New York Man Pleads Guilty to Capturing and Killing Hawks

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

New York Man Pleads Guilty to Capturing and Killing Hawks

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HARTFORD, Conn. — Feb 17, 2016, 7:30 PM ET

A New York man has pleaded guilty to capturing and killing federally protected hawks in Stamford, Connecticut.

Connecticut U.S. Attorney Deirdre Daly says Thomas Kapusta pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court in Hartford to charges including four counts of taking, capturing and killing red-tailed hawks or Cooper's hawks.

Prosecutors say Kapusta and another person are pigeon-racing enthusiasts who killed the predatory hawks because they saw them as threats to their pigeons.

Kapusta is from Westbury, on Long Island. He captured the hawks in a trap designed to capture birds of prey and then shot and killed them in it.

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[rpannier]

1. If I were the judge he'd be doing all 30 months

30 months is the max and I'd give it to him

[MisterP]

2. this has happened a lot with pigeon groups

http://thedrinkingbirdblog.com/2010/03/26/the-case-against-pigeon-clubs-or-why-tysons-show-is-not-for-the-birds/
http://operationdeltaduck.com/blog/2007/05/operation-high-roller/
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/LOS-ANGELES-Pigeon-owners-accused-of-killing-2592080.php
http://www.fws.gov/FieldNotes/regmap.cfm?arskey=21447
http://articles.latimes.com/2007/may/25/local/me-pigeon25
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Pigeon-lover-pleads-guilty-to-killing-falcon-1279453.php
http://www.salem-news.com/articles/june082007/bird_deaths_6807.php
http://wildbirdonthefly.blogspot.com/2007/06/pigeon-breeders-charged-with-killing.html

"Using the same logic, I could start slashing car tires and say that my dog has a right to run through the streets safely"