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11-Yr-Old Girl Saves Baby Bird From Cat, Mom Gets $535 Fine

Today’s shining example of “No Good Deed Goes Unpunished” comes from Fredericksburg, VA, where a young girl prevented the family cat from pouncing on a lost baby woodpecker and her mom ended up with a $535 ticket (and faces the possibility of jail time) for violating the Federal Migratory Bird Act.

Despite the fact that 11-year-old Skylar Capo actually saved the tiny lost woodpecker from a violent death, and then successfully released the bird back into the wild, a Virginia State Trooper was still dispatched to the Capo home where Skylar’s mom was slapped with the $535 ticket.

Why? It all has to do with the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. 9News has the story:

For the 311 million (or so) Americans who are probably not familiar with the restrictions of this Federal regulation, it states the following:

The Migratory Bird Treaty Act makes it illegal for anyone to take, possess, import, export, transport, sell, purchase, barter, or offer for sale, purchase, or barter, any migratory bird, or the parts, nests, or eggs of such a bird except under the terms of a valid permit issued pursuant to Federal regulations.

(H/T – Fark.com)

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  • Walkabout
    Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:51am

    Not all woodpeckers migrate. So how would this be covered under a migratory bird act?

    Oh yeah, ye shall not poach deer form the king’s forest because everything belongs to the KING!

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    • Flagwaver
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 10:13am

      Nowhere in the list of things you cannot do does it say “save.” However, apparently if you save a migratory bird you are what… possessing it? Why didn’t they put the cat down for violating the act?

      Flagwaver  
    • TikeSissy
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 10:16am

      While I‘m watching this I can’t help but wonder if the woman with the snake on her front windshield wasn’t making an illegal transfer of wildlife….. One never knows anymore….

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    • the hawk
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 11:07am

      This is whats wrong with america fine dont fit the crime! that may be 1/3 of her mounthly pay!
      FOR WHAT ?……………………….

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    • smithclar3nc3
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 11:10am

      She should demand a jury trail as it is her Constitutional right to be judge by a jury of her peers. In fact anyone who is fined by these overreaching fines and regulations should do the same.

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    • Servant Of YHVH
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 11:19am

      I agree walkabout and besides:
      “The Migratory Bird Treaty Act makes it illegal for anyone to take, possess, import, export, transport, sell, purchase, barter, or offer for sale, purchase, or barter, any migratory bird”
      What part of this did she break? If she released it in the same place but with the cat gone, she didn’t take it. Just because she apparently grabbed it from the cat she didn’t possess it, that is like saying that if there was a bike lying across my driveway and I moved it, they would be able to arrest me for stealing the bike. Just because the she grabbed the bird and then apparently immediately released it then she didn’t “possess it”. Possess denotes claiming ownership, she broke NO law!

      Servant Of YHVH  
    • drphil69
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 11:19am

      INSANE government laws that are so complex nobody knows if they are breaking the law. 1984 anyone? Or is it more like Atlas Shrugged?

      What do you call 1000 politicians at the bottom of the ocean…. good start!

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    • stablepar
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 11:24am

      a bird in the hand is now worth $535.00. i guess that woodpecker was migrating to the cat’s stomach

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    • Thomas
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 11:43am

      Who called that state trooper? I would have just went in my house and not answered the door.

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    • yougottabekidding
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 11:47am

      Just like the millions of geese that crap up and spread their disease and bring planes down because of the obnoxious numbers of them. They are protected as migratory birds that for the most part do not migrate The liberals that think they should sue you for the rat with a fuzzy tail you ran over, do not have the common sense God gave a goose.

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    • aerorepairo
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 12:12pm

      Sounds like the State of Virginia is going its citizens pocket books again.

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    • MidWestMom
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 12:29pm

      Obviously they’re dealing with a criminal ring of ruthless cats & their human minions who take unsuspecting birds hostage and shake down their families for ransom money. They are lower than low…using children to do their dirty work.

      The Special Task Force has been waiting for a break like this in their investigation. On the up side, the District Attorney will probably offer a plea bargain if she sings like a canary and gives up the ringleaders.

