by Alan Jacques
ONE of Bart Simpson’s most famous one-liners has always been ‘don’t have a cow!’
However, it would now appear that co-creator of the world’s most popular animated TV show, Sam Simon, would actually prefer to have a bull!
This week Limerick animal rights activist John Carmody called on the people of Limerick and Ireland to help save the life of a ‘gay bull’ destined for slaughter because he had shown no interest in cows and has a sexual preference for other bulls.
Animal Rights Action Network (ARAN), founded by Mr Carmody, quickly responded to plans to destroy Benjy, a pedigree Charolais bull, purchased for purposes of breeding by a farmer in County Mayo.
ARAN teamed up with one of the UK’s biggest online gay magazines THEGAYUK, and the Hillside Animal Sanctuary in Norwich, to raise £5,000 to save Benjy. This Tuesday, the Limerick animal rights campaigner was celebrating the news that Hollywood producer Sam Simon had stepped in to pay the initial £5,000 needed to save Benjy.
The Simpsons’ co-creator heard of Benjy’s plight through PETA who are also supporting the rescue. The money put up by Simon will now add to the already £4,000 raised online by donors, supporters and members of the public.
“The response from around the worldwide has being so very encouraging, but to now hear that Sam Simon, co-creator of the world’s most popular animated sitcom is stepping in, is just icing on the already well baked cake,” says ARAN’s John Carmody.
“What could be better than to present Benjy with a Christmas gift that will literally last a lifetime, by giving him a one way ticket to freedom.”
