You are viewing a single comment's thread from:
RE: Charity Weekly - Week 3 - still calling for Whales
Oh my gosh, thank you so much. This could not have come at a better time. Just this week we've been embroiled in a heated social media argument with community members about tiny baby chicks being given to unsupervised children at a town festival as contest prizes. This is against Virginia law. Law enforcement has taken the position that they felt attacked by our public questioning of why no one intervened at the event. Our position is that we deeply regret that law enforcement felt attacked, but that we maintain the right and civic obligation to speak up if we feel anyone in public office has not quite met the mark. My post about this incident is here: https://steemit.com/animals/@rhondak/tiny-chicks-as-festival-prizes
Rhonda might not think to come in and note this--she's quite busy--but the chick fiasco does seem to have actually resulted in legal action, as well as improved education of the community. A tragic event, but some good has come of it. And she's offered the community to take in any chicks and rabbits kids won that families can't care for. So any funds raised here will be needed.