vale9001 Posted December 7, 2023 Posted December 7, 2023 Tokyo taxi driver arrested, accused of running over pigeon The taxi driver allegedly sped off from traffic lights after they had turned green and ploughed into the birds at a speed of 60km/h (37mph) To some, they are another species of feathered friend; to others, they are rats with wings whose droppings deface historic buildings. But in Japan, pigeons may have become the victims of crime, after police arrested a Tokyo taxi driver on suspicion of deliberately driving into a flock of the birds, killing one of them. Suspect Atsushi Ozawa, 50, “used his car to kill a common pigeon, which is not a game animal”, in the Japanese capital last month, and was arrested on Sunday for violating wildlife protection laws, a Tokyo police spokesperson told Agence France-Presse. While limited numbers of game pigeons can be hunted legally in Japan, their feral, urban cousins, can be killed only if they are a proven nuisance – such as causing damage to crops and livestock – and only with the approval of local authorities. The taxi driver allegedly sped off from traffic lights after they had turned green and ploughed into the birds at a speed of 60km/h (37mph), according to Japanese media. The alleged incident was reported to police by a passerby who was alerted by the sound of a car engine as it accelerated. A veterinarian performed a postmortem examination on the pigeon and determined its cause of death as traumatic shock. Sympathy for Tokyo’s pigeons contrasts with sentiment towards its population of crows, which were targeted after complaints that their appetite for rubbish left out for collection by restaurants was making a mess of the capital’s streets. In 2001, the then governor, Shintaro Ishihara, announced he was waging war on the city’s estimated 36,000 crows. Over the two decades that followed, the capital’s crow population fell by around two-thirds, according to the Yomiuri Shimbun. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/06/tokyo-taxi-driver-arrested-accused-of-running-over-pigeon
SupremeGoddess Posted December 7, 2023 Posted December 7, 2023 It’s too much of a penalty especially if it was accidental, if it was on purpose he should definitely pay some sort of fine. Animal cruelty is disgusting and shouldn’t be tolerated. 2
vale9001 Posted December 7, 2023 Author Posted December 7, 2023 1 hour ago, SupremeGoddess said: It’s too much of a penalty especially if it was accidental, if it was on purpose he should definitely pay some sort of fine. Animal cruelty is disgusting and shouldn’t be tolerated. the article explain if it's accidental is not "a problem". The issue here is a video showing he sped up to kill the animal. 3
Terrielle Posted December 7, 2023 Posted December 7, 2023 7 minutes ago, vale9001 said: the article explain if it's accidental is not "a problem". The issue here is a video showing he sped up to kill the animal. Yeah she better pay up. This isn't normal behavior. 1
znake Posted December 7, 2023 Posted December 7, 2023 That taxi driver and all humans that kill animals for fun or with Bad intentions deserve hell and death I hate humanity 2 1
SapphireSky Posted December 7, 2023 Posted December 7, 2023 30 minutes ago, vale9001 said: the article explain if it's accidental is not "a problem". The issue here is a video showing he sped up to kill the animal. Ok nvm
DamianSolo Posted December 7, 2023 Posted December 7, 2023 One year of prison seems harsh. He should have to pay a fine and attend counseling, if he's intentionally trying to kill animals just because.
kataraqueen Posted December 8, 2023 Posted December 8, 2023 He's in a heavy machine that could kill just about anyone. At best, he's an indirect danger to human beings and a direct one to innocent life... at worst, he's a psychopath who will intentionally do this to a child one day Japan ate that 1
MoonGoodandHappy Posted December 9, 2023 Posted December 9, 2023 (edited) Murder is murder. Oh and for those who kill spiders, you are murderers too. Edited December 9, 2023 by MoonGoodandHappy 1
Nina Dobrev Posted December 11, 2023 Posted December 11, 2023 thats what you get for being an intentional waste of oxygen and space
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