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An unknown amount of swine were slaughtered in order to produce the footballs used during 
the Oregon Ducks versus Oregon State Beavers football game Thursday night. And while the Ducks emerged victorious, an unknown perpetrator in Albany came out as the biggest swine of them all. An unknown goon and/or goons captured a male mallard in Albany, spray-painted Beavers’ orange on the bird and bound its legs with duct-tape. The duck survived, but its feathers no longer shed water. If it were released today, the bird would drown and die. “Insane,” said Jeff Picton, executive director of the nonprofit Chintimini Wildlife Center, where the bird must spend the winter/Joseph Fredrichs, New West. More here. (APhoto: Oregon Duck mascot hoisted by fans after win over Oregon State.)
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JeanC on December 08 at 4:26 p.m.
Introduce the slime to the business end of a can of spray paint and a baseball bat.
Charlie on December 08 at 4:32 p.m.
Anybody that would do that to an animal might one day do something dastardly to a child. My guess drinking had something to do with it. If it were up to me the perps would be kicked out of school, forever.
spokelooneh on December 08 at 9:31 p.m.
That’s sick, disgusting, and wrong.