In an ideal liberal society, everything is either mandatory or forbidden. It isn’t mandatory to care for a wounded fawn. Therefore:
An Indiana couple who spent two years nursing an injured fawn back to health now face jail time for the act of human kindness.
State officials charged Jeff and Jennifer Counceller with unlawful possession of a deer — a misdemeanor crime that carries up to 60 days in jail and a $500 fine, according to The Indianapolis Star.
The fawn had a maggot-infested wound and could barely stand when it was discovered by Jeff Counceller, a Connersville police officer. The state Department of Natural Resources told them to leave it out in the wilderness to die. Instead they took personal initiative, and accordingly face punishment.
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Had plenty time to call DNR and make a report. He knows the law.
ReplyDeleteI think what he did was admirable. DNR would have only put the animal down.
ReplyDeletePlus I also called DNR and was told the samething "leave it to nature and let the animal die". Really! 12:58
ReplyDeleteNature can be cruel but keeping a wild animal caged up is worse.
ReplyDeleteBureaucratic beligerance at it's worst!!
ReplyDeleteI hope the judge has more common sense than the dnr.
ReplyDelete10:45, YOU'RE A SCHMUCK.
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