Motorist deliberately ran over mother duck as she walked with her ducklings

**Honey** · December 11th, 2009, 10:06 PM

An American motorist ran over and killed a mother duck as she walked her 12 ducklings across a shopping centre, a court heard.
Joshua Linhares turned his car in the direction of the birds and drove straight at the mother mallard.
A jury in New Bedford, Massachusetts, yesterday took just 15 minutes to convict the 25-year-old of animal cruelty.

Orphaned: Joshua Linhares was convicted of animal cruelty after running over the mother of these 12 ducklings

Assistant District Attorney T.J. Rebello told the town's district court: 'The high rate of speed he drives off in shows this was something more than an accident.'

Convicted: Joshua Linhares claimed he did not see the ducks

Jurors were shown a CCTV video taken from Macy’s in the Dartmouth Mall, which captured the moment Linhares’ car struck the mother mallard duck as she crossed a car park with her ducklings.
The motorist claimed he did not see the birds when he drove into the middle of a three-way intersection last June.
After striking the duck, he said he slowed down and then drove away without stopping because he panicked.
'I was nervous. I didn’t know what to do,' Linhares told the court.
But a woman shopper who saw the incident said the driver 'turned sharply' and accelerated towards the ducks.
The mother mallard had been nesting for at least five years in a retention pond in Dartmouth town centre, an animal control officer said.
Prosecutors had called for Linhares to spend a year in jail, but he was sentenced to 12 months probation.
The orphaned ducklings were temporarily adopted by a Westport family until they were released into the wild.

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**sputnik** · December 11th, 2009, 10:07 PM

who the hell does that?

**McJag** · December 11th, 2009, 10:08 PM

Nasty little bastard.

**KrisNine** · December 11th, 2009, 10:39 PM

I hope someone runs over his dick!!

**Quazar** · December 11th, 2009, 11:08 PM

Some duck needs to find him and peck him to death.

**Shelly** · December 12th, 2009, 02:41 PM

Aw, poor little ducklings...

I'm glad it went to court and all but they should have given him time in prison. Sick bastard.

**MrsMarsters** · December 12th, 2009, 03:11 PM

What the fuck? I bet the bastard didn't think he'd get caught.

**Pippin** · December 12th, 2009, 03:29 PM

Originally Posted by KrisNine

I hope someone runs over his dick!!

I could not have said it better myself.

Insofar as animal cruelty is concerned, I strongly believe in an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.

I wish I had a bulldozer to run over that bastid with!

**Sojiita** · December 12th, 2009, 03:32 PM

Originally Posted by Quazar

Some duck needs to find him and peck him to death.

This made me laugh..sorry. What an asshole. I feel like shit when I accidentally hit some small animal like a squirrel with my car. And he purposedly killed not just a duck, but the mother duck of all those ducklings. Dirty fucker. Will probably end up molesting children or as a serial killer.

And this guy looks fucking semi-retarded(not mentally challenged like the guys I work with) but just fucking slack-jawed semi-fucking-retarded.

**bellini** · December 12th, 2009, 03:37 PM

The longer I live, the more I hate people. What is wrong with some people? Honestly, I can't get over the sadistic stuff that some do.

That said, I would love to see him run over, again and again and again.

**Laurent** · December 12th, 2009, 03:38 PM

What a hateful heart he has to do that.

**Pippin** · December 12th, 2009, 04:02 PM

Originally Posted by bellini

The longer I live, the more I hate people. What is wrong with some people? Honestly, I can't get over the sadistic stuff that some do.

That said, I would love to see him run over, again and again and again.

I hear ya, sistah. The more time I spend alone with my parrots, the more I want to shrink away from humans...save for the people here, of course, and Mr. P.