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Man who said he accidentally kicked seagull that ate cheeseburger fined $124
Boston25News.com via WPXI ^ | September 7, 2018 | Mike Saccone

Posted on 09/07/2018 9:02:53 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia

HAMPTON BEACH, N.H. - New Hampshire Fish and Game has fined the man who said he accidentally kicked a seagull on Hampton Beach.

Nate Rancloes was charged with a violation level offense of taking a protected bird during a closed season.

Rancloes, a decorated veteran who received a Purple Heart in 2005, told NH1 he was sitting in the sand eating a cheeseburger and fries, when the seagull got to his meal.

“I spun around in a circle with my leg out to shoo it away, and unfortunately, did strike the seagull hard,” Rancloes said. “It was a one in a million bad luck kick that couldn’t be repeated. This is no more than a simple mistake. But social media has blown it into something it is not.”

New Hampshire Fish and Game still moved forward with a $124 fine because seagulls are federally protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.

(Excerpt) Read more at wpxi.com ...


TOPICS: Food; Miscellaneous; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: animalabuse; cheeseburger; naterancloes; newhampshire; seagull; seagulls
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1 posted on 09/07/2018 9:02:53 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Can’t tell from article if the bird survived or not.


2 posted on 09/07/2018 9:04:51 AM PDT by rfp1234 (I have already previewed this composition.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Seagulls, the Rats of The Sky, are a protected species?

Holy crap.


3 posted on 09/07/2018 9:05:03 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Seagulls are Protected Birds ??


4 posted on 09/07/2018 9:06:47 AM PDT by arthurus (.|:)
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To: rlmorel

Absurd. Seagulls are everywhere! Rats with wings.


5 posted on 09/07/2018 9:07:06 AM PDT by DariusBane (Liberty and Risk. Flip sides of the same coin. So how much risk will YOU accept? Vive Deo et Vives)
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To: rlmorel

There are so few of them!


6 posted on 09/07/2018 9:07:11 AM PDT by Artemis Webb (Maxine Waters for House Minority Leader!!)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Seagulls are protected?


7 posted on 09/07/2018 9:07:43 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

How in the heck are seagulls “protected”? They are flying rats, there are jillions of them everywhere.


8 posted on 09/07/2018 9:08:06 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Hey, any seagull that tried to steal my In-And-Out Double-Double would be at high risk.....


9 posted on 09/07/2018 9:08:27 AM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: rlmorel

I watched two groups of birds going at discarded foam clamshells to get the food scraps inside. The gulls bashed their way through the plastic. The crows undid the slot and tab latches and opened the lids back.


10 posted on 09/07/2018 9:08:55 AM PDT by arthurus (.|:-)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Also, why is there a “season” for seagulls? Does someone actually hunt and eat them? I thought they tasted rancid.


11 posted on 09/07/2018 9:09:06 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: rfp1234

likely killed because it said ‘taking a protected species’ which mean killing-


12 posted on 09/07/2018 9:09:43 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
Migratory Bird Treaty Act.

It was designed to protect birds that cross international borders.

Countries can harvest them with seasons and limits, but no one has put a season on seagulls.

13 posted on 09/07/2018 9:09:56 AM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

He could have just fed it an Alka-Seltzer.


14 posted on 09/07/2018 9:09:59 AM PDT by jaydubya2
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To: EagleUSA

15 posted on 09/07/2018 9:10:53 AM PDT by Scythian_Reborn
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16 posted on 09/07/2018 9:11:07 AM PDT by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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Picture of the perp here:


17 posted on 09/07/2018 9:11:15 AM PDT by GraceG ("Q is not a Cult, you can safely leave at any time, unlike Islam")
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To: DariusBane; rlmorel

“Rats with wings.”

I thought that was pigeons. lol


18 posted on 09/07/2018 9:11:17 AM PDT by V_TWIN (oks like)
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To: Artemis Webb

LOL !!!


19 posted on 09/07/2018 9:11:47 AM PDT by CaptainK ("no collusion, no obstruction, he's a leaker")
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

SOUTHGATE — Police shot and killed about 250 seagulls Thursday morning at the vacant Saturn of Southgate site on Fort Street two days before the 13th annual Cruisin’ Downriver along the route.

http://www.thenewsherald.com/news/southgate-police-kill-seagulls-at-vacant-saturn-dealership-video/article_32b0809c-0040-57a6-9458-0e072e531e7d.html


20 posted on 09/07/2018 9:11:55 AM PDT by TexasGator (Z1)
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