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Title: The Kiwi's have the right idea
Post by: philw on May 30, 2009, 07:34:37 PM
a Warning for  all those that don't like seeing animals shot, 
as you know  all meet comes from the supermarket where no animals are hurt by those nasty hunters    ;)



now to reality  how cool is this  I wish this was my school.  and gives me another reason on my list to move to the land of the sheep lovers

http://tvnz.co.nz/close-up/politically-incorrect-school-fair-2756669/video



Would love to see what would happen to the PETA freaks attending a function like that over there LOL Possums wouldnt be the only things being skinned and tossed.
Title: Re: The Kiwi's have the right idea
Post by: deepwater on May 30, 2009, 07:40:28 PM
I wish they would have done that at my school!  :D
we'd find possums alongside the road all the time.
Title: Re: The Kiwi's have the right idea
Post by: Rob10ring on May 30, 2009, 07:45:54 PM
The woman who stated that, "our urban counterparts are so far removed from the reality of what goes down on the farm…", says it all. That thinking she refers to is what is becoming the pervasive mindset in this country.

Our possums look a little different.
Title: Re: The Kiwi's have the right idea
Post by: MikeBjerum on May 30, 2009, 07:58:47 PM
I liked the Principle's comment on getting the kids out from in front of the play station and interacting with nature for a good cause.

Great Story!
Title: Re: The Kiwi's have the right idea
Post by: fightingquaker13 on May 30, 2009, 08:14:15 PM
To give an idea of how great this is compared to the situation in the US, let me mention The Possum Drop. The Possum Drop, was an annull New Years event held in this little NC town. Here, to mock the Times Square event, a possum in a cage was hoisted to the top of the flag pole. At midnight, it was lowered ( not dropped) slowly earthward, and then released. However PETA, decides this is horribley cruel and treatens to sue the storeowner unless he stopped it. >:(
FQ13
Title: Re: The Kiwi's have the right idea
Post by: True_Texan on June 01, 2009, 01:03:21 AM
The woman who stated that, "our urban counterparts are so far removed from the reality of what goes down on the farm…", says it all. That thinking she refers to is what is becoming the pervasive mindset in this country.

Our possums look a little different.


I was going to say the same thing. The ones here are much MUCH uglier.

This is what I was thinking:
(http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/tt63/True-Texan/AwesomePossum-AmericanOpossum.jpg)
Title: Re: The Kiwi's have the right idea
Post by: fightingquaker13 on June 01, 2009, 01:36:36 AM
I was going to say the same thing. The ones here are much MUCH uglier.

This is what I was thinking:
(http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/tt63/True-Texan/AwesomePossum-AmericanOpossum.jpg)
Dude, thats just Haz's cat after one too many Hazeritas. ;D
FQ13
Title: Re: The Kiwi's have the right idea
Post by: Rob10ring on June 01, 2009, 01:50:59 AM
I was going to say the same thing. The ones here are much MUCH uglier.

This is what I was thinking:
(http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/tt63/True-Texan/AwesomePossum-AmericanOpossum.jpg)
Apparently, our "possums" are called opossums.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Possum (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Possum)

Title: Re: The Kiwi's have the right idea
Post by: True_Texan on June 01, 2009, 02:44:05 AM
Apparently, our "possums" are called opossums.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Possum (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Possum)



That is absolutely correct. I still prefer to call them possums. (I actually just call them DEAD cause that's how they end up if I see them.) That blasted O just gets in the way.

*grumble grumble* Damn scientist and all their classifications of everything trying to make my life more difficult having to remember all the little things. *grumble*  ;D
Title: Re: The Kiwi's have the right idea
Post by: Green Mountain Gringo on June 01, 2009, 05:15:40 AM
At :38 hahahahhahaa......."Look, he's waking up" BANG!!!!


Imagine that running on US television!
Title: Re: The Kiwi's have the right idea
Post by: philw on June 01, 2009, 06:12:03 AM
At :38 hahahahhahaa......."Look, he's waking up" BANG!!!!


Imagine that running on US television!

I know  classic

the whole video is a great example of getting kids involve in a real conservation activity