A TRAGIC EXAMPLE OF ANIMAL CRUELTY

My favourite football team in Colombia, Junior of Barranquilla, had a mascot, an owl who inhabited the stadium and would be caught by the cameras flying around and sitting on the pitch during matches, not unlike the Benfica eagle, Vitoria, in Lisbon. Last Sunday during a match, when Junior was playing a team called Pereira, a player on the opposition team, Luis Moreno, kicked the owl after it had been struck by the ball. A man from an animal rescue team was in the process of coming onto the pitch to pick up the injured bird before it was kicked. Play had been halted so the bird could be helped. Then this horrible thing happened. I don't have enough words...I am an animal lover. I cannot abide any kind of cruelty shown towards animals or children, those who rely on us to help them, not hurt them. The owl was expected to recover, having suffered a leg fracture, but yesterday went into shock and died. I went to bed last night devastated and in tears.

( THIS IS MY TRIBUTE TO JUNIOR'S OWL )

SOME MUSINGS ABOUT COMMUNITIES

I've been thinking lately about LJ comms. I think we can become so enthusiastic about something we post and read about on LJ and want to contribute more by creating communities where we can look at, discuss and become more involved in our particular passions. But sometimes we can go a little overboard, try to do too much, too quickly, and then we crash big-time. I am guilty of doing this for sure. I have FIVE livejournal accounts and NINE communities! As well, there are a few other communites that I actively post in.

( SEE MY LJ ACCOUNTS HERE AND I HAVE MORE TO SAY )