Bear convicted for theft of honey

Subject: Bear convicted for theft of honey Sun Mar 16, 2008 12:40 am

The taste of honey was just too tempting for a bear in Macedonia, which repeatedly raided a beekeeper's hives.

Now it has a criminal record after a court found it guilty of theft and criminal damage.

But there was an empty dock in the court in the city of Bitola and no handcuffed bear, which was convicted in its absence.

The case was brought by the exasperated beekeeper after a year of trying vainly to protect his beehives.

For a while, he kept the animal away by buying a generator, lighting up the area, and playing thumping Serbian turbo-folk music.

But when the generator ran out of power and the music fell silent, the bear was back and the honey was gone once more.

"It attacked the beehives again," said beekeeper Zoran Kiseloski.

Because the animal had no owner and belonged to a protected species, the court ordered the state to pay for the damage to the hives - around $3,500 (£1,750; 2,238 euros).

The bear, meanwhile, remains at large - somewhere in Macedonia.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7295559.stm

Subject: Re: Bear convicted for theft of honey Sun Mar 16, 2008 2:21 am

CovOps wrote:: Because the animal had no owner and belonged to a protected species, the court ordered the state to pay for the damage to the hives - around $3,500 (£1,750; 2,238 euros).

Since when did bears get rights?! ANCAPS hereby deny animals any rights!

Subject: Re: Bear convicted for theft of honey Sun Mar 16, 2008 2:24 am

On the bright side, the man got damages out of the corrupt state...

Subject: Re: Bear convicted for theft of honey Sun Mar 16, 2008 2:28 am

CovOps wrote:: On the bright side, the man got damages out of the corrupt state...

So which statists paid...? The taxpayer! :(

Bear convicted for theft of honey

Bear convicted for theft of honey

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