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cruelty by the sea
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03-JUN-2006

3rd June 2006
cruelty by the sea

Aberdeen

I was having a frothy coffee with Tamsin.
Across the road two boys began firing a catapult at the birds,
and injured one before running off.
The three men are watching it trying to climb onto the groyne (sea defence)
It managed to paddle there after falling out of the sky.
I phoned the RSPB, but they had nobody available till tomorrow.
Hope it survives the night

Nikon D50
1/100s f/8.0 at 55.0mm full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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Michael Todd Thorpe18-Jun-2006 15:48
Senseless. I agree with Poochdad. It's times like this I'm ashamed of our species...
Dominic Kite07-Jun-2006 20:22
makes me sad.
SRW05-Jun-2006 23:09
Great image; but a sad story...
wernere0105-Jun-2006 22:42
Great pic but a sad story. Can´t understand people acting like this. There must be stones where should be hearts. It´s so senseless.
Guest 04-Jun-2006 19:28
thought it was a gerat photo, but sad when I read the description, still a great photo though
Yvonne04-Jun-2006 05:11
One can't understand people who would do such a thing, poor little
defenceless bird, hope it lasts the night!
Coleen Perilloux Landry04-Jun-2006 00:26
A sorry story. Too bad you couldn't chase them and beat the hell out of them. I like the ship on the horizon.
Guest 03-Jun-2006 23:08
Yes, a sorry tale.
Robin Reid03-Jun-2006 22:28
I'm with Poochdad on this one. Also a well done pix.
Zak03-Jun-2006 21:40
nice pic!
Jackdad03-Jun-2006 21:36
I've never understood the desire that some people have to wantonly injure or kill other living things for entertainment. That bird will likely spend the night in fear and pain while the perpetrators will have long since forgotten it even existed. We are a sorry species at times.
Nice b&w conversion, by the way. The three anxious figures really tell the story.