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A video showing some goslings being forced off a Kelowna, B.C., balcony on Doyle Avenue has sparked outrage and calls for action.
A group of men wielding pool noodles and other objects could be seen coralling the family of geese toward the ledge of the building.
Then the tiny birds could be seen falling four storeys to the ground onto the pavement.
Two adult geese then swooped down to check on their goslings.
A few were not moving, according to witnesses.
“I just was in complete shock,” witness Amy Ruth told Global News.
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“I actually saw one of the goslings hit the sunshade on the way down and ricochet to the ground and not move when it landed there and what can you do but stand there paralyzed. And I couldn’t get out to the street fast enough to scream to stop it.”
Tyler Andreasen also witnessed the incident.
“They’re migratory birds and they’re protected for a reason, so honestly, I think it came down to ignorance and just complete disregard for the lives of these animals,” he said.
“Just push them onto the road, all they were worried about was clearing up their property. That would’ve been the absolute last thing I would have done.”
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Kelowna RCMP say they responded to an animal call at the building and the person involved was educated about proper wildlife removal procedures.
Canada geese are protected under the Migratory Birds Convention Act and should not be harmed or disturbed without a permit.
Mounties say two adult geese and three uninjured goslings were relocated to Okanagan Lake.
Two injured goslings were taken to a rehabilitation centre.
Witnesses told Global News on Thursday that there were seven goslings in total and they believe two were killed by the fall.
However, on Friday, the BC Conservation Officer Service said that out of the seven goslings, five were uninjured and relocated to Okanagan Lake with the two adult geese.
The two that were injured were taken to a wildlife rehabilitation centre for care.
The man throwing the baby geese off the property could potentially be Quincy Vrecko. A real estate agent. Global News please look into this and have whoever is responsible be criminally charged
Kelowna=where asholes of the planet live
“person involved was educated about proper wildlife removal procedures.” When will you finally hold men accountable..jeeesus. Whether its animals or women, the excuses are insufferable.
Hope he falls off his own balcony. Karma can be quite a B.
Who wants to demonstrate outside that building. We need this to be prosecuted.
Why blur their faces. They have no expectation of privacy on their patio. And, the video clearly shows exactly what they did.
Decisons, id like to introduce you to consequences.
Any criminal penalties for this will be woefully short of what is deserved here in Canada where manslaughter gets lighter sentences than cutting down a tree in England.
This is Animal ABUSE pure and simple, and they are protected species! These men should be charged. It’s despicable. If they wanted the ‘education’, they would have called BC Wildlife rescue. One of my friends had a nest of her balcony over 20 years ago. They couldn’t use their deck for years. They educated me on the situation. We didn’t push them off a balcony. All they had to do was make one phone call.
I am completely OUTRAGED !!!!!!
On top of the incident THEY ONLY GOT A TALKING TO?
For killing birds ???
More needs to be done about this topic!
Absolutely ridiculous…the guy was educated…educated…disgusting the rcmp did charge this guy. Canadian are protected for a reason.
I agree with all the comments that the individuals should be charged, if I’m going 60 kmh in a 40 kmh I will be charged, NO EDUCATION ON MY IGNORING THE LAW. My action, my consequences.
The people that caused these birds to be injured/perish need to be “EDUCATED” with charges, the building owners and bullies/abusers should be named and shamed!!!
Name the individuals. If the authorities will not take action, the public will.
Lets name and shame and doxx and harass them to the full extent we can do do “legally” LOL
Thankful from the video that we can cross ref Google Maps and find out their unit number. Maybe they’d like to be dropped from a building, maybe their kids would too.
Killing a innocent animal should be the same charge as murder
AND WHAT ARE THEY GONNA DO WITH THESE IGNORANT F/ KS? I CAN TELL YOU, NOTHING
immigrants ….
So is education all that’s happening here, or…? Because charges need to be laid for animal abuse and injuring a protected species. And the heartless idiot that did this, I’m hearing it’s the building maintenance man, if that’s the case he needs to be fired immediately. To think this was the proper course of action is literally insane and there needs to be consequences.
“Group of men”??
These wimps are not “men”!
Pick on these little ones, and I would like to push them off.
Karma idiots, hopefully soon!
If you can kill a living creature, you can kill anyone.
Keep your daughters away from these types!
Not a fun game, think of a body part where you pooh. That is what these “ignorant boys” are
How can you push them to their death. Please charge these evil people.
I hope KARMA GETS YOU! !
Hang those goofs
Unbelievable to purposely kill the baby goslings. I hope they are charged.
Horrific!!
Karna will get you evil people!!!!
Who the f *uck cares??? F *uck off all you tree hugging pussys.
I hope there will be charges!!!!
Disgusting people.
Why no charges? They said they do it every year.
I hope these people were charged!
No mention of cruelty charges??