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Must be a LeBron fan.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/04/duc....ap/index.html
WICHITA, Kansas (AP) -- A sixth-grader stabbed to death a mother duck and two ducklings that had nested near a school, distressing the other children and alarming officials who said the boy needs mental health treatment.
Students at Wilbur Middle School had named the mother duck Lucy and were monitoring her and her brood, making sure no one disturbed the nest in a grassy creek bed. Their mutilated bodies -- stabbed with a pencil -- were found this week.
An announcement over the public address system led the boy to admit the killings, officials said. They said he had also talked about the act to classmates and didn't understand why it was wrong.
The boy, whose name was not released, was suspended Wednesday. His return to the school will hinge on a hearing.
School officials were responding "the way we do whenever we believe that a child might be a risk to himself or others," said Liz McGinness, who coordinates the district's mental health crisis team.
She said his parents were being told they must seek outside mental health care. "We really don't mince words on this," she said. "We know that animal cruelty is a very serious, significant behavior."
No decision has been made on possible criminal charges. Killing mallard ducks is illegal this time of year, and even in hunting season, the way they were killed would be illegal, officials said.
Mark Rankin, assistant director of law enforcement for the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, said the boy may not be charged because of his age. A hunting violation charge could bring an adult up to seven days in jail and a $250 fine, while animal cruelty carries up to a year in jail and $10,000 in fines, he said.
Kris Meckenstock said his seventh-grade son helped monitor the nest and "just can't believe somebody could be so mean."
"By the same token, I think that kid obviously needs help," Meckenstock added. "My thought is, we need to look a little bit further and find out why somebody would have those tendencies."
Wilbur students and staff held a ceremony Thursday "to share their grief for these animals," McGinness said.
Must be a LeBron fan.
i went to highschool with a guy who killed a few ducks/geese with a golf club. dummy.
he didnt think anything was wrong with it either
"He who walks behind the rows!"
They need to beat the out of this kid.
hmm..thats a little scary.
and even in hunting season, the way they were killed would be illegal, officials said.
he would need to show me that in the rulebook LOL.
"Excuse me officer, but where does it say I can't go hunting with a #2 pencil?"
I used to shoot birds with BB guns when I was about that age.
That's ridiculous. I did much worse when I was in the 6th grade and I turned out okay......didn't I? Yep, I did. Right? I think I did...
Yeah, uh-hu, he's a sociopath. No conscience. These are the people we need to put on an island all to themselves from a young age, Lord of the Flies-style.
Hurting small animals without remorse is one of the first signs of the emerging psychopath. Have you people never seen a movie or procedural cop drama???
I knew kids in the neighborhood that used to shoot buzzards flying in the air just to see them flinch.
Redrum!!!
I see a big difference in shooting with a BB gun and stabbing with a pencil.
Stabbing with a pencil is so disturbing!
Another kid stabbed me with a pencil in 7th grade. Stuck about 3/4" into my thigh. Still got the scar. Maybe this kids daddy?
I have to admit I've wanted to stab Ducks with a pencil after trying to read some of his painfully fractured posts.
A kid playing with a BB gun and aiming at birds, yeah I find that less distrubing than a kid holding down a duck and stabbing it with a pencil.
I have family members that hunt and I am pretty sure none of them would hold down an animal and stab it and then not think something was wrong.
You haven't mastered Duckese yet???
There was a stretch of about three months at my high school when (almost) everyone thought it was just as funny as can be to feed the gulls Alka-Selzer and watch them explode.
I wish it would explode those flying rats, but Alka Seltzer doesn't do anything to them. Black Cat firecrackers are fun though...LOL
No. It's not. Stalking through a forest with a recurved bow and an arrow you fletched yourself to hunt down a deer is not the same as using a deer lure with a 50 caliber machine gun.
Fishing with a reel and a worm is not exactly the same as dropping a stick of dynamite into a pond.
Not saying that shooting a duck out of season is okay, but there is a gulf of difference between performing a feat that requires skill and gives the animal a fair chance.
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