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Sparrow shot for downing domino record bid

sry i think this one is funny

http://us.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/....ap/index.html

Quote:

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) -- The Dutch animal protection agency said Tuesday it is investigating the shooting death of a sparrow that knocked over 23,000 dominoes during an attempt to set a world record.

The ill-fated bird flew into an exposition center, threatening to derail a world record Monday, before it was chased into a corner and shot by an exterminator with an air rifle.

The bird was a common house sparrow -- a species placed on the national endangered list last year.

"Under Dutch law, you need a permit to kill this kind of bird, and a permit can only be granted when there's a danger to public health or a crop," agency spokesman Niels Dorland said.

"That was not the case. I might add, is it really necessary to kill a bird that knocked over a few dominoes for a game?"

Dorland said the agency plans to submit the case to national prosecutors. The incident came as the national birdwatchers association was preparing a campaign to draw attention to the rapidly declining number of sparrows in the country.

The Endemol production company, which organized the Domino Day event, defended the killing. The organizers wanted to break their own Guinness World Record of 3,992,397 dominoes set last year by toppling a chain of 4,321,000 blocks.

Around 200,000 dominoes were left to go, and the bird knocked down 23,000 of them.

Endemol spokesman Jeroen van Waardenberg said organizers made a "split-second" decision to shoot down the bird.

"That bird was flying around and knocking over a lot of dominoes. More than 100 people from 12 countries had worked for more than a month setting them up," he said.

He said organizers had believed the building was fully sealed against birds and mice. The company is considering some kind of memorial or mention for the dead bird during the television broadcast Friday, he added.

But Dorland said shooting the sparrow to ensure the success of the program was an overreaction.

"I think they were awfully fast to pull out a rifle," he said. "If a person started knocking over a few dominoes they wouldn't shoot him would they?"

A Dutch website called Geenstijl offered a $1,200 reward for anybody who knocks over the dominoes ahead of time to avenge the bird.

Hans Peeters, director of the Netherlands Bird Protection agency, called the killing "ridiculous."

He said rapid urbanization in the Netherlands was threatening the species.

"There were more than 2 million breeding pairs in the Netherlands 20 years ago," he said. "Now there's a half a million to a million at most. We hope this can be a call to action."

tbh the bird was asking for trouble :p

I know I shouldn't laugh but it is bloody funny Steve, good find mate:)!!!!

Warm Regards :D :D :D :D :p :p :p :p

yay and all that happend in my country :)

There are more rewards for throwing the dominoes before tonight when the show is planned.

Geenstijl.nl as mentioned offers 1000 Euro ( ~ us $1200 )
A radioshow offers a 1000 euro also, and they try to get some more...
If anyone succeeds in this i would have so much fun... man if i had the equipment i would do it myself... Id like to see the faces of the builders then... All weeping and whining over some stupid plastic stones...

Love your sig Katana bro:)!!!!

Warm Regards :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool:

man they had to be luck it was not a pigeon that would really be bad do to they like take a lot crap on people heads besides all over the place.

poor Sparrow all he wanted to do is play with them blockheads lol

show is now... to bad noone succeeded in dropping the stones before the show started..... mmmhh i might have to work on it also, i will superglue them all...

lol, woulda been a good one if the bullet shell rolled along the ground and then knocked down another couple of thousand

it's a bird.. these people treat it like it was a human. I say props to the guy who shot it. ns!

I agree P, it was just a bird, that was in the wrong place in the wrong time... My bet is that if noone would have told about this untill after the show, there wouldnt be any problem at all.

ps, were you nearing finishing with the cutting of the template?