Tag: Sicily

Vermin – CounterPunch.org

Sue Coe’s drawing, published here for the first time, exposes the internal contradictions of the word “vermin” as applied to either humans or animals. It shows the former president squatting on a toadstool, throwing a tantrum, observed by thoughtful and sensitive animals (so-called vermin!) in a forest clearing. The rats, mice, rabbit, snail, and moth (holding a lantern) watch the performance with a combination of amusement and alarm. They know that the only creature acting like a beast – like vermin — is the bawling human. The phantom above who sternly presides over the scene is Hitler.

Source: Vermin – CounterPunch.org

Mafia ‘attaching flaming rags to cats’ to start Sicily forest fires | Europe | News | The Independent

wildfires-sicily.png

 

Cats in Sicily could have had petrol-soaked rags attached to them by people linked to the Mafia before being set alight and released into forests to start huge fires, according to the island’s national park officials.  Dozens of forest fires which broke out within hours of each other in Sicily on Thursday are believed to have been begun by mobsters or their collaborators.

Source: Mafia ‘attaching flaming rags to cats’ to start Sicily forest fires | Europe | News | The Independent