Memorial vigil planned for shot Wallsend cow Bessie

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Memorial vigil planned for shot Wallsend cow Bessie

Post by cronus » Wed May 20, 2015 4:06 am

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-32800365

Memorial vigil planned for shot Wallsend cow Bessie

Hundreds of people are expected to attend a memorial vigil for a cow which was shot dead by police marksmen.
The cow, nicknamed Bessie, was one of three which escaped Rising Sun Country Park in North Tyneside on Sunday.

A helicopter and six police marksmen tracked the trio - two were recaptured but Bessie was shot "in the interests of public safety".

The vigil is to take place at 18:00 BST on Friday, at a field in Chicken Lane, Wallsend.
More than 6,000 people have liked a Facebook page set up in her memory.

Those attending are asked to wear a cow onesie and bring a candle.

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Post by JimC » Wed May 20, 2015 4:49 am

The police cafetaria will be selling lots of Bessie burgers...
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Post by piscator » Wed May 20, 2015 6:08 am

She shouldn't have let the bastards grind her down.

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Re: Memorial vigil planned for shot Wallsend cow Bessie

Post by cronus » Wed May 20, 2015 6:18 am

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Post by piscator » Wed May 20, 2015 7:59 am

I'd imagine the vigilant are more concerned about an entire police force with an Augusta helicopter who can only manage 66.7% effectiveness in apprehending 3 milk cows escaped from a local petting zoo.

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Post by Strontium Dog » Wed May 20, 2015 12:03 pm

More senseless police brutality. And needless to say, the victim's skin was brown.
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Post by pErvinalia » Wed May 20, 2015 12:14 pm

Prolly a muslim cow too.
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Post by Faithfree » Wed May 20, 2015 1:13 pm

It looked like it was going for its gun, ... or at least thinking about going for its gun..
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Post by laklak » Wed May 20, 2015 3:49 pm

Insofar as cows think, that is. Who knows, they might have a rich interior life, ruminating about arcane philosophical concepts.
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Post by Strontium Dog » Wed May 20, 2015 9:11 pm

Faithfree wrote:It looked like it was going for its gun, ... or at least thinking about going for its gun..
It was going for its gnu. Tragic bovine interspecies romance.
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Strontium Dog wrote:
Faithfree wrote:It looked like it was going for its gun, ... or at least thinking about going for its gun..
It was going for its gnu. Tragic bovine interspecies romance.
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Post by pErvinalia » Wed May 20, 2015 10:35 pm

At least they disposed of Bessie more humanely than they did this poor Australian cow in Vietnam.. :?

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Post by JimC » Wed May 20, 2015 10:36 pm

Not showing, rEv...
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Post by pErvinalia » Wed May 20, 2015 10:36 pm

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