Girl, 11, saves baby woodpecker; faces $500 fine from feds

[ELVIS]

I'm gonna go ahead and say... Bullshit But if you actually do for some odd reason, get it on video.

i was just trying to be funny and have a few on here believe i was a real hardass. in fact i am scared to death of birds. thanks for cracking my facade....

god bless.

[talisman]

Not even to mention, but if it was such a big deal, why did they let her LEAVE with the fuckin' thing? Idiots. Complete, incompetent IDIOTS.

[94form2000z]

I'm waiting for the DFWmustangs law and order fucktards to show up and say she had it coming because it is against the law. Nevermind the law is fucking stupid, all that matters is it breaks the law.

She had it coming, it is against the law.

How dare her steal that cat's dinner

[Broncojohnny]

Was it African or European?

The worthless federal employee? I think you know the answer.

[71chevellejohn]

You people can't have it both ways - the fines she pays will help reduce our debt. The time she spends in Federal-pound-me-in-the-ass prison will serve as a deterrent to others who feel like "helping" wildlife.

[347Mike]

It sounds more like the Wildlife person being a douche.

I remember I found some bird eggs in my yard once and fairly close was the nest. It must have fallen out of the tree I suppose. Me being the kid I was I picked up the eggs all shell shocked and headed over to my neighbors house. Well, I always went in on the side where the ac compressor was, however, this time it was locked. So I waited outside until they came to let me in and waited and waited. Well here I am with bird eggs in my hand waiting in the Florida heat and then all of a sudden the AC compressor kicked on, startled me and there I was with crushed bird eggs dripping from my hands...

Luckily it was just some crow eggs or I would have been looking at serious time.

[forbes]

if it was a protected species, you would think she would get a reward for saving it

[Blackout]

The worthless federal employee? I think you know the answer.

no Monty Python refrence.lol

[Osiris]

That's fucking stupid. Jesus.

[GhostTX]

Now I don't have to feel bad about leaving every sick/hurt/broken animal alone. "Hey honey, save that animals life, we'll be sent to jail for a year."

We have a customer where they mandate we cover holes in the electrical distribution products we sell them with cardboard. On a visitation with them earlier this year, I found out why. If a bird builds a nest in it, they can't remove the nest as it becomes a federal offense. They can't energize it because they can then potentially kill the bird and it becomes a federal offense...and also the nest may catch of fire and burn the whole building down. In short, they're screwed if a bird builds a nest...they can't power up the building until the nesting season is over.

[Sean88gt]

Where is the evidence? Flying the friendly fucking skies. Good luck getting the fine to stick.

[Cooter]

civilian transports a woodpecker = $535 fine and up to 1 year in jail

officer commits negligent homicide on his K9 officer = 15 day suspension

[forbes]

civilian transports a woodpecker = $535 fine and up to 1 year in jail

officer commits negligent homicide on his K9 officer = 15 day suspension

without pay man.... it's a lot worse

[94form2000z]

civilian transports a woodpecker = $535 fine and up to 1 year in jail

officer commits negligent homicide on his K9 officer = 15 day suspension

ain't that some shit

[BP]

Can we get that woodpecker to land over here in Benbrook where they are planning on building the mall half a damned mile from my house? Any other engandered species that can be convinced to move in?