A heron would have been shot in Beauvais, the mayor files a complaint

Caroline Cayeux, various right mayor of Beauvais (Oise), planted after the discovery in her city of the corpse of a heron this Wednesday.

The bird had taken up residence in the natural reserve of the body of water of Canada.

His body bore marks resembling bullet holes, reports

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The elected official qualified the possible shootings on the animal of “act of filthy cruelty which leaves me speechless”.

Fine and jail

City police were dispatched to the scene where the body was found.

If the heron was indeed shot, the shooter is likely to be brought to justice.

He would then risk a fine of up to 150,000 euros and a sentence of up to three years in prison.

Caroline Cayeux explained that she wanted "that the author or authors be found and prosecuted for this madness".

The gray heron became a protected species in 1974. It was previously hunted for its meat or to prevent it from preying on small animals.

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