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Add this to the long list of problems caused by buzzing drones: Frightening 1,500 elk into stampeding at a time of year when too much stress can be deadly for the animals.
This winter already is one for the books in western Wyoming. More than twice as much snowfall than usual has fallen in many areas, and more than 3 feet has accumulated at the National Elk Refuge in the scenic valley of Jackson Hole.
Typically the National Elk Refuge provides a winter haven for elk. But on Monday, David A. Smart, 45, of Washington, D.C., got a $280 ticket for allegedly launching a drone from a highway pullout and flying it over hundreds of elk resting there.
The device caused the elk to stampede half a mile through the snow. Smart was trying to film the animals and afterward was apologetic, refuge deputy manager Cris Dippel said Friday.
Nonetheless, wildlife managers take animal harassment seriously. The federal crime of which Smart was accused, disturbing wildlife, is punishable by an up to $5,000 fine.
Source: Popular Mechanics
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 27 2017, @08:13PM (8 children)
Who is this "The People"? Where do they get authority to claim ownership over things in the wild? What would stop those same "The People" from claiming authority to collar and assign title to YOU?
(Score: 1) by Scruffy Beard 2 on Monday February 27 2017, @08:46PM (2 children)
Ownership comes with responsibility.
People tend to forget that in a throw-away society.
[suppresses rambling tangential rant]
(Score: 2) by rts008 on Monday February 27 2017, @09:01PM (1 child)
Hear! Hear!
BTW, after my heart attack, my doctor warned me of the dangers of suppressing stuff, and the subsequent life threatening stress build up. :-)
Now, I let it loose, providing entertainment to those around me! (probably a good thing for me that I rarely spend time around armed persons!)
(Score: 1) by Scruffy Beard 2 on Monday February 27 2017, @09:25PM
I think my rant was going to be about how I am too much of a pack-rat, and everything has maintenance intervals. As I said: tangent.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Monday February 27 2017, @09:26PM (4 children)
Who is this "The People"? Where do they get authority to claim ownership over things in the wild?
The Constitution
What would stop those same "The People" from claiming authority to collar and assign title to YOU?
The Constitution
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Monday February 27 2017, @09:50PM
What is this "Constitution" thing that you speak of?
It sounds powerful to do those things.
I'm not sure, but it kind of sounds like something the government should be made aware of.
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 28 2017, @03:38AM (1 child)
If the founding documents of democratic government aren't a strong enough binding for you and you profess one of the Big 3 religions, in the very first book of your scriptures there's a commandment. [google.com]
No, "dominion" does NOT mean that you get to destroy anything you want to on a whim.
It also doesn't mean that you *own* anything.
You're just the caretaker and the owner is gonna be really pissed [bible.org] if you don't take the responsibilities you were given VERY seriously.
-- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 28 2017, @06:22AM
Guess you don't own the body you inhabit, then. I'll be starting an open-pit mine to harvest your bones shortly.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 28 2017, @04:21AM
Oh, such confidence! "The Constitution" will stop violations of itself? I must have missed the news reports where the faded document lept out of its nitrogen-filled enclosure and put a stop to the rank violations of the First Amendment [reviewjournal.com], Second [atf.gov], Fourth [papersplease.org], among many others.
Care to try again?