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Keep Your Satirical Giraffe Stories Out of Louisiana, or Else

By Bruce Carton

Hammond Action News is a blog that puts out satirical posts lampooning and commenting on the state of affairs in Louisiana. Think The Onion with a local flavor. HAN does not pretend to be a real news source. Its posts are blatantly satirical and the site even includes a disclaimer that reads, simply, "The content of Hammond Action News is purely satirical and for entertainment purposes only." Clear enough, right? Wrong. "Ken," from the group law blog Popehat, wrote yesterday about an inane lawsuit filed against HAN demanding that they take down one of their stories about fictional killer giraffes. In a Feb. 25 post playing on the recent killer whale incident at Sea World (a post which can no longer be read thanks to a temporary restraining order granted against HAN by a Louisiana state judge), HAN wrote about the supposed fate of "veteran wildlife guide Dizzy Dimarco" who was said to have been thrown into the upper limbs of a tree while feeding giraffes at Global Wildlife. Zoo staff, HAN "reported," were unable to identify which of 12 giraffes was the "rogue giraffe" responsible because "after an incident, the animals all herd up together and it?s hard to...

Full post as published by Legal Blog Watch on March 05, 2010 (boomark / email).