The Weekly Times are running a poll on whether Lyn White should be Australian of the Year.\u00a0 Lyn White is the Communications Director for the animal rights extremist organisation, Animals Australia, and Lyn was instrumental in providing\u00a0footage to the 4-Corners programme that resulted in\u00a0the live export ban.\u00a0 Doubts have since been cast about the reliability of the footage; claims have been made that those\u00a0who were filmed were paid to behave in a cruel manner; and I’ve heard a multitude of rural residents say ‘why could they stand by and film what was happening, without intervening to\u00a0stop it?\u00a0 We could not have stood by and done nothing – we have never seen cruelty like that.’\u00a0 The live export ban also had detrimental affects on Australian livestock and the natural\u00a0environment, as well as putting northern primary producers under a great deal of financial and mental stress.<\/p>\n
Lyn is\u00a0the South Australian state finalist for Australian of the Year.\u00a0 If you can bear it, read about the ‘courageous campaigner’ on the Australian of the Year website.\u00a0 Curiously, for a rural publication, almost all the comments <\/a>\u00a0regarding the Weekly Times article on the subject, sing Lyn White’s praises, and the poll is currently running heavily in favour of ‘for’.\u00a0 Clearly, animal rights activists have far more time to spend on social media grapevines, than the rest of the population, who are probably too busy earning a crust (mostly in private enterprise).<\/p>\n