Tuesday, July 17, 2018

FREE WILBUR the PIG GOES VIRAL! - Vegan activist who stole a PIGLET soothes it with Elvis songs as they escape



Free Wilbur! Vegan activist who stole a PIGLET from a farm and soothed it with Elvis songs as they made their getaway is spared jail (while Wilbur is now living in an animal sanctuary)


A subsequent video clip of Omar visiting Wilbur at his new home went viral after American musician, and vegan activist, Moby shared it.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5961729/Vegan-activist-23-stole-piglet-farm-soothed-Elvis-songs-spared-jail.html?mrn_rm=rta-fallback


Wesley Omar was sentenced to 100 hours of unpaid work after pleading guilty

He stole the pig in July after filming himself exposing conditions at the farm

He said he didn't take the pig home because his 'mother would have had a fit' but instead took it to a nearby sanctuary

By BRIDIE PEARSON-JONES FOR MAILONLINE


Wesley Omar, 23, was sentenced him to a 12-month community order with 100 hours of unpaid work

An animal activist has avoided jail after he stole a pig from a farm and brazenly filmed himself as he played Elvis music to the hog while it was sitting in the footwell of his car.

Wesley Omar, 23, was sentenced to a 12-month community order with 100 hours of unpaid work when the farmer pressed charges after seeing the video on YouTube.   

Omar also lost his investment-broking job as a result.

He pleaded guilty to theft of the three-month-old pig in July last year. 

Speaking after the hearing, Omar said he made the film to encourage people to question the need for eating meat.

He chose Belmont Farm, in Pickwell, near Melton in Leicestershire because it was local and he wanted to see how they operated.
The pig he stole is now named Wilbur and is happily living at an animal sanctuary.

A subsequent video clip of Omar visiting Wilbur at his new home went viral after American musician, and vegan activist, Moby shared it.

The farmer has now spent thousands of pounds upgrading security on the premises.

The video, shown to the court, begins with Omar saying he wants to 'check out how brilliant their meat is' and invites viewers to 'take a look for yourselves.'

He claimed the pigs were in filthy and cramped conditions with 'nothing to burrow in' and just 'a little chain to play with.'

In 2011, Belmont Farms Ltd was fined several thousand pounds by Trading Standards for  'a generally lax regime' and medically treating injured pigs in the farm's hospital pens.


Wesley Omar (front, right of centre), pictured with fellow animal rights activists outside Leicester Crown Court
Outside court, Omar who was accompanied by friends and fellow activists, said: 'The pig I took was grunting a bit in the car and needed calming down, so I put the radio on and it seemed to work.
'I wasn't planning to steal him, it just happened at the last minute and I took the nearest pig - I couldn't take them all.
'I know I broke the law, which was wrong, but at least I saved a life.
'I rang someone I knew at a sanctuary and took the pig straight there - I didn't take it home, my mother would have had a fit.'


Wilbur the pig (left in the footwell of Omar's car) is now living in an animal sanctuary

Vegan activist films himself after stealing a pig from farm


Judge Nicholas Dean QC said: 'I accept you were doing it for a cause you believe in, but to act unlawfully for a cause is a criminal offence.
'You may feel you achieved something by the video being aired in this court and the publicity.'

Pictured: Wesley Omar, 23, before he freed the piggy
The judge said Omar was entitled to express his beliefs but not through criminal activity, which interfered with the rights of the farmer, who had incurred loss through the £6,000 cost of upgrading security.

He told Omar: 'Your acts were extremely childish.'

James Armstrong-Holmes, mitigating, said: 'His intentions were somewhat humane.

'The pig is at a sanctuary and will live its life fully.

'It can't be taken back as there's a potential risk of contamination.
'He lost his job as an investment broker.

'He now plans to study psychology at the University of Derby.

'He doesn't intend to do anything like this again and intends to focus on his studies.'



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http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2018/07/video-crews-rescue-deaf-puppy-from-50.html

 

A group of determined volunteers in Alabama spent 30 hours successfully rescuing a seven-week-old deaf puppy from a 50-foot hole Friday, according to video footage of the rescue.

 

 

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http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2017/12/south-koreans-electrocuting-dogs-to-eat.html

 

 

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http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2017/07/back-from-dead-to-be-euthanized-escapes.html



VIDEO:

 

DEAF PUPPY SAVE FROM 50-FOOT HOLE!

 

http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2018/07/video-crews-rescue-deaf-puppy-from-50.html

 

A group of determined volunteers in Alabama spent 30 hours successfully rescuing a seven-week-old deaf puppy from a 50-foot hole Friday, according to video footage of the rescue.

 

 

Saved from the slaughterhouse: Helpless puppies among 170 dogs freed from South Korean canine meat farm before they can be electrocuted and turned into soup

 

http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2017/12/south-koreans-electrocuting-dogs-to-eat.html

 

 

MOVING VIDEO OF 3 PUPPIES TOSSED IN A TAR PIT RESCUED.... THERE ARE GOOD PEOPLE THAT DO GOOD THINGS, SO WE CAN'T BE PASSIVE IN THE FACE OF THOSE THAT DO EVIL ON ANIMALS.

VALUE LIFE!

The three puppies were abandoned at the side of a road in an unknown location in India. The dogs were encased in hardened tar before rescuers freed them and reunited them with their mother.

 

 

Back from the dead!

 

Family who took their boxer to the vet to be euthanized are stunned to find out she was put up for adoption and given a new name instead



http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/2017/07/back-from-dead-to-be-euthanized-escapes.html

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