Police in Cornwall have launched an appeal for witnesses following reports that a seagull was allegedly attacked on the seafront in the popular coastal town of St Ives. The incident, which reportedly occurred near the harbor during a busy afternoon, sparked widespread outrage after eyewitness accounts and photographs began circulating on social media. According to several … [Read more...] about Holidaymaker ‘grabbed seagull out of the air and punched it to death after it snatched his Cornish pasty’
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Man who threw rock at endangered seal in Maui says he was ‘protecting turtles’
A tourist accused of throwing a rock at an endangered Hawaiian monk seal on the island of Maui now says he believed he was protecting nearby sea turtles. According to court filings and statements from his attorney, 38-year-old Igor Lytvynchuk of Washington did not intend to injure the animal during the incident, which was captured on video and quickly spread across social … [Read more...] about Man who threw rock at endangered seal in Maui says he was ‘protecting turtles’