Student Accused Of Killing Raccoon That Was Skinned, Eaten By Fraternity

[bluestateguy]

If there is ever a draft I hope these frat boys are packed up and sent off.

http://www.wftv.com/news/2825026/detail.html

ATHENS, Ga. -- A University of Georgia student turned himself in to authorities Thursday after a judge issued a warrant accusing him of killing a raccoon that was then skinned, burned and eaten by members of his fraternity.

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Police said a fraternity brother of Zimmerman's skinned the animal, and another ate some of it after the meat was burned. Zimmerman is the only member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity charged because he is the one accused of killing the animal.

[bleedingheart]

1. could they get rabies from the animal by eating it?

[Lorien]

3. Eating any carnivore or omnivore

is extremely dangerous. SARS arose from just such an unnatural practice, as did ebola and AIDS.

As an aside; I rehabilite orphaned raccoon cubs. They are very sensitive and intelligent animals. I find this story quite disturbing.

[Frangible]

13. I shot a racoon once

That my dog had torn up. It was bleeding and crippled. Broke my heart, was shaken for days afterwards. Killing something should never be taken lightly.

[plcdude]

2. I'm live in Oklahoma

and find this laughable. The next thing you know they will try to make cock fighting illegal.

[Lorien]

4. Um, cockfighting is illegal

perhaps you were being sarcastic?

[JVS]

14. It is still legal in a couple states

[RebelOne]

16. I sure as hell hope cock fighting will be soon be illegal in all states..

That so-called sport is pure animal abuse.

[JVS]

19. Check out this site

www.ragingrooster.com

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

5. Rabies

you're likely to get rabies if you get in touch with fluids from a rabid animal. I have friends who drank milk from a goat they later discovered was rabid, and had to undergo rabies shots.

In 1962, my grandmother narrowly escaped death when a student in the fraternity across the street from her house shot at the window by which she was sitting "on a dare". Bullet missed her head by about an inch. Nothing was done about it, other than say "boys will be boys". Oh, I forgot. They did pay for a new window.

So you can understand why I'm a bit prejudiced against frat rats.

[Jacobin]

6. Are they endangered?

People in rural areas have been eating racoon for centuries.

How's it different from squirrel or rabbit or deer or cow or whatever?

[TexasMexican]

7. So whats the problem?

They killed it, skinned it, and ate it.

[Frances]

10. People ate raccoons during the Depression

They also ate squirrels.

[Blitz]

12. People still eat squirrels

It's not at all uncommon in much of the country.

[boneygrey]

11. Barbecue Sauce

Wonder what kind they used

[tex46]

8. I don't see why this is illegal

[TexasMexican]

9. hmm

Just read the article and I still dont see why they would charge this guy, this is pretty assinine.

As for the guy who ate the meat he is definately a darwin award waiting to happen if that thing was diseased.

[SoCalDem]

15. Just add a comma and it's ok with me

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Student , Accused Of Killing Raccoon That Was Skinned, Eaten By Fraternity"

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[RebelOne]

17. Love it.

I hope that student was tasty.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

18. If the raccoon was rabid...

then I don't see what the big deal is. Rabies causes suffering and madness for animals. If I had a debilitating disease that made me violent as well as contagious, please put me out of my misery.

However, if it turns out that the coon wasn't rabid, then maybe I could see the whole animal cruelty thing. The racoon was just being a raccoon and the frat boys were being, well... frat boys.

[Blue-Jay]

20. I had raccoon meat once.

My former band was playing at a wild game cook-off in downstate Illinois. Lemme tell ya, that shit was NASTY. Gamey-smelling and foul.

The elk chili kicked ass though.

[MercutioATC]

21. Next thing you know, people will be eating rabbits...

...oh........never mind....

Seriously, what's the issue with this?