Sunday, April 1, 2012

Teenager's gory Facebook joke falls flat | Otago Daily Times Online News : Otago, South Island, New Zealand & International News

Teenager's gory Facebook joke falls flat | Otago Daily Times Online News : Otago, South Island, New Zealand & International News


Sun, 1 Apr 2012
Russell Blackstock and Edward Rooney of the Herald on Sunday

A teenager has been disowned by his father after posting sick images on Facebook of a blood-drenched, slaughtered horse and boasting about his role in its death.

Ethan McLean, 17, sparked outrage when he uploaded a picture of the horse lying on a concrete slab with blood pouring from its neck at his dad's pet food plant in Levin.

Its throat had been cut and a long-handled knife placed on its head, trophy-style. The image generated a flood of complaints on McLean's Facebook page on Thursday. Within hours he removed it.

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