A Vegan Woman In Australia Is Suing Her Neighbors For Barbecuing Fish In Their Backyard
Vegans are usually pretty committed to their diet, but one vegan in Perth, Australia, is taking her no-meat stance to the next level: She's so pissed off that her neighbors keep grilling fish in their backyard that shes taking them to the Supreme Court over it.
Cilla Carden tells Australias 9News that shes over her neighbors cooking meat near her home. "They've put it there so I smell fish, all I can smell is fish. I can't enjoy my backyard, I can't go out there, she said.
Thats not all: Carden says shes also ticked that her neighbors smoke (which wafts into her yard) and that they have kids who play with basketballs. "It's been devastating, it's been turmoil, it's been unrest, I haven't been able to sleep," she said.
But her neighbors are pushing back. One invited 9News into his backyard to show that he removed his grill and told his children to stop playing basketball. Still, Carden won't back down: "It's deliberate, that's what I told the courts, its deliberate, she said.
BTW: People are having a field day with this on Twitter.
Now we have people who are vegans living next to meat eaters and already suing them for cooking in their own backyards. Wow! Rudie Gmez Jr. (@ChUcOsCrAzY)
Two neighbors. One likes fish, the other is vegan. The vegan is suing the neighbor because she doesnt like the smell of fish. True story, apparently. Wow! What is happening to this human race? Simon Pressley (@SimonPressley)
If she wins PC is officially out of control Carl Faumui (@buzzliteyear11)
Deal with it sunshine pic.twitter.com/duXcDZZ38E Shark Avenger (@shark_avenger)
Unfortunately for Carden, the courts havent agreed with her. Both a Supreme Court judge and the State Administrative Tribunal have sided with her neighbors and dismissed her case. Carden tried to appeal those decisions but those have been refused, too.
Shes not giving up, though. Carden says she plans to fight her neighbors in court again soon.