Re: Goose Killing at Davidson College

["Steve Compton" <scompton@sc.rr.com>]

Birders,

I work in a maximum security prison, Lieber Correctional
Facility, here in SC. Let us not indulge in the fantasy that prison cures
all woes. I like what Clyde and Josh had to say. Of course, a "slap on the
wrist" is not approriate, either. Let the law take it's course, and let the
law devise
consequences that will deter and educate. A wonderful
opportunity for some of us to educate.

For Nature,
Steve Compton
Summerville,SC
scompton@sc.rr.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gibeau, Stu" <Stu.Gibeau@afccc.af.mil>
To: <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 12:40 PM
Subject: RE: Goose Killing at Davidson College


> Josh, Your too kind.  They committed a felony.  They should be fairly
tried
> and if found guilty they should do time in prison... with other felons.  I
> guarantee they will discover more common sense and compassion in their
> future dealings with wildlife.  Maybe your suggestion would be a good idea
> after they get out of jail.  I'd even pitch in a few bucks so they can be
> paid full time minimum wage at the job.
>
> Stu Gibeau
> Black Mountain, NC
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joshua S. Rose [mailto:jsr6@duke.edu]
> Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 11:06 AM
> To: Carolinabirds@duke.edu
> Cc: toshandley@davidson.edu; mmanware@charlotteobserver.com
> Subject: Re: Goose Killing at Davidson College
>
>
> Hey folks,
>
> Here's a suggestion: how about the goose-killing perpetrators (perhaps the
> entire fraternity, if this turns out to be an initiation or other frat
> stunt) being sentenced to a large number of hours' mandatory volunteering
> at an area wildlife rehabilitation clinic? Not sure where the closest such
> clinic would be, perhaps the Carolina Raptor Center in Charlotte.
>
> BTW, in reference to my mention yesterday of illegal Sunday hunting,
> Ginger Travis and Clyde Sorenson wrote back to suggest that I heard target
> shooting. I think they are probably correct; the shooting was several
> shots in rapid succession, did not sound entirely like hunters. It was
> taking place on the north side of Old Oxford Highway, toward Lake Michie
> Dam, not in the gamelands on the south side; might be private property up
> there.
>
> Good birding,
>
> Josh
>
>
> Joshua S. Rose
> Duke University
> Department of Biology (Zoology, R.I.P.)
>
> jsr6@duke.edu
> http://www.duke.edu/~jsr6/