Animal rights group says drone shot down

The Times and Democrat ^ | February 14, 2012 | T&D Staff Report

[Makana]

A remote-controlled aircraft owned by an animal rights group was reportedly shot down near Broxton Bridge Plantation Sunday near Ehrhardt, S.C.

Steve Hindi, president of SHARK (SHowing Animals Respect and Kindness), said his group was preparing to launch its Mikrokopter drone to video what he called a live pigeon shoot on Sunday when law enforcement officers and an attorney claiming to represent the privately-owned plantation near Ehrhardt tried to stop the aircraft from flying.

"It didn't work; what SHARK was doing was perfectly legal," Hindi said in a news release. "Once they knew nothing was going to stop us, the shooting stopped and the cars lined up to leave."

He said the animal rights group decided to send the drone up anyway.

"Seconds after it hit the air, numerous shots rang out," Hindi said in the release. "As an act of revenge for us shutting down the pigeon slaughter, they had shot down our copter."

[Makana]

After pigeons, a remote controlled helicopter is no challenge.

[hinckley buzzard]

LOL, That must have been a great sight, a bunch of hunters taking aim at a drone.

[cripplecreek]

A stinger missile would have been a lot more spectacular.

[Mmogamer]

Like shooting drones in a barrel *nods*.

[End Times Sentinel]

This “press release” is most certainly a figment of Mr. Hindi’s vivid imagination.

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

“”It didn’t work; what SHARK was doing was perfectly legal,” Hindi said in a news release. “

Legal, really? What about the ‘privacy rights’ of the plantation owners? Just who owns the airspace immediately over a property?

[omega4179]

Its perfectly legal to shoot a TOY on private property also.

[Jonah Hex]

"Hey, they were violating my airspace."

[GenXteacher]

What did they expect to happen? When you violate someone else’s airspace, they are going to shoot you down.

[Dick Bachert]

Memo to Steve: Boobie, pidgeons are really flying RATS. They breed like rats and are a filthy disease spreading menace in nearly every large city in the world. These folks are actually doing us a favor by dispatching them. Steve — get thee to an animal shelter — where you MIGHT do some good — and get thee a life.
As a bonus, here’s a little Tom Lehrer ditty you might enjoy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhuMLpdnOjY

[Dallas59]

SQUAd:

In culinary terminology, squab is a young domestic pigeon or its meat. The meat is widely described as tasting like dark chicken. The term is probably of Scandinavian origin; the Swedish word skvabb means "loose, fat flesh".

It formerly applied to all dove and pigeon species, such as the Wood Pigeon, the Mourning Dove, and the now-extinct Passenger Pigeon, and their meat. More recently, squab meat comes almost entirely from domesticated pigeons. The meat of dove and pigeon gamebirds hunted primarily for sport is rarely called squab."
The practice of domesticating pigeon as livestock may have come from the Middle East; historically, squabs or pigeons have been consumed in many civilizations, including Ancient Egypt, Rome and Medieval Europe. Although squab has been consumed throughout much of recorded history, it is generally regarded as exotic, not as a contemporary staple food; there are more records of its preparation for the wealthy than for the poor.
The modern squab industry uses utility pigeons. Squabs are raised until they are roughly a month old, when they reach adult size but have not yet flown, before being slaughtered.

[Dallas59]

Should read,”SQUAB”.

[Col Freeper]

LOL.

The hunters are probably hoping they will come back with many, many more remote controlled helicopters .... just in time for the newly scheduled "2nd Annual Motorized Skeet Shooting Contest"!

[upchuck]

For the South Carolina ping to this article, go here.

[bigheadfred]

Where are the articles of people protesting cities poisoning pigeons in their downtown areas to keep them from crapping on those 3 piece suits????

[Adder]

Hindi said in the release. “As an act of revenge for us shutting down the pigeon slaughter, they had shot down our copter.”

What a hyperventilating pansy. Perfectly legal to shoot your little toy down..

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA....

dumbazz.

[ThunderSleeps]

Yeah, but drones are harder to clean...and what do you serve with them, red or white wine?

[hometoroost]

To prepare them all you need is some gauze, a few ball bearings, and some 30 weight oil.

[Venturer]

This is the funniest story I have read in a while.

Maybe they had better work on their stealth technology.

[reg45]

Funny, it LOOKED like a pigeon.