brahms@trwspp.UUCP (05/30/84)
[I kid you not......]
Taken from L.A. Times, May 30, 1984
BRITISH ANIMAL LOVERS PROBE CRUELTY TO WORMS
(from Reuters)
LISKEARD, England -- Britain's animal defenders have been asked
to look into complaints of cruelty to worms in a contest held in this
Cornwall village.
The "worm coaxing," where people try by various means to lure
worms from the earth to be measured, was staged by a local pub to raise
money for medical research. "It's just harmless fun," pub owner Ted
Ellway said.
After receiving the complaint, a spokesman for the Royal Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals said: "We would prefer it if
the worms were left alone. . . . If they are disturbed like this, they
should be returned to the earth with a little suffering as possible."
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