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Dutch Domino Enthusiasts Murder Hapless Protected Avian

Dobbsworld
16-11-2005, 18:49
This ranks high on the stupid-o-meter. I can't think of too much else to add, other than a poll, perhaps.

Stupid television. I hope their market share dwindles.


http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/11/16/sparrow051116.html
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Activists cry foul over killing of domino-spilling sparrow

Animal rights activists in the Netherlands want charges laid in the shooting of a rare sparrow that knocked over 23,000 dominoes as a TV company was setting up for a world-record attempt.

The sparrow, which is on the national endangered list, had flown into an exposition centre on Monday in the northern city of Leeuwarden. After knocking over the dominoes, it was chased into a corner and shot by an exterminator with an air rifle.

"Under Dutch law, you need a permit to kill this kind of bird, and a permit can only be granted when there's a danger to public health or a crop. That was not the case," Dutch animal protection agency spokesman Niels Dorland told the Associated Press.

"I might add: Is it really necessary to kill a bird that knocked over a few dominoes for a game?" he said, adding that the agency plans to bring the case to national prosecutors.

The killing has sparked outrage in the Netherlands.

Death threats have reportedly been made against the man who killed the bird. A Dutch disc jockey has offered a reward of 3,000 euros ($3,500 US) to anyone who topples the dominoes before the official start.

About 100 people with the TV company Endemol NV had spent weeks at the centre setting up more than four million dominoes in an attempt to surpass the official Guinness world record for falling dominoes. The record is 3,992,397.

Endemol spokesman Jeroen van Waardenberg defended the killing of the bird.

"That bird was flying around and knocking over a lot of dominoes," van Waardenberg said. "More than 100 people from 12 countries had worked for more than a month setting them up."

Van Waardenberg added the company may set up a memorial or mention the dead bird during its television broadcast Friday.

But Dorland dismissed Endemol's reason for killing the sparrow.

"I think they were awfully fast to pull out a rifle. If a person started knocking over a few dominoes, they wouldn't shoot him, would they?"
Carops
16-11-2005, 18:50
*giggles*
DrunkenDove
16-11-2005, 18:51
I'd have blown it away too. A month of work or a sparrow? Which would you choose?
Deep Kimchi
16-11-2005, 18:53
This ranks high on the stupid-o-meter. I can't think of too much else to add, other than a poll, perhaps.

Stupid television. I hope their market share dwindles.


http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/11/16/sparrow051116.html
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Activists cry foul over killing of domino-spilling sparrow

Animal rights activists in the Netherlands want charges laid in the shooting of a rare sparrow that knocked over 23,000 dominoes as a TV company was setting up for a world-record attempt.

The sparrow, which is on the national endangered list, had flown into an exposition centre on Monday in the northern city of Leeuwarden. After knocking over the dominoes, it was chased into a corner and shot by an exterminator with an air rifle.

"Under Dutch law, you need a permit to kill this kind of bird, and a permit can only be granted when there's a danger to public health or a crop. That was not the case," Dutch animal protection agency spokesman Niels Dorland told the Associated Press.

"I might add: Is it really necessary to kill a bird that knocked over a few dominoes for a game?" he said, adding that the agency plans to bring the case to national prosecutors.

The killing has sparked outrage in the Netherlands.

Death threats have reportedly been made against the man who killed the bird. A Dutch disc jockey has offered a reward of 3,000 euros ($3,500 US) to anyone who topples the dominoes before the official start.

About 100 people with the TV company Endemol NV had spent weeks at the centre setting up more than four million dominoes in an attempt to surpass the official Guinness world record for falling dominoes. The record is 3,992,397.

Endemol spokesman Jeroen van Waardenberg defended the killing of the bird.

"That bird was flying around and knocking over a lot of dominoes," van Waardenberg said. "More than 100 people from 12 countries had worked for more than a month setting them up."

Van Waardenberg added the company may set up a memorial or mention the dead bird during its television broadcast Friday.

But Dorland dismissed Endemol's reason for killing the sparrow.

"I think they were awfully fast to pull out a rifle. If a person started knocking over a few dominoes, they wouldn't shoot him, would they?"


You're too slow. I already posted this one last night.
Dobbsworld
16-11-2005, 18:56
You're too slow. I already posted this one last night.
Hmmm, I wasn't around last night to see it. Dagnabbit.
Deep Kimchi
16-11-2005, 19:04
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=454246&highlight=Dutch

So, other than me being on the right, and you being on the left, how much do we really think alike?
Dobbsworld
16-11-2005, 19:10
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=454246&highlight=Dutch

So, other than me being on the right, and you being on the left, how much do we really think alike?
More than makes me comfortable. What, were we separated at birth or something? You, raised by Yankees and me, raised by Canucks?
Letila
16-11-2005, 19:27
It's a tough question. On one hand, I can understand their frustration, but still, killing the bird isn't going to do much good.
Dobbsworld
16-11-2005, 20:40
It's a tough question. On one hand, I can understand their frustration, but still, killing the bird isn't going to do much good.
It certainly didn't work out that way, did it?
Desperate Measures
16-11-2005, 20:42
I'd have blown it away too. A month of work or a sparrow? Which would you choose?
I'd choose crying. Seriously... revenge on a sparrow?
BLARGistania
16-11-2005, 20:42
I got a giggle out of that. Silly Sparrow, sillier people.
Greater Valia
16-11-2005, 21:10
"I think they were awfully fast to pull out a rifle. If a person started knocking over a few dominoes, they wouldn't shoot him, would they?"

I would.
[NS]Olara
16-11-2005, 21:14
Ho dang. Funniest thing I've seen all day. Shooting an already cornered sparrow to death is a little extreme. So is offering a reward that large to knock over the rest of the dominoes. Looks like a lot of people have a lot of growing up to do.
Eutrusca
16-11-2005, 21:15
"Much ado about nothing."
Santa Barbara
16-11-2005, 21:18
Is this what passes for gun crime in the Netherlands?
Vetalia
16-11-2005, 21:19
More than makes me comfortable. What, were we separated at birth or something? You, raised by Yankees and me, raised by Canucks?

Damn that means there's going to be a US-Canadian war, and you two are going to fight to the death at the Battle of Montreal...just like some movie.
Teh_pantless_hero
16-11-2005, 21:19
But Dorland dismissed Endemol's reason for killing the sparrow.

"I think they were awfully fast to pull out a rifle. If a person started knocking over a few dominoes, they wouldn't shoot him, would they?"
This guy has obviously never set up dominos before.
HC Eredivisie
16-11-2005, 21:52
This guy has obviously never set up dominos before.
let alone 4 million:p