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pies4ever 
Joined: 11 Feb 2002
Location: rosebud,vic,australia
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'No animal should endure it'
January 06, 2008
NIGEL Williamson is an angel of mercy for hurt and trapped animals throughout Melbourne.
A self-styled veterinary paramedic, Nigel and his team race to the aid of wildlife or domestic pets in trouble.
Nigel's Animal Rescue receives up to 30 calls a day. And 2008 is already busy for the animal saviours.
During a recent fortnight they were called to the aid of four shooting victims, all wild birds: a magpie in Caulfield was left to die after being shot through the beak with a nail gun; a pelican was discovered in Seaford with a gunshot wound; and a duck and a goose were victims of crossbow shootings in separate incidents.
"It's probably kids but we can't know for sure," he said.
"(The magpie) was one of the most blatant acts of cruelty I've seen in 23 years, including when I worked for the RSPCA.
"You get ratbags out there who think it's fun to pick on poor defenceless animals."
Other rescues include kittens and small birds trapped between walls, possums stuck in chimneys and a horse which fell into a swimming pool, but couldn't climb out.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23010379-661,00.html
when i saw the story,theres a pic of a magpie with a nail through its beak,some f---wit shot it with a nail gunwhen i saw the pic,it nearly made me sick,what sort of f---wit could do this sort of cruelty??
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Bucks5 
Nicky D - Parting the red sea
Joined: 23 Mar 2002
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It's cases like these that make we wish that the punishment equalled the crime. Wish they would shoot a nail, arrow or bullet into the perpetrator the same way they did to the poor defenseless animal.
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sherrife 
Victorian Socialists - people before profit
Joined: 18 Apr 2003
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| Bucks5 wrote: | | It's cases like these that make we wish that the punishment equalled the crime. Wish they would shoot a nail, arrow or bullet into the perpetrator the same way they did to the poor defenseless animal. |
I vote that no one gets shot.
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stui magpie 
Prepare for the worst, hope for the best.
Joined: 03 May 2005
Location: In flagrante delicto
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| Quote: | | "It's probably kids but we can't know for sure," he said. |
No many kids have access to Nail guns or firearms.
The Magpie would have been a fluke shot, nail guns aren't designed to fire projectiles through the air. They only fire into timber when you push it against the timber with enough force to make the saftey slide back. You can manually hold the slide back with one hand and fire nails with the other, but it's very inaccurate.
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Bucks5
Nicky D - Parting the red sea
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| sherrife wrote: | | I vote that no one gets shot. |
I am not talking about shooting them to death here, I am suggesting they are shot through a similar body part, ie. limb for limb. At least it might make them think about the consequences of their actions.
These poor animals can not even seek treatment afterwards, their only hope is that someone like Nigel's search and rescue finds them by chance. Most times they are left to die violently slow and painful deaths.
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