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Animal Activist

ANIMAL ACTIVIST Union activist actually – Animal Branch, dude. My union buddies are thinking it‘s intolerably rude To have penguin members thrown fish - an insult. It should be politely offered, like to any human adult. Our AFL-CIO sheep in an “overcrowded” flock Must have minimum workers’ space needs; the stock Needs two metres between each pair of sheep. Some of our pigs are working in conditions so horribly cheap As to be described as “a pig sty”. But the most ridiculous waste of unionized labour in my Opinion is cows, who‘ve got salt at one end of field And water at other end: they gotta walk miles each day. Seems obvious they could have salt and water together, say At one end, and save a lot of walking for our brothers. And what about racial slurs and implicit name-calling of others - “Great Dane” suggests other nationalities of dog workers are worse. Should be called “Danish” - all dogs are worth paying a fatter purse. One of our brothers is a dog who’s a boxer: Horrible, he’s one of the Marquis of Queensbury jocks…er….. Oh…. and no more of that Old English Sheepdog stuff, I’m afraid. It’s obvious age-ism in the trade.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2010




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