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Thug kills bird with air rifle
12:04pm Wednesday 2nd April 2008
Comments (9)A protected bird has been shot dead by a coward with an air rifle.
Police were called to Ladyshore Road, in Little Lever, following a report that a shot had been heard shortly after 7.15am on Monday.
Officers found a coot had been shot and killed.
The dead bird was recovered and examined by officials of Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).
Under the Wildlife and Countryside Act it is illegal to kill these birds during the mating season which lasts from March to July.
Constable Diane Riley, Wildlife Liaison Officer for Bolton, said: "This was a cowardly attack on a defenceless bird, which I am sure will shock the local community.
"The path that runs along the canal is popular with dog walkers and cyclists and I am sure they will be concerned that someone is capable of killing a wild animal.
"We now want to hear from anyone who has seen anyone acting suspiciously in the area, particularly if they were seen to be carrying some kind of air weapon."
Anyone with any information should call PC Riley on 0161 856 7951 or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.
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Mr Cooper, Derbyshire says...
12:12pm Wed 2 Apr 08
This has got their bloodied fingerprints all over it.
Darn thugs.
Mr Cooper, Derbyshire says...
1:31pm Wed 2 Apr 08
Hank, Canada says...
5:27pm Wed 2 Apr 08
How bad have things got in Bolton when even the ducks are carrying air rifles.
It'll be Jack Russells with flick knives next.
Doh987, Bolton says...
5:28pm Wed 2 Apr 08
Under the Wildlife and Countryside Act it is illegal to kill these birds during the mating season which lasts from March to July.
So you are allowed to shoot them at other times? Which hardly makes the act of shooting one "at the wrong time of year" a cowardly one, does it?
The police don't make the laws, just try to enforce them. If you read the Wildlife and Countryside Act thats what it says!
I disagree that they can be shoot at any other times but thats the law...an old one too!!
Hank, Canada says...
5:31pm Wed 2 Apr 08
I wasn't initially sure, but it is lunchtime over here right now, and the more I look at that picture, the more I think about 11 different herbs and spices.
NRG, Lancs says...
8:06pm Wed 2 Apr 08
Doh987 wrote:I appreciate and understand the law. My point was that, as it IS legal for most of the year, shooting it is not a "cowardly" act.
Under the Wildlife and Countryside Act it is illegal to kill these birds during the mating season which lasts from March to July.
So you are allowed to shoot them at other times? Which hardly makes the act of shooting one "at the wrong time of year" a cowardly one, does it?
The police don't make the laws, just try to enforce them. If you read the Wildlife and Countryside Act thats what it says!
I disagree that they can be shoot at any other times but thats the law...an old one too!!
keithyt, Bolton says...
9:30pm Wed 2 Apr 08
Legality has nothing to do with cowardice. That bird will always be unable to defend itself against attacks like that, therefore, the attacks will always be cowardly.
chardonay, bolton says...
8:25pm Thu 3 Apr 08
Why would anyone want to harm a coot like this one?
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NRG, Lancs says...
12:12pm Wed 2 Apr 08
So you are allowed to shoot them at other times? Which hardly makes the act of shooting one "at the wrong time of year" a cowardly one, does it?