Alan C. Posted January 31, 2013 Posted January 31, 2013 Ind. Officer, Wife Could Face Jail for Saving Deer ...rescued an injured fawn and nursed it back to health at their Connersville, Ind., home. The couple now faces the possibility of jail time and fines after state officials charged them with a misdemeanor for harboring the animal. Jeff Counceller, a police officer in Connersville, and his wife were charged with unlawful possession of a deer, a misdemeanor that punished to its fullest extent could put the Councellers in jail for up to 60 days and cost them up to $2,000 in fines. The couple rescued the deer more than two years ago after finding it on their neighbor's porch. The Councellers said the deer had sustained injuries, and they wanted to nurse it back to health. "I could feel all of the open wounds all along her back side and she wouldn't stand up," Jennifer Counceller told ABC News. They brought the deer home and named her Little Orphan Dani. The Councellers said an Indiana Conservation Officer stopped by their home and discovered the deer this past summer. The Indiana Department of Natural Resources wanted to euthanize Dani, saying she might be dangerous and a threat to people. "I was devastated. I spent a year and several months nursing her into adulthood, getting to the point where she was able to go out on her own," Counceller said. On the day Dani was to be put down, the Councellers said she inexplicably escaped from their backyard. Even though Dani disappeared back into the wild, the Councellers' legal problems didn't go with the fawn. The Indiana Department of Natural Resources said it couldn't comment on pending litigation but that it did discourage people from taking in injured wildlife. This case could go to court next month, and if charges aren't dropped, it will be left for a jury to decide whether the Councellers broke the law. [view:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4T4aA6RyJ8:640:390]
Magenta Posted January 31, 2013 Posted January 31, 2013 "were charged with unlawful possession of a deer"[/font] This just makes me laugh at the sheer ridiculousness of past debates I've had with people regarding the government. Like animal rights and how the government claims to own all animals, even if they're on your property. People respond with, "no, the government just has rules about x, there's nothing there about ownership". Yes there is, there's laws on everything. There are no markets anymore, just interventions. (Great headline from this article). Others insist that I prove the existance of the laws I propose exist. With the sheer number of laws, the burden of proof should lie with he who claims there is not a law regarding something. People say don't bitch about the postal service, if the private sector could do it better, why doesn't UPS or FedEx have mailboxes or deliver messages for cheaper? Because there's laws on both of those things! Price and mailbox access. One can not look around himself and draw any conclusions regarding the free market because the market is so heavily intervened and regulated that all of the signals/feedback you get are not true!
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