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Whooping cranes can go straight to hell.
This is abuse.
A man who admitted that he and a juvenile shot and killed two whooping cranes in 2016 must pay $85,000 and cannot hunt until he completes 360 hours of public service.
The sentence given Thursday to Kaenon Constantin of Rayne is the toughest ever in Louisiana for a crime involving one of the endangered birds, the International Crane Foundation said in a news release.
Whooping cranes are among the world’s rarest birds, and are the largest crane in North America. The 850 or so alive today all descended from 15 that lived in coastal Texas in the 1940s. When released as juveniles, they are mottled brown and white. As adults, they’re about 5 feet (1.5 meters) tall, white with black wingtips and have nearly featherless red caps.
Constantin pleaded guilty Thursday to a misdemeanor violation of the Lacey Act, which makes it illegal to transport wildlife, fish or plants taken in violation of any other state, federal or foreign law.
He was fined $10,000 and ordered to pay $75,000 in restitution to the state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, U.S. Attorney David Joseph said in a news release Friday.
International Crane Foundation North America Program Director Liz Smith said in a letter to the judge that it costs nearly $94,000 to raise, release and monitor a whooping crane in Louisiana.
Authorities said Constantin and a juvenile shot the two cranes in May 2016 in Acadia Parish. After finding that the one they had retrieved was banded and fitted with a transmitter, they cut off its legs and threw the transmitter into a crawfish pond.
“When initially approached by investigators shortly after the crime, Constantin lied about his involvement, causing the investigation to continue for nearly two more years before he finally confessed in April 2018,” the U.S. attorney’s news release said.
Okay, if it’s an endangered bird, tell people not to kill them. Fine.
But if someone violates that rule – probably by accident – and doesn’t even make any money from doing so, putting them through a years-long legal ordeal and then giving them a fine that is sure to destroy their entire life is sick and wrong.
We should not sacrifice our humanity – which is rooted in our freedom – for the sake of animal rights. That is the opposite of reasonable.
