Tag: Donkey

The animal was beaten and bruised by supporters of a political party Dubai: Amidst the election fever in Pakistan, an incident of animal abuse has taken over social media timelines in the country. On their Facebook page and Twitter account, the nonprofit group informed its followers about the abuse this animal had endured at the hands of supporters of a political party, who tortured the animal after writing the name of a political opponent on its body. In a detailed post, along with photographs of the animal, the group wrote: “With the upcoming elections looming upon us, no one is spared from the wrath this time...not even the most helpless of animals.” The post went on to describe the condition the animal was found in: “Beaten to pulp, punched in the face and abdomen several times, nose broken, kicked all over his body until he collapsed, has rope marks and a car rammed into him...all of this to describe one political party as an “ass” by some hooligans as written on the poor donkey’s body.” This has left social media users in the country shaken and furious at the same time. Tweep @RationalPakhtun wrote: “What amazes me the most is how people, especially the less educated ones, go to such extremes in their love and idolisation or hate of a person. First we should fix ourselves.” The animal rescue centre has refused to reveal the name of the political party, which was painted on the donkey’s body. They wrote: “We have blurred out the names on the donkey’s body as we will not involve ourselves in this mess.” However, there were some social media users who despite their post were urging them to name and shame the party and ask for an official apology from its leader. @e_zaad tweeted: “Can you please name that political party... because the leader of this political party should condemn this act and ask their workers not to do that again.” Many users just posted comments on both Facebook and Twitter to recognise the centre’s efforts and praise them for going out of their way to help an animal. I am an animal lover and trying to find about his health.” The group’s initial post has been shared over 7,000 times so far and to answer their followers’ questions, earlier this morning, the centre shared an update on the donkey, who they have named Hero. They wrote in a Facebook post: “We have named him ‘Hero’ as it takes a true hero of the heart to stand quietly, collapse helplessly, and endure painfully as this donkey did. All of this happened despite the presence of a law against animal abuse in the country.