1. Italian court clears American woman Amanda Knox of murder
She has spent the past four years in prison proclaiming her innocence and now she is free. American Amanda Knox, now 24, was convicted of what was at the time described as a ‘satanic sex orgy murder’ with her Italian boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito. Knox and co-defendant Raffaele Sollecito, her former boyfriend from Italy, were convicted of murdering Meredith Kercher in 2009. Knox was sentenced to 26 years in prison, Sollecito to 25. Also convicted in separate proceedings was Rudy Hermann Guede, a drifter and native of the Ivory Coast. Overturned DNA evidence led to the convicitons being quashed. And whoever the murderer is or was, there are now few suspects.
2. DVT not drugs blamed for backpacker’s death
When Aussie backpacker Madeline Cawley was found dead in a campsite in Rome whilst on a Contiki tour – it was thought drugs or heavy drinking were to blame. It is now believed that DVT (Deep Vein Thrombosis) was the cause of death for the 23-year-old. Madeline was from Cudgera Creek on the NSW far north coast and was on her first trip to Europe.
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4. Urgh. Aussie ugg boots made from ‘skinned alive’ raccoon dogs
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Have a look at the size of that animal.. How do you suppose that anyone would successfully be able to skin it ALIVE without endangering themselves? Is there any logical reason why they wouldn't kill it first?..Doesn't make sense..does it? This is why I don't believe this report. When people do even the nastiest of things, there's always a reason why they do them...sick but there are reasons. This one has none! unless anyone can tell me otherwise.
No offense but some animal rights activists can go a bit too far in their dramatic protests of animal cruelty. This is not to suggest that animal cruelty doesn't exist, It Does! But, sometimes the occasional clearly desperate claim gets them unstuck. Is it that the animals are being "skinned alive" or is it that they are being killed?;).. Two Very different things. Sometimes when people come clean with their concerns, this is when they are taken seriously. They have concerns about these animals being killed - that's the real issue here.
Being alive doesnt necessarily mean being healthy enough to defend yourself. Depending on where its done, animals are usually bludgeneoned or have their heads hit against the ground before skinning. In some places they are stunned with an electric probe. These practices may or may not render them unconcious, but usually reduces their ability to fight back.
If they continue to fight too hard, they will get another bludgeoning until they are able to be 'processed' without danger to the human. This practice is done in places where they dont have more sophisticated/humane ways of rendering an animal senseless before butchering it.
Kate! I agree..The animal may be incapacitated but alive, that's true. If that's the practice, it is a real pity. Excuse my ignorance - What does the word "bludgeoning" mean?