Godsiff used a galvanised pipe to kill the seals, eight of whom were pups as young as a few days old. He will be sentenced on September 13. Beside Godsiff stood Jamaal Peter Roy Large, a 36-year-old driver from Wairau Valley who faces the same charges. He has not entered a plea and will appear again on August 8.
Judge Michael Behrens released both men on bail. Police prosecutor Sergeant Graham Single said the men worked together as builders and had known each other for some time. The summary of facts says the men were driving towards Blenheim in Large's ute after working on a salmon farm at Waiau, in North Canterbury, on November 26.
It was getting dark when they stopped at Ohau Point, a spot popular with tourists and people from the region because of the seal colony there. Godsiff put on a headlamp on and walked toward a group of seals; carrying a galvanised pipe, the summary says. He then struck the seals, before continuing his journey to Blenheim.
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I seriously hope these fellas get the maximum. Thats completely wrong.
Smartassery follows: It's not completely wrong, since seals are indeed pests if you are a fisherman.
PS. I am totally against clubbing baby seals.
Warranty void if seal is broken.
'...since seals are indeed pests if you are a fisherman.' - at the risk of pointing out the obvious, seals have probably been fishing longer than humans.
And flies and rats and cockroaches have been here longer than humans, too. Does that mean they are not pests, then?
I dont see them as pests, they are all part of the ecological system that keeps the whole thing going. Humans are the only real pests. No matter what the law does to this seal killer and his mate, there are a few people I know who are going to "take care of them" afterwards. As far as I can figure the only reason to beat defenceless creatures with a steel bar is because you are angry at the world because you have an extremely small penis and your balls are too minute to pick on somthing that might be able to fight back. Total cowards these guys, they would shit their pants if they were in the same room as me.
Pest is in the eye of the beholder. By the way, william, are you implying you have mastered the notorious brown note? Remember, with great power comes great responsibility.
I honestly don't understand why anyone would do this. It's completely outside my realm of conceivability. I've been angry at the world, as well as a troubled teenager, but still never thought to randomly bludgeon an animal. Why is it that it's always males who do this sort of thing and not females? How exactly were these seals "pests" to these men? The men have jobs; they earn enough to be driving a car. Can we not let any other species eat salmon or are all animals that eat what humans eat considered "pests"? I sincerely don't get it.
Have they given him a psychiatric evaluation? I see nothing saying he is a fisherman and/or in a line of work where they would bother him.
Sounds like he was doing this for "fun" and might be a danger to others.
It doesn't need to be him who is the fisherman. It could be his father, his brother, an uncle, a friend etc.
The article doesn't say the fisherman-seal rivalry was his reason to kill the seals, but it doesn't say he did it for fun either. We are both just speculating, but I think your suspicion is more far fetched, Wag.
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