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Title: Woodpecker-Saving Girl's Mother Gets Fined $500 Post by: Donna on 02-Aug-11, 07:40:15 PM http://wusa9.com/news/article/161065/158/Woodpecker-Saving-Daughter-Costs-Mom-500 (http://wusa9.com/news/article/161065/158/Woodpecker-Saving-Daughter-Costs-Mom-500) This is NUTS!!
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (WUSA) -- Eleven-year-old aspiring veterinarian, Skylar Capo, sprang into action the second she learned that a baby woodpecker in her Dad's backyard was about to be eaten by the family cat. Title: Re: Woodpecker-Saving Girl's Mother Gets Fined $500 Post by: MAK on 02-Aug-11, 09:31:48 PM :tickedoff: :aaarggh: :thumbsdown:
Title: Re: Woodpecker-Saving Girl's Mother Gets Fined $500 Post by: jeanne on 02-Aug-11, 10:08:24 PM This jerk, instead of doing this to a family trying to do its best, should have interceded for the bird. It could have been a moment to give them useful information rather than infuriating and scaring them :snarl:
Title: Re: Woodpecker-Saving Girl's Mother Gets Fined $500 Post by: nwfloridafalconfan on 02-Aug-11, 11:09:39 PM The agent knew the citation had been cancelled, but a "clerical error" caused her to enlist the help of a trooper, drive to the subject's home, and serve the (cancelled) citation? Hooey!
Title: Re: Woodpecker-Saving Girl's Mother Gets Fined $500 Post by: Bobbie Ireland on 03-Aug-11, 03:48:58 AM Kids' lemonade stand shut down. Woman fined for growing veggies in her front yard. Now this? Some people need a life.
Title: Re: Woodpecker-Saving Girl's Mother Gets Fined $500 Post by: valhalla on 03-Aug-11, 05:05:23 AM This is another example of government in our lives - Fredericksburg is in Northern VA and has a lot of DC/government wonks living there.
Title: Re: Woodpecker-Saving Girl's Mother Gets Fined $500 Post by: Donna on 03-Aug-11, 08:00:03 AM http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2011/08/02/2011-08-02_mother_fined_535_after_daughter_skylar_capo_11_saves_endangered_woodpecker_from_.html (http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2011/08/02/2011-08-02_mother_fined_535_after_daughter_skylar_capo_11_saves_endangered_woodpecker_from_.html) video and story Cute baby Woodpecker..Downy?
Title: Re: Woodpecker-Saving Girl's Mother Gets Fined $500 Post by: MAK on 03-Aug-11, 08:38:14 AM Sooooo ridiculous!!!!!! :banghead:
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