      Can’t wait to hear if Lowes is in on the deal, getting a cut for allowing them to hide the victims in the store until the ransom is paid? Or, do the cats have something on Lowes and are blackmailing them into cooperation?

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    • agameofthrones
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 12:55pm

      See it’s all part of the new US Budget plan. We will begin fining citizens for trying to rescue or assist animals wild or domestic. In this case you would need a new Bird Rescue permit to avoid the fine, but realize the permit is not transferrable. If you have the opportunity to rescue say, a cat or a dog, you would need a different permit. We call this “increased revenue.”
      Great plan, huh?

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    • docvet
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 2:12pm

      R4MON
      Wait a minute. if the cat was white, it could be a hate crime. But,if the cat was black or brown and since the bird was light colored, no racist crime is possible, remember. Sarcism lives!

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    • Hollywood
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 2:41pm

      Just another Brick in the wall,of Gestapo like police,backed by innane regulations. Cass behind this too?

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    • Sparky101
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 2:55pm

      Stupid liberals strike again.

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    • orkydorky
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 4:10pm

      Why weren’t they writing all those tickets when the oil spill was in the gulf and all the tree huggers were out transporting animals all over????

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    • OneCitizenOfTheRepublic
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 4:31pm

      As Thomas Jefferson said, “When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.”

      If the representatives of the people betray their constituents, there is then no recourse left but in the exertion of that original right of self-defense… Alexander Hamilton

      “What more is necessary to make us a happy and prosperous people? Still one thing more …
      a wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which
      shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement,
      and shall not take from labor the bread it has earned.” Thomas Jefferson from his Inaugural Address, March 4, 1801

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    • editorbcpatriot
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:25pm

      The comment about why were the police not after the people getting migratory birds after the oil spill who were trying to save those birds — I am a native of Louisiana & I can tell you the people of “the sportsman’s paradise” know & care more about wildlife than the federal government & would never stoop to such a dumb law. This lady and her daughter should be awarded $525 instead of being fined!!!!!!

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    • Viet Vet
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 11:16pm

      As a cat lover, I’m feeling sorry for the cat who missed out on a delicious meal. Might have tasted like spotted owl ya never know.

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    • getalong
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 12:59am

      Where does this federal nightmare government end.

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    • willhen501
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 10:22am

      Who ever said, go to court and be tried by a jury of peers is a good start, however, court costs and other charges will surmount the original fine by thousands of dollars. She should do what everybody else does when they get a ticket…as for a hearing, ask for many continuances, then appear and hope that the person that originally charged her doesn’t show and case dismissed.

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    • smithclar3nc3
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 10:36am

      WILLHEN501,
      Burden is on the prosecution not the accused,the court cost are the same as reguardless. If you hire a lawyer, fees can escalate greatly but a jury trial itself is a constitutional right and can no more be regulated through fines and regulatory than free speech or worshipping what ever god you want.
      Trust me i beat a bogus DUI when I filed for my Constitutional right to a trial by jury. All charges dropped all court cost assumed by the state. THEY DON’T WANT YOU TO BRING THE CONSTITUTION INTO THEIR LITTLE SUPPOSED HOUSE OF JUSTICE(OR IN THEIR CASE IT’S JUST THIS)

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    • smithclar3nc3
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 10:46am

      AND ONE MORE THING WILLHEN501
      A PEER a person who is equal to another in abilities, qualifications, age, background, and social status. That’s a peer

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    • maddiej
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 4:26pm

      We have come full circle.

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    • horsewhispere
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 2:15pm

      Ummm–does anyone remember the little debacle w/Hillary over the dream catcher? She was looking at a 10k fine for possession of eagle feathers that some woman picked up off the ground. Everyone made Hillary out to be an innocent victim because she didn’t know better. Matter dropped. Doesn’t the same apply to this gal? Also, since Madam Hillary is a law maker–I would think she should be held to a higher standard since she should be familiar w/the laws. Wouldn’t America be wonderful if we could get rid of the “green” idiots!

