Police, fire and courts: Man guilty of running over baby ducks in Somers Point
Published: Thursday, October 30, 2008
An Egg Harbor Township man was found guilty Tuesday of deliberately running over baby ducks in a Somers Point parking lot, according to Somers Point court administrator Margaret Wismer.
Steven Davey, 20, pleaded guilty to the charge of needlessly killing an animal and was fined $1,033, Wismer said. The court suspended $250 of the fine on the condition that he perform 30 days of community service at the Atlantic County Animal Shelter in Pleasantville.
Nancy Beall, president of the Atlantic County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, said that Davey "never tried to deny it. He never said he didn't see them."
As to an explanation for the August incident, when Davey drove around the other cars that stopped for the ducks in the Acme parking lot and ran two of them over, Beall could only speculate. "I think," she said of the ducks, "they were just in his way."
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Not only should they have fined him, they should have yanked his out of the car and given him a good ole fashioned Rodney King ass-whoopin'.
Sorry man, it's one thing to harvest a duck for food, but to kill something like this for fun, or that were just in your precious way? I'll never support. What if it had been someone's dog?
I don't disagree that what he did was wrong.
I do question whether it rose to the level of a felony.
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A $1000 fine means that the court CONSIDERED THIS A FELONY, i.e. a crime punishable by at least a $1000 fine and/or a year in jail. WTF?!?!
I shoot ducks just like that, when they get a little bigger. I don't need to shoot them (I can buy meat at a supermarket just like anyone else), but I want to. Does that make me guilty of "needlessly killing an animal" as well?
Mathews Co. man accused of torturing miniature horse
05:40 PM EDT on Monday, October 27, 2008
Reported by: Velma Scaife
MIDDLESEX CO -- A Mathews Co. man is accused of torturing a horse.
Investigators say Christoper Bristow stole the 50-pound miniature horse from Little Wonder Horse Farm in Topping.
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Christopher Bristow
Sheriff’s deputies parked at a convenience store say Bristow was driving a 4-wheel ATV on Route 33 with an animal in his arms.
They thought it was a dog, but it turned out to be the horse, which had leg and head injuries.
Authorities believe the horse was dragged until it couldn’t stand up.
Jackie Crockett Hooks, who owns the farm, says the horse, named Ruler, has infected joints. He gets two shots a day, is on pain medicine and has to have his bandages changed daily.
She says Ruler will recover but his show days are over.
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Ruler’s father is a 16-time national champion.
Bristow is charged with dui, driving an ATV on the highway and stealing an animal.
When they are old, they are food. When they are babies, they are cute.
Not all laws are rational.
Maybe not a felony. Misdemeanor and the Rodney King ass-whoopin' would suffice. I'm not a PETA-head, by ANY means, but I can't stand to see cruelty to animals. As a fisherman and former hunter (See Ron White), I realize the hypocrisy, but I do see degrees in the circumstances.What? You like to cover yourself in deer piss too huh?
One of our parks has a small duck pond and there are hefty fines for harassing the ducks and even bigger fines for killing them. The laws also include the resident geese and swans.
It is about damn time -- those swans and geese have been harassing the ducks for way too long. Good to see them brought under control.
It is about damn time -- those swans and geese have been harassing the ducks for way too long. Good to see them brought under control.
I don't disagree that what he did was wrong.
I do question whether it rose to the level of a felony.
And as to the question "what if it had been a dog"? Well, if it had been a dog, the crime would have been greater, because he would have been destroying someone's property, something a person had put considerable investment in.
Not only should they have fined him, they should have yanked his out of the car and given him a good ole fashioned Rodney King ass-whoopin'.
Sorry man, it's one thing to harvest a duck for food, but to kill something like this for fun, or that were just in your precious way? I'll never support. What if it had been someone's dog?