Earlier this summer I posted about a man who was arrested in Aichi Prefecture for poisoning thirteen noisy crows. This week he was in the news again. A court in Nagoya, Aichi handed down a judgment finding the 63 year old hospital staff member guilty of violating the wildlife protection law and he was fined 500,000 yen.
What do you think? Was this an appropriate punishment?
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I converted to dollars so I could gauge the punishment. It isn’t a huge amount, but I don’t know his annual income. The crows were just being crows and should not have been poisoned. Dot
I looked up the fine amount, it is $3,413, perhaps a fair amount. Crows have settled in my neighborhood in large numbers recently, they are loud and pushy and have perhaps crowded out smaller birds. But I don't mind them.
Maybe if it is made public enough it will deter others from killing the birds too?
It is a crime in Japan for an individual to kill a crow, no matter how annoying it is.
But I can also understand his feelings. In fact crows raid garbage, dropping their droppings on cars and balconies, and sometimes attacking people.
He should have consulted the administration.
At first I read 'Killer Crow' instead of 'Crow Killer' and was very confused! As things stand, I very much agree with harsh punishment for cruelty against animals.
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