An endangered Great White Heron has fully recovered from an emergency surgery after a fisherman pelted it with a rock at Bill Baggs State Park in Key Biscayne, Florida, in January.
The rock broke the bird’s wing and reportedly caused the bird to bleed heavily.
The man who threw the rock, Edgar Estuardo Valenzuela, was arrested after he admitted to the act of animal cruelty, which under Florida law typically carries a punishment of prison time or a hefty fine.
However, when he was discovered to be an illegal alien from Guatemala, police were able to kill two birds with one stone, so to speak, by stopping the perpetrator and promptly deporting him.
This is indeed a happy ending.
Liberals should have no problem with the deportation of a man who attacked an endangered species, right?
Per Miami New Times:
In late January, the staff at Pelican Harbor Seabird Station were alerted to a disturbing incident: a woman had witnessed a fisherman throw a large rock at a Great White Heron that had attempted to steal his fish. The large white bird was later found hiding in the grass near the water, its right wing drooping and bleeding heavily.
The Great White Heron lives primarily in mangroves, tidal shallows, and coastal ponds in peninsular Florida. The majestic bird is known for having the “largest, heaviest bills,” typically a distinct yellow-orange color, according to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
Under Florida law, any person who intentionally commits an act against an animal that “results in the cruel death, or excessive or repeated infliction of unnecessary pain or suffering” commits aggravated animal cruelty — a third-degree felony punishable by up to five years in prison and/or a $10,000 fine.
On February 7, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) arrested 34-year-old Edgar Estuardo Valenzuela for injuring the bird. He was charged with offenses involving harm to federally protected wildlife after admitting to hurling rocks at the heron, according to FWC officials.
The bird made a return to his home in Key Biscayne, where he flew freely for the first time in months.
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