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11th December 2005, 07:32 PM
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  | Bird killed for knocking down dominoes wins museum place Strange story heh Killed sparrow to go on display By Geraldine Coughlan BBC News, The Hague   The museum is planning an exhibition on sparrowsA sparrow which was shot dead for knocking over 23,000 dominoes in the Netherlands is to go on display at Rotterdam's Natural History Museum. The bird almost spoiled a televised world record attempt before it was killed with an air rifle. The shooting caused a public outcry. Animal rights groups condemned the bird's killing last month and a website was erected in its honour. On Friday, the bird's killer was fined for shooting a protected species. Prosecutors said the exterminator who killed it should have known better and fined him 170 euros (£114; $200). Freezer The organisers argued the killing was justified, as more than 100 people had worked for a month setting up the dominoes, but they held a TV memorial for the bird. They went on to topple about four million dominoes, claiming a new record - which still has to be verified by Guinness World Records. The bird was kept in a government freezer after its killing became a criminal matter. It will be placed on top of a box of dominoes in an exhibition on sparrows next year.   Get your own personal forum Like these ones - Personal forum listing Bored @ work? Play in our arcade! Useful Tips on how to use UOForums Open your own blog |
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11th December 2005, 07:45 PM
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| Re: Bird killed for knocking down dominoes wins museum place Sparrows are a proctected species? I have enough of them in my trees and my garden during the summer I could send to where they aren't as populated. |
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11th December 2005, 10:47 PM
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12th December 2005, 01:19 PM
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| Re: Bird killed for knocking down dominoes wins museum place properly a type of sparrow is protected not all of them   |
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12th December 2005, 03:22 PM
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| Re: Bird killed for knocking down dominoes wins museum place Hmmm, what were they doing with an air-rifle at a domino set-up? My own pets have done some things that have really upset me, but I never thought about having them exterminated...he got off easy with only having to pay a couple hundred dollars. Why the heck they froze the thing is quite beyond me. Were the going to have a forensic vetrinarian examine it? Its nice that the little birdie gets to be famous at least...   |
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