Geese shot with blow darts in Boise park

[ccharles000]

Cindy Embree and her twin sister, Christine Lewis, both volunteers at the Ruth Melichar Bird Center, are on a mission to help a Canada goose that was hit in the neck with a blow dart.

The male bird is one of two injured by darts in Kathryn Albertson Park earlier this week. Whoever shot them likely was able to do it at close range.

"The geese are nesting, so you can literally walk within a foot of them, and they'll stay on the nest protecting it," Embree said.

If caught, the shooter could face myriad charges, including misdemeanor wasteful destruction of a game bird and misdemeanor shooting a game bird out of season. The penalty if convicted on one of those misdemeanor charges includes a fine of from $25 to $1,000 and up to six months in jail. There's also a civil penalty of $50 per bird associated with the wasteful destruction of a game bird.

Under Boise city code, the person could be charged with misdemeanor counts of harassing wildlife and illegal use of an air- or spring-propelled device in city limits.

http://www.idahostatesman.com/2010/04/03/1139893/geese-shot-with-blow-darts-in.html

[LWolf]

1. Wanton cruelty for the sake of entertainment should not be a misdemeanor. nt

[xchrom]

2. +1

[Altoid_Cyclist]

3. There are a lot of things that I'd like to say about the person(s) who did this.

However in the name of deportment, I'll just say that I really really hope that they find who did this.

As was already mentioned, violence against another living creature just for kicks is about as low on the Darwin scale as you can go. Hopefully the responsible person(s) are stupid enough to post this "deed" on line so that they can be found before they do any more damage.

[Javaman]

4. A blow dart?

People use them?

[L0oniX]

5. When it's blow darts the people are to blame. If it's guns then guns are to blame.

Just sayin

[Dappleganger]

6. Ban lips and blowing, that'll make us safe! nt