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  • UlyssesP
    Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:50am

    “I’ve always just loved animals, I couldn’t stand to watch it be eaten.”
    So she only loves some animals over others? What about the cat’s right to enjoy a fresh bird for lunch?
    BIGOT!!!

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    • busterpuddles
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 10:25am

      Indeed! This 11 year-old is a racist! Forcing cats everywhere into starvation! Distribute the wealth! Kitties shall overcome! Die, racist pig!

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    • R4M0N
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 10:49am

      LOL… I just love the keen sense of sarcasm around here… Hopefully the cat wasn’t black. This could turn into a hate crime.

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    • Mateytwo Barreett
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 10:54am

      @ Busterpuddles
      The irrational bias against cats (domestic only- of course) would either felinaphobia or antifelinist! Either way, the cops is goin crazy!!! Tickets for woodpeckers, bounties for hogs, hitchhiking snakes! Uh, bees, flies, rats! Just sayin’!!!!!

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    • Vickie Dhaene
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 11:25am

      The first and only important question of mine is, How did any one know? Did someone turn her in or were “They” watching her? This is insane……….

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    • madasblazes
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 3:14pm

      Remember, “Animals should have attorneys too, and be able to sue”.

      This is only the beginning…

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    • editorbcpatriot
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:27pm

      What a dumb person it is who would call this girl a bigot!

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    • StargazerInSavannah
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 11:55am

      In my yard, the bird would have been saved and the cat would have become good. Buried in the local land fill.

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  • Master Sergeant Malone
    Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:50am

    We are losing our freedom one freekin’ regulation at a time. Written by highly paid government cubicle rats never to be seen in public. My blood continues to boil!!!!! Wake the hell UP America!!!!!!!

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    • starman70
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 10:34am

      I pray that the American people will wake up in 2012 and oust the whole bunch of libturds in Congress and especially in the White House.

      This action by the Virginia State trooper is the result of the most pathetic judgement of any law officer on record. Oh, I forgot the trucker who was volunteering his truck and his time to bring much needed ice to Charleston, SC after hurricaine Hugo. Virginia troopers checked the weight of the truck and found it to be a couple of hundred pounds overweight. He was fined over $1,000 .

      Virginia’s motto is:“ Virginia is for lovers” Well it seems that Virginia is for those who LOVE to assess fines and use laws to produce revenue for the state. “When common sense is overridden by rules, only stupidity remains”. This action is a prime example of that motto!

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    • BeerSnob
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 11:56am

      We’re outnmumbered by those that make money from the government. There‘s no way we’re going to fix anything in 2012. We either TAKE our rights back, or we spend the rest of our lives complaining on comment pages….

      The wife and I decided that our house will become the next Ruby Ridge if anything like this ever happens to us. And if the next Ruby Ridge happens close to me… I’m going to be there to “help” the defenders. Somebody has to take a stand to get the rest of the people fired up.

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  • divarty
    Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:50am

    Who called the cops? What have we as a nation become where we turn in our neighbors for stuff like this?

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    • Santafeconservative
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 10:12am

      That’s what I was wondering. Who calls the cops on this kind of thing?

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    • R4M0N
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 10:52am

      The story makes it pretty clear. Some uptight lady at the dept. of wildlife saw the bird at Lowes when they stopped they took the bird in so not to leave it in the hot car. The woman was all up in arms about it, showing her “wildlife sheriff” badge and came back to their home a couple weeks latter with the police.

      A clear case of “I have a badge that gives me power”… I just wish those badges also gave people some common sense.

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    • nascarbudge
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 11:12am

      People try to do the right thing, and then face jail time, while actual criminals walk free. This country needs to get back to God and our founding fathers way of thinking

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    • Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 2:11pm

      And this should remind you all….THE COPS ARE NOT YOUR FRIENDS!!!!!!

      When push comes to shove they obey every order the government gives them. They will take your guns, your land or thump you on the head provided their bosses give them the order to do so. They are the Stasi.

      I still can’t believe some of you all think that when things go south or when we are all labeled “terrorists” and they come to break up and round us up at our 9/12 groups or tea party groups that a single cop will not obey that order. Fools.

