A Lament for an Aborted Chicken-Baby

"Please don't terminate me...
I'll be tasty when I'm grown."

I don't feel the necessity for much commentary on this story...it definitely speaks volumes all on its own. I will say, however, that it's a shame the chick didn't get any consideration for its' right to be born. Ah, the downfalls of being 'soulless', eh? Anyway, since this is a BBC article, there are some spellings and colloquialisms that might need clarifying. Credit to Adult Christianity for the link to the story... Jage

- 'Foetus' is the British spelling of 'Fetus'.
- 'Gossip' in this usage refers to the tactics of religious extreme groups in Liverpool who have been causing a lot of ruckus lately.
- Liverpool is a very conservative Christian town with a good bit of political pull in GB. A conservative MP (Member of Parliament) recently caught a lot of flak for saying the "Liverpudlians were hooked on grief".


From the BBC:

Tributes left for a dead chicken

Flowers and tributes were left in an alleyway where the body of a mystery dead baby was found - before police realised it was only a chicken foetus. A member of the public discovered the remains in a back alley in the Anfield area of Liverpool. Police cordoned off the scene but soon realised that it was not a human but a chicken foetus.

Well-wishers had laid more than a dozen bunches of flowers at the scene, along with cards and teddy bears. One of the cards read: "RIP Little Baby. Safe in the arms of Jesus. From someone who is a loving mother xxxx." Merseyside Police told the community on Monday to "stop grieving, it's only a chicken".

A spokeswoman for Merseyside Police said: "It seems a member of the public saw the remains of a foetus, which possibly resembled a human foetus, and called us. "We cordoned off the area to investigate, as we would with any possible suspicious death, but it became apparent it was not a human foetus. "The flowers and cards are obviously the result of local gossip, but we can assure people that the remains were not human."