Yesterday at our school, a year 8 boy named Daniel killed a bird.
Fortunately I didn’t witness this horrific act of cruelty but heard the same story from many people.
On the basketball court, a helpless bird that could not fly was found by a group of boys. Ricky had picked it up, and ran with it to stop Daniel from kicking it. While Ricky was running he accidently dropped the bird on the floor, but still tried to protect it by standing over it so Daniel couldn’t get it. Daniel, being twice the size of Ricky, pushed him aside and ran up to the bird and kicked it so hard that it hit a fence and rebounded onto the floor. Anthony, a friend, went to pick up the bird but was too scared, so the bird as it was on the floor gasping for air, eventually closed its eyes and died, in much pain, as he also broke its neck.
Some students had buried it on the oval, and when the co-ordinator found out, Daniel was suspended for one day.
To make things worse, I was upset for the rest of the day, and started crying in P.E class. I was told by a teacher ‘I know it’s disgusting, but I think you are over-reacting a bit. The bird is gone now, so you shouldn’t have to worry about it. It’s only a bird, not a human, so get over it.’ She then sent me outside the gym to calm down.
My best friends mum, had rang the school and asked for a longer suspension, and also an apology to be written in the schools newsletter.
My friend and I are both still very disgusted at what happened with the bird and feel like more needs to be done because not only is it cruel, but most people like these can turn into killers when they're older. Do you have any ideas of what we could do besides write into the RSPCA?
