get your point across. Shame on them if they understand the concept of shame. Pity them if they don't.

[lesser_satan]

Save an animal, eat an animal rights activist.

[NautiNurse]

Unconscionable behavior.

[HEY4QDEMS]

Funny how I never see the PETA folk at Laconia bike week harrassing all the leather wearers. I wonder why that is? Hmmmmm

[ohioman]

I wish these poor parents would make these animal rights activists an offer they couldn't refuse.

[Clintons Are White Trash]

In honor of the outrageous behaviour, I'm shopping for a Fox Fur Coat for the winter...it will be a sacrifice, but I will suffer and do it.

[GeorgiaDawg32]

they're not at sturgis either..

[308MBR]

Self preservation, maybe?

[Ancesthntr]

How utterly cruel and immoral. I could understand it if he was beating on or hunting an animal and it turned on him and he died - there'd be some sort of cosmic justice there, though I still side with the human. But this - he **picked up** a rabbit? Big freakin' deal! These people are sick beyond belief if they think that such an action warrants a person's death.

May they someday have to face Justice for the emotional distress that they've inflicted upon this family.

[mvpel]

It also reminds me of the nutballs who call in death threats to anti-gun politicians. Guess every cause has it's lunatic fringe.

[bmwcyle]

Activism/Chapters not!!

[BallyBill]

Has nothing to do with animal rights, mentally ill people belong to many groups that they can then use as a cover for their bizarre behavior. Anarchist movement is number one with the mentally ill.

[demkicker]

These whacked out people are cousins to terrorists.

[LM_Guy]

ther ejust deranged, and a pitiful excuse for a human...

[Ptarmigan]

They are in league with Al-Qaida, Hamas, PLO, Hezbollah, and Japanese Red Army.

[sionnsar]

These people are sick beyond belief

[montomike]

That's nothing. Some of those English whack jobs actually dug up the remains of a test animal production facility owner's mother and weren't going to give them back until he shut down his facility.

[george76]

"They were implying that my son deserved to die," Mrs Freeman said. "I just can't understand how people can be so callous. To ring someone up who is devastated with grief - it is disgusting."

John Freeman's parents said their son had been a conservationist.

Mrs Freeman said: "I can't believe these people are caring, or nature lovers or conservationists themselves. If they were, they would know that rabbit culling is a part of country life."

Mr Freeman said: "We are just ordinary people who want to live our lives quietly.