AR-News: (UK) Man who destroyed wildlife is facing jail

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

A GAMEKEEPER convicted of intentionally destroying the nest and eggs of a 
rare bird of prey faces up to six months' prison today.
John Cripps, aged 60, used tree climbing spikes to disturb the goshawk nest 
in the Derwent Valley in Derbyshire, after he told a police wildlife officer 
that too many of the birds were attacking grouse.
He kept a diary with entries believed to relate to the persecution of other 
species in the area.
Cripps, who lives in a gamekeeper's cottage beside Derwent Reservoir in 
Ronksley near Bamford, was found guilty of three offences under the Wildlife and 
Countryside Act 1981 after a three-day trial.





full story:

http://www.sheffieldtoday.net/ViewArticle.aspx?SectionID=58&ArticleID=745607 







"The world is a dangerous place,
not because of those who do evil,
but because of those who look on and do nothing."
Albert Einstein    

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