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Chesed: Endearing Chicken Spared From Ceremonial Sacrifice


Animals  (tags: goodnews, suffering, chickens, Kapparot, AnimalWelfare )

Tierney
- 68 days ago - farmsanctuary.org
The tiny chicken, later named Chesed (meaning mercy or loving-kindness in Hebrew), was saved by Brooklyn resident Wayne Johnson, from a Kapparot ritual. From Farm Sanctuary.
Comments

Gorilly Girl (371)
Wednesday October 14, 2009, 1:49 pm
Tierney you must love chickens huh...LOL NOthing wrong with that but it seems you always find these stories and I love it most kinda forget about them..

Big Gorilly HUgs
 

Roseann Dudrick (74)
Wednesday October 14, 2009, 2:06 pm
I don't think higher intelligence and more enlightened beings look kindly on such unnecessary cruelty.
 

Tierney G. (317)
Wednesday October 14, 2009, 2:07 pm
Yes I do Gorilly Girl I have 22 and 4 new baby chicks! They are my buddies.I am glad you love them. I will keep looking for more LOL! They are hard to find sometimes.
Hugs back at you
 

Audra R. (27)
Wednesday October 14, 2009, 3:51 pm
These rituals need to be stopped!
 

Brad C. (38)
Wednesday October 14, 2009, 5:36 pm
It is amazing that even when given an alternative, These so called religious believers will still bring harm to one of His creatures. such a sad state humanity is in.
 

Mandi T. (267)
Wednesday October 14, 2009, 5:50 pm
I've always hated these rituals, have seen far too many. Yes, our Tierney is our chicken lover. She knows my chicken stories that arre super.
Hugs to you Tierney.
 

Past Member (0)
Wednesday October 14, 2009, 7:52 pm
i admire chickens! I mean real chickens.
 

Deborah B. (43)
Wednesday October 14, 2009, 8:35 pm
I just received this information from Farm Sanctuary's newsletter today. What wonderful news, indeed!
 

Past Member (0)
Wednesday October 14, 2009, 11:33 pm
Thank you Wayne Johnson. You are a good person. I don't have to meet you to know that.
 

mary f. (78)
Thursday October 15, 2009, 12:28 am
i.m glad for this little guy i read about this ritual and could'nt believe it i sent letters of protest thanks tierney
 
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