Posted on 08/02/2011 10:28:06 AM PDT by jakerobins
Never let a good deed go unpunished.
An 11-year-old Virginia girl trying to rescue a baby woodpecker instead earned her mother a $535 fine when it turned out the bird was a protected species.
Skylar Capo saved the bird from the clutches of a cat which was about to turn the feathered friend into lunch.
"I've just always loved animals," Skylar told WUSA-TV. "I couldn't stand to watch it be eaten."
When she was unable to find the baby's mother, she asked her own mother if they could adopt the orphaned bird.
"She was just going to take care of it for a day or two, make sure it was safe and uninjured, and then she was going to let it go," said Skylar's mom Alison Capo.
As they were headed home they stopped into a store and brought the bird inside where they incidentally encountered an officer from the Department of Fish & Wildlife.
The officer informed them that the bird was a protected species, and it was illegal to transport it.
(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...
“Don’t blame the LEO for being giving bad laws to enforce. Don’t blame them for being told to leave personal judgment out of it. Most LEO do not get to use such discretion any more.”
Ah baloney, any LEO is isn’t willing to use their judgement should be run out of town.
The county where I live estimates there are 700,000 feral cats running around.
They kill tons of birds, rabbits, and are very destructive to natural wildlife. Feral cats cannot be domesticated and will attack pets and people who try to ‘save’ them. They also carry numerous diseases and parasites.
Shooting them solves a lot of problems.
Not baloney at all. They run a very real risk of losing their jobs if they do not enforce the law across the board. Especially when revenue collection is the prime result of enforcement.
nope
>>Shooting (feral cats) solves a lot of problems.<<
Amen.
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