Transporting a Baby Woodpecker

Posted by Ann Sattley on Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

A child trying to save a baby woodpecker from getting eaten by a cat has earned her mom a $500 fine and possible jail time — and that’s after the government representatives knew that she released the bird.

Read all about it here.  They even have a nice video you can watch.

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