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    • NoGlobalism
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 2:54pm

      @ divarty
      Somebody needs to deal with this whining, psychotic female mongrel ‘wildlife sheriff’ in a less than gentle manner. A starving attack wolf would be perfect. And if she defends herself, arrest HER. If she’s still alive, that is.

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    • MominMD2003
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 9:28am

      I was thinking the same thing, who the hell called the cops to begin with? Sad that you can’t rescue a baby bird without being charged with something.

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    • RugerHoyt
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 10:52am

      I was at the dog park last night with my 8 month old Lab/German Shepard letting him run around and burn off some energy with the other dogs when all of a sudden two cop cars came pulling up with their lights on. My girlfriend and I were like WTF. This snobby younger lady walks up to the police all pissed off and says “there he is, right there, the one in the orange collar”. The cops were there for an hour trying to figure out some situation. Come to find out the snobby lady called the cops because this poor old guys dog was “playing to rough” with her full grown Boxer….

      Is this what it is coming down too? Can’t even let your dog be a dog without getting a ticket and going to court? And then this thing about the woodpecker…was this law around when i was 12 and i got my first BB gun, I hope not, cuz I‘m sure I’ve wacked a couple of them in my younger days

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  • Walkabout
    Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:49am

    Remember the woman that faced jail time for making a dream catcher out of shed feathers and giving it to Hillary?

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    • HumbleCitizen
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 10:31am

      I googled that and didn’t come up with any links to that story.

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    • Mateytwo Barreett
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 10:59am

      @humblecitizen
      It was a pretty big dal, Eagle feathers hold a $50,000.00 fine for possession!

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    • BeerSnob
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 12:12pm

      google – dreamcatcher clinton fine
      First link should be to a discussion at Snopes. Pres Clinton pardoned the lady at the end of his term.

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  • Kansas Mom
    Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:48am

    Their mistake was in moving the bird from the yard where it was found. If they had removed the cat from area and hidden the bird in the bushes the momma bird would have found her fledgling and all would be well. The Trooper should have instructed them and given them a warning not a ticket. The Migratory Bird Treaty Act is suppose to keep people from harming birds or turning them into pets. Skylar and her mom were just trying to help the bird not harm it. The Trooper overreacted.

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    • wildturkeywatcher
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 10:44am

      Did you ever try to hide anything from a cat??? Only yesterday I tried to save a field mouse from a cat. I would have had to lock up the cat, which was not possible. Nature can be very cruel.

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    • Fly Old Glory 24/7 365
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 11:12am

      obviously the Virginia State Police acted “stupidly” ….. bwahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

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    • Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 2:16pm

      And how exactly is someone supposed to be familiar with the workings of the Migratory Birds Act? In addition how are you to be able to identify a bird in conjunction with said act?

      People like you are such fools. Do you realize how many hundreds of thousands of pages of federal statute exist? I promise you that each and every one of us is or has violated them unknowingly. That’s the trick. Any one of us can be whisked away at any moment on a myriad of trumped up federal statute BS. You cannot comply with that mess. It’s impossible. We live in a police state and apologist cattle such as you simply allow it to grow.

      First they came for the woodpecker rescuer and I said nothing…..

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    • Kansas Mom
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 2:53pm

      @Rothbardian…..Why call me a fool?? I agreed that they should NOT have been fined. They put the bird in a cage and took it to Lowe’s!! Most kids are taught to leave wild animals alone.

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    • witsend
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 3:11pm

      The state trooper was serving a warrant. He isn’t the one who issued it.

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    • Marilii
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 3:59pm

      Can ‘t hide anything from my cat. Had to chase her down and run her out of the yard to get her to leave a chipmunk alone. My cat would sit still and wait….wait….wait….wait…. for Stupid Chipmunk to peek out of the tall grass. When it inevitably did, (that’s why it was then called stupid) my cat would jump at it and S.chipmunk would run into the branches of a forsythia bush. My cat would then again sit down and wait….wait….wait….until S. Chipmunk tried again. This went on and on, over and over…. until I chased the cat away. My cat was determined and very, very patient. She could have done this all day long. So…no, I’d have rescued that baby woodpecker, too. It didn’t have a prayer otherwise, with that cat around.

