Posted AT 5:28 AM EDT on 28/10/05
Man moved 80 pesky birds, finds goose is cooked
Leduc, Alta. — The evidence has already flown south for the winter, but a worker at a small Alberta golf course has found out the hard way that it doesn't pay to move pesky Canada geese.
Peter Francis, a maintenance foreman at the Leduc Golf and Country Club, pleaded guilty yesterday to the rare federal offence of moving migratory birds without a permit. The maximum sentence includes a $300,000 fine and six months in jail per bird.
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