A gardener has been caught on digicam utilizing a whipper snipper to kill a local Australian hen.
The video reveals a upkeep employee mowing the garden of a home in Beresford, in NSW’s Hunter Valley when he comes throughout the plover hen on November 14.
The man may be seen sizing up the hen earlier than charging throughout the driveway with the whipper snipper in hand.
He fires up the machine and factors it on the small hen, sending a cloud of feathers into the air because the hen is spat out a few metres away.
The man walks over to the injured hen earlier than stomping on it together with his foot, showing to kill it.
He then carries the hen’s physique over to the bins parked within the driveway and dumps the stays.
The horrified home-owner posted the video to social media and mentioned he warned the gardener a plover was nesting within the yard and to requested him to keep away from trimming that part.
He contacted the RSPCA to have them examine the matter.
A National Parks and Wildlife Service spokesperson mentioned they’re conscious of the incident and have been working with the RSPCA on the prison investigation.
Plovers, and all native species, are protected beneath the National Parks and Wildlife Act, and harming them is an offence with a most penalty of $14,000.
To report any incidents of hurt to native wildlife, please name the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water on
1300 361 967.