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    • L Jean Sullivan
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 7:17pm

      Total agreement this is crazy drop the fine!! Reminds me of the time when I was 5 years old and found a baby bird. Not realizing that a box was not the safest place, and then going back later to a half eaten bird. (these people were smarter there was a lid) Then I had to fight off the boys of the neighborhood to keep them from killing the cat, for doing what was only natural to him. What would I have done if Ihad to fight Fish and Game, it’s a good thing this was over 50 years ago.

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    • argoman
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:25pm

      maybe the cat already ate momma bird, then what? maybe the girl was placing the baby bird in a safe place due to the “witness protection act.” Why would the wildlife officer need an armed state patrol officer for back-up? i‘m surprised they didn’t bring out the tazzers. they could have just mailed the ticket. looks like government grandstanding to me.

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    • Viet Vet
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 11:23pm

      @wildturkeywatcher

      Nature can be very….natural.

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  • OneBadAssMistakeAmerica
    Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:48am

    Good for this little girl we need more people like her.

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  • jdnieves
    Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:46am

    So, let me get this clear. This state trooper will enforce federal law against a girl and her mother for a bird, and yet, will not enforce federal law agaisnt illegal immigrants? No comprendo.

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    • HD Veteran
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:50am

      I do, it’s all on us.

      With the progressives anyone outside the norm gets a pass, the rest of us must pay with our wallets and our freedoms.

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    • rabblechat
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 10:07am

      You got it; The feds are more concerned about migration of woodpeckers than people.
      Tax dollars well spent wouldn’t you say???

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    • seanscythe
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 3:33pm

      Animals have more rights then U.S. Citizens. Illegal Aliens are included when you talk about animals.

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    • DonaldBly
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 3:39pm

      Woodpeckers can’t vote…. yet!

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    • Duif100
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 4:35pm

      What about the woodpecker? If it has legal right it has legal obligations.
      Did the woodpecker have an immigration permit? Probably not, it must have been an anchor baby!
      Was the woodpecker trespassing? Yes it was!
      Sue the custodian of the woodpecker (the government) for the damage and emotional stress it has caused by leaving the woodpecker unsupervised.

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  • mom4times
    Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:46am

    If anything…..the cat should have been taken into custody and questioned extensively.

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    • MidWestMom
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 11:37am

      roflmao…. wonder if they have an “animal whisperer” officer?

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  • capecodsully
    Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:46am

    If the cat ate the bird’s wings off, would the bird still be considered migratory?

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  • geonj
    Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:45am

    another example of over regulation. good place to start with debt reduction.

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  • Jenny Lind
    Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:43am

    I’ll send a couple of bucks if someone can figure out where to send it, this is insane , we have lost our compass and our minds.

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  • Gypsy123
    Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:43am

    Insanity runs rampant. People of America are you ready to pay high fines to save wild life well don’t just let the cats have their meal. I won’t save any wild life I know that for sure the price is too high

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  • Son_of_Liberty
    Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:42am

    “There is no act, however virtuous, for which ingenuity may not find some bad motive.” Thomas Jefferson

    3%

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  • olddog
    Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:42am

    There is No Common Sence in the Liberal World!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • JJW
    Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:39am

    This is way beyond stupid and idiotic. It’s got to the point I trust BP more than the government.

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  • 80mesh
    Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:39am

    the best way to control the populace is to make everything illegal

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    • Under God Amen
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 10:25am

      Unfortunately‘ that’s the plan for us from this government. Where you live, work, drive, eat, wear, fly,, etc, etc., is under the scrutiny of the government. God help us all.

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:39am

    This is beyond stupid; we see sheer idiocy of government regulations and strictures moving into the realm of the utterly insane. They saved the bird from a cat, and now the mother of the girl is not only fined, she can be thrown in jail for saving it…if the cat killed it, she would most likely be fined and jailed for the actions of the cat as well.

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  • NotFooled
    Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:38am

    The modern day Liberal mind is incapable of exercising good judgment or common sense. Especially in local domestic matters.

