Protection for Kiwi birds but not Kiwi Kids
<iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ftZEbDSVbA8" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0"></iframe> <h2><strong>New Zealand has a unique wildlife that our Conservation Department rightly needs to protect.</strong></h2>The Wildlife Act 1953 Section 67A states that it is an offence punishable by up to 6 months in prison and/or a fine of up to $100,000 plus $5000 per extra head of wildlife or egg disturbed or destroyed.What constitutes an offence includes: capturing, hunting, killing, buying, robbing or disturbing the nest of absolutely protected wildlife.<strong>How can we have such strong punishments for harming unborn kiwi birds yet the taxpayer <em>pays</em> for the destruction of so many thousands of unborn kiwi children every year?</strong> <pre>Source: <a href="http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1953/0031/latest/whole.html?search=sw_096be8ed8072f58b_%24100%2c000_25&p=1">http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1953/0031/latest/whole.html?search=sw_096be8ed8072f58b_%24100%2c000_25&p=1</a></pre>