Your family must be proud, sir.
A South Carolina motorist has copped to intentionally
running over a “female mallard duck and several ducklings” with his BMW coupe
as the birds crossed a road last month.
Robert Allen Willard, 72, was cited for mistreatment of
animals, a misdemeanor, following the June 2 incident near his Myrtle Beach
condominium. Willard, who did not contest the charge, paid a $469 fine to
settle the case, according to court records.
According to witnesses cited in a Myrtle Beach Police
Department report, when the ducks began crossing the road, “all vehicular
traffic stopped.” Except for the impatient Willard, who “intentionally sped up
and hit the mother duck and several ducklings.”
The mother duck and several of her ducklings were killed by
Willard’s vehicle. The “remaining orphan ducklings” were gathered up by an
animal control firm.
The deceased ducks were buried by property maintenance
workers from Myrtlewood Villas, a nearby vacation rental complex.
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