{"id":4600,"date":"2011-08-15T06:14:37","date_gmt":"2011-08-15T10:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/?p=4600"},"modified":"2011-08-17T10:04:08","modified_gmt":"2011-08-17T14:04:08","slug":"morning-read-2-two-adirondackers-stone-great-blue-heron-to-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2011\/08\/15\/morning-read-2-two-adirondackers-stone-great-blue-heron-to-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Read 2:  Two Adirondackers stone great blue heron to death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two men in the Adirondacks were arrested last week after allegedly stoning a great blue heron to death on the banks of the Ausable River. This from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com\/page\/content.detail\/id\/526024\/Irreparable-damage.html?nav=5008#license-526024\">Adirondack Daily Enterprise<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A number of people watched  as Ryan F. Slater, 22, of Wilmington, and Michael Martindale Jr., 28, of  Jay, threw a large rock at the bird Monday on the east branch of the  AuSable River near the Jay Covered Bridge, according to a report from  the state Department of Environmental Conservation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Wendy Hall, who operates the Adirondack Wildlife Refuge and Rehabilitation Center in Wilmington, told the newspaper that efforts were made to save the &#8220;severely injured&#8221; bird.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>When Hall&#8217;s onsite veterinarian examined the bird Tuesday,   the vet told her that there was nothing that even Cornell&#8217;s experts   could possible do for it.<\/p>\n<p>The heron&#8217;s wing was severely damaged &#8211;   shattered &#8211; and would have needed amputation. His leg was completely   severed at the knee, so that would have needed to be cut off, too.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The two men are expected back in court later this month, though Hall questioned whether a $500 fine &#8212; the maximum penalty &#8212; is sufficient.\u00a0 She told the Enterprise, &#8220;People should be punished severely.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So what do you think?\u00a0 Tougher laws needed?\u00a0 How should we respond to this kind of alleged behavior?\u00a0 And remember, please keep it civil.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two men in the Adirondacks were arrested last week after allegedly stoning a great blue [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[6501,884],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4600"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4600"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4601,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4600\/revisions\/4601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}