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May 27, 2009
Discussion Topic: Man Violates Migratory Game Bird Treaty Over Ice Cream
Here’s a little pop quiz: A Heermann’s gull poops on your head and then goes after your wife’s ice cream. You should:
A. Wipe your head off and go get more ice cream
B. Run the bird off
C. Beat the bird off with a stick
Answer: Not C! And here’s why, from the Orange County Register:
A Kansas man is contesting a $275 fine by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife for attacking a rare gull in Laguna Beach when the bird tried to steal his wife's ice cream. . . .
Fish and Wildlife officials say [Dragan] Djuric violated the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act when he beat a Heermann's gull with a stick New Year's Eve. Heermann's gulls are listed under the act. . . .
[A] Fish and Wildlife Service review of the witness statements showed that the ice cream fell on its own and when the birds came to eat it, Djuric hit the birds with a stick, Ed Newcomer with the Fish and Wildlife said. The birds were not attacking and Djuric's actions were not in self-defense, he said.
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Comments (16)
I can't imagine anyone for any reason beating a bird with a stick. I'm guessing this guy has anger issues.
Why the hell would you even think of doing something like that?!?
Nate
Don't you just love seagulls?
A very angry man, I think meditation classes would be an appropriate court order
SBW
A very angry man, I think meditation classes would be an appropriate court order
SBW
Where did the poop come from? I failed to read that in the article.
I may let the ice cream go without the stick beating but when poop gets added....
guy must be crazy, if it fell what the hell are you going to do with it get a spoon and go hog wild on the grass
With all the seagulls in the world what are the chances this guy beats a endangered one?
how are you supposed to tell the difference between a normal gull and thish one I would've done the same thing.
Can you say "MORON"?
I think you guys are being too hard on the guy. Gulls are not God's most affable creatures after all, and the Liberal News Networks usually paints an ugly picture about this kind of stuff... After a quick research foray, I found the following website:
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/djuric-birds-beach-2424383-fish-wildl...
The birds did poop on the guy, and he hit one, breaking its wing- it was later euthanized.
Also, the city declined to press animal cruelty charges- they must not have thought much of the incident. They referenced an article that noted that the birds were "Surprisingly aggressive for birds their size, Heermann's gulls steal fish from the pouches of brown pelicans and actively chase other birds to dislodge prey items"
The guy probably over-reacted, but I doubt he will be the next serial ax-murderer. I wonder if this would have ever made the news if he had whacked a common gull? Is it so terrible to whack a packrat with a stick? I think we are splitting hairs here.
I mean the guy has a reason for beating the bird... it is not like he was doing it for shits and giggles. I mean I can understand rules to protect wildlife but c'mon.
If a bird swooped at me or anyone around me, I'd swing a stick at it. He was defending himself from attack.
If the bird attacked me or mine, I'd be swinging a stick. If this guys response was over the line or if he was just doing this for the fun of whacking a bird with a stick its another story. We were saddled here in Idaho with not being able to protect our pets from wolf attack, if a pack decided to eat your dog, you were supposed to just stand by and let it happen.....
its ice cream i knoe the recession is hard because ben and jerrys is having suchhhhh a big problem its summer relax a little pull out your wallet spend a few more bucks and you wont have a fine simple as that
If they ever include pigeons in the Migratory Game Bird Treaty I'll be totally f*cked. I regularly whack pigeons with my cane. It's great for hand eye coordination. Besides, the flying rats know just how close to a person they can get and still be able to get away. It's good to shake them up.
This type of thing is why we should have the right to a jury trial rather having some black robed fascist who works for the government making the decision. Ordinary citizens should decide what's reasonable and what's not in any situation.
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I think you guys are being too hard on the guy. Gulls are not God's most affable creatures after all, and the Liberal News Networks usually paints an ugly picture about this kind of stuff... After a quick research foray, I found the following website:
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/djuric-birds-beach-2424383-fish-wildl...
The birds did poop on the guy, and he hit one, breaking its wing- it was later euthanized.
Also, the city declined to press animal cruelty charges- they must not have thought much of the incident. They referenced an article that noted that the birds were "Surprisingly aggressive for birds their size, Heermann's gulls steal fish from the pouches of brown pelicans and actively chase other birds to dislodge prey items"
The guy probably over-reacted, but I doubt he will be the next serial ax-murderer. I wonder if this would have ever made the news if he had whacked a common gull? Is it so terrible to whack a packrat with a stick? I think we are splitting hairs here.
I mean the guy has a reason for beating the bird... it is not like he was doing it for shits and giggles. I mean I can understand rules to protect wildlife but c'mon.
If a bird swooped at me or anyone around me, I'd swing a stick at it. He was defending himself from attack.
I can't imagine anyone for any reason beating a bird with a stick. I'm guessing this guy has anger issues.
Why the hell would you even think of doing something like that?!?
Nate
Don't you just love seagulls?
A very angry man, I think meditation classes would be an appropriate court order
SBW
A very angry man, I think meditation classes would be an appropriate court order
SBW
Where did the poop come from? I failed to read that in the article.
I may let the ice cream go without the stick beating but when poop gets added....
guy must be crazy, if it fell what the hell are you going to do with it get a spoon and go hog wild on the grass
With all the seagulls in the world what are the chances this guy beats a endangered one?
how are you supposed to tell the difference between a normal gull and thish one I would've done the same thing.
Can you say "MORON"?
If the bird attacked me or mine, I'd be swinging a stick. If this guys response was over the line or if he was just doing this for the fun of whacking a bird with a stick its another story. We were saddled here in Idaho with not being able to protect our pets from wolf attack, if a pack decided to eat your dog, you were supposed to just stand by and let it happen.....
its ice cream i knoe the recession is hard because ben and jerrys is having suchhhhh a big problem its summer relax a little pull out your wallet spend a few more bucks and you wont have a fine simple as that
If they ever include pigeons in the Migratory Game Bird Treaty I'll be totally f*cked. I regularly whack pigeons with my cane. It's great for hand eye coordination. Besides, the flying rats know just how close to a person they can get and still be able to get away. It's good to shake them up.
This type of thing is why we should have the right to a jury trial rather having some black robed fascist who works for the government making the decision. Ordinary citizens should decide what's reasonable and what's not in any situation.
Post a Comment