The following story appeared in the local news this week: “A Jack Russell terrier is recovering after being thrown from the Blue Heron Bridge. The dog is in stable, but serious condition. The person taken into custody is described as a juvenile.” Another news source reported: “A girl [was] seen throwing a dog off the Blue Heron bridge…BJ, the 8-year-old Jack Russell terrier mix, is in a lot of pain but stable after a nearly 50 foot fall off the bridge at about 3:40 p.m. Wednesday at Phil Foster Park…He was taken to an overnight emergency clinic…The girl who tossed the dog off the bridge later laughed, took off her clothes and went into the water, witnesses said. Deputies called to a report of animal cruelty found the dog on the beach, ‘clearly in distress, pain, was whining and struggling to move’…A lifeguard on the beach comforted the dog until help arrived. ‘It did attempt to sit up. It was yelping really badly. We had to turn away. It was just horrible to see a dog in so much pain and shock,’ said one witness. According to the sheriff’s office, charges in the case will be forthcoming. Animal Care and Control says if the owners give up the dog, BJ will be put up for adoption or sent to a rescue facility.”
I definitely do not advocate animal cruelty nor do I want to make light of this story, but put this in perspective.
The following news story did NOT appear in the local news this week (and never will): “An unidentified male baby is not recovering after being torn from his mother’s womb this morning. The person responsible for this act, described as a juvenile by witnesses, was seen entering the abortion clinic while bearing a child and then exiting after discarding the child. The girl is not being taken into custody or anything of the nature…The boy is no longer in any pain, although his little head was crushed with the forceps and his tiny body was forcefully suctioned out of the young girl’s body at about 3:40 p.m. Wednesday at Abortion Central…The girl who had the baby murdered later laughed and went to the beach with her friends, witnesses said. No deputies were called out to any reports of child cruelty to find the pieces of a little boy in the dumpster, for no such reports were ever filed. No one complained of hearing any yelps or how horrible it was to see a baby in so much pain, and there certainly was no ‘lifeguard’ to comfort the baby boy until help arrived… Absolutely no charges will be forthcoming; there is no case here! Human Care and Control says the woman gave up the boy willingly and eagerly, and BJ was never a candidate for adoption or any kind of rescue facility. He was a just a worthless fetus!”
What has this world come to that we are grieved and enraged over the maltreatment of a creature (cf. Rom. 1:25) but see no value in a human life in the womb (Psa. 139:13-16)!