Alan,
When one "pleads guilty" to something witnesses are not required:) The
behaviour I referred to is harassing the bird. If you google "rose
starling dead twitchers", you will see that there are links to several
sites with the same story, which is based on a item by the BBC ( from
where The Sun no doubt lifted it.) The BBC item was based on a report
by a member of the Royal Society for Protection of Birds (RSPB), in
whose garden the bird ultimately expired. The RSPB member claimed to
have witnessed the alleged harassment. The RSPB did not investigate
the matter further, after all, what action could initiate the starling
was not a native and the perpetrators of the harassment were unknown,
so the chances of a court case getting up would be zero.
I find the report quite believable, having witnessed similar behaviour
myself.
Carl Clifford
On 19/01/2009, at 3:28 PM, Alan Gillanders wrote:
Carl,
by 'behave in this manner' do you mean, writing sensational stories
with unfounded conclusions attributed to unidentified informants,
driving huge distances or harassing a bird to death?
I would plead guilty to one of them if you could dredge up the
witnesses.
Alan
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