Michael
The sentence, and the impact of the slaughter, has been featured extensively on
the ABC Melbourne news today.
Jon Faine discussed the matter with a caller and pointed out that it is almost
unheard of for magistrates to give custodial sentences to offenders who do not
have a criminal record.
The magistrate did make a comment about Silvester being back in New Zealand so
I expect deportation is likely.
Cheers
David
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> On 25 Sep 2018, at 1:38 pm, michael hunter <> wrote:
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> The Sale magistrate is to be very highly commended for jailing Murray James
> Silvester for slaughtering Wedge-tailed Eagles. It is unlikely that
> Silvester will kill native birds again.
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> As a criminal could he now be deported?
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> How much publicity did the magistrates decision attract ? Apart from
> Birding-aus I neither saw nor heard anything about it in the National media
> or elsewhere. From the Conservation view the jailing decision ought to be
> broadcast far and wide. Much more so than the prolonged outcry over culling
> six sharks in the Whitsundays. Wedgies are a much more visible and iconic
> native than Tiger Sharks.
>
> Like genital mutilation and other unsavoury practices a small number of
> immigrants bring to Australia, shooting or otherwise killing our native fauna
> warrants zero tolerance, in Public Opinion and the Courts. Not that
> Australian born fauna killers are guiltless. Publicising the penalties would
> help a lot to minimise the killing.
>
> Very Sincerely
>
> Michael
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