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  • BehindBlueEyes
    Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:35am

    Another example how insanity has permeated society and common sense doesn’t matter.

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    • loriann12
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:39am

      Exactly, it’s a protected species, so you aren’t supposed to protect it from being killed.

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  • julia
    Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:31am

    Whats even worse is the deputy that issued the ticket, he must be a pathetic individual.

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  • Taquoshi
    Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:30am

    We got hit with this twice years ago, once when an American Redstart flew into a store window and knocked itself out just before a storm broke, and a second time when a red tailed hawk crashed through the screening on a friend’s back porch. Both times, the Animal Control staff were less than helpful and Fish and Wildlife were bullies. It’s strange that the F&W staff don’t realize that they are actually promoting a Triple S policy (shoot, shovel, shut up) rather than actually protecting the various animals.

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    • UlyssesP
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:43am

      Let the animal die next time. Walk away and claim you saw nothing. I can’t afford to save a life. I can’t afford to sustain my own life in this economy. Let the bird die.

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    • SgtHenick
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:59am

      S.S.S. has become the only viable solution these days (as much as I hate to say that). I have some “friends of friends” that live in California who’s neighborhood is being threatened by some kind of endangered turtle….the insanity of the over regulation has cause far more turtles to “disappear” than it has saved.

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    • loriann12
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 12:04pm

      It’s all a way to get more money from honest people. You can never tell what species is “protected” because they add more all the time. It makes people not want to care for nature. Funny that they care more for animals than humans in America.

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    • Taquoshi
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 8:23pm

      Lorianna – I am forced to agree with you because a friend’s church bought property to build a larger facility in another state. They had to have all these environmental impact studies done in order to actually have the sale completed. The sale went through and when the site plans were presented to their Planning and Zoning, there was a major problem because all of a sudden someone realized that box turtles MIGHT be in the area. Box turtles were never mentioned in the other studies. So, they had to set aside 1/3rd of the property for box turtles that no one has ever seen in the area and pay some outrageous amount to continue to be allowed to develop the property. A parishioner offered 2 acres of wetlands on his property to be designated for box turtles (and actually might have them) but that was turned down. The word extortion comes to mind.

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    • outrider
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 2:19pm

      I know just what you mean. Here in Florida, anyone who has had met the fish and wildlife types once makes sure they never repeat the experience. They are among the most authoritarian, and stupid, govt employees I’ve ever encountered. And among the most powerful.

      So what does fish and wildlife have to say on the subject of the hundreds of thousands of Eagles scheduled to be killed by wind farms EACH YEAR?

      BTW aren’t those wind turbines made by GE? The very GREEN, Obama sucking-up, Newt Gingrich-partnered, China loving, untaxed GE?

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  • biohazard23
    Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:28am

    So now a child needs a permit to save a baby bird? Common sense has left the building.

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    • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:51am

      Once again, another progressive law of unintended consequences. Passing laws to protect a species of birds and it ends up punishing an individual. the more people hear about this, the more people will NOT try to protect any wildlife for fear of prosecution.
      We just save a baby robin. Fortunately, it’s not “protected.”

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    • HumbleCitizen
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 10:35am

      From the way the bills are written, it’s illegal to even TOUCH a protected species, and that means yes, even to save it.

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    • Utahcatholic
      Posted on August 2, 2011 at 1:04pm

      Can you imagine if this girl had also set up a lemonade stand. And then saved the bird. Jail time for Mom I’m sure.

      Our society is going down the tubes and the main reason is crazed special interest groups in concert with lawyer politicians who make up and pass lunatic laws/ordinances/rules/regulations. Add the local yokels who enforce those laws and we have these growing examples of “government gone wild”. Sad, really sad.

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  • SpankDaMonkey
    Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:28am

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    Ok Mr. Man who wrote this rule. Don’t start crying when you get run over by a car amd are lying there flopping around. And someone stop’s and shoves a feather up your butt and drives off…………..

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  • sister1_rm
    Posted on August 2, 2011 at 9:26am

    Yep, it’s crazy. I agree. Just drop the stupid fine and leave the girl and her mom alone. They were trying to do the right thing.

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