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"Watch: Great White Heron Soars Free in Miami After Recovering from Rock Attack
In January, a woman witnessed a fisherman throw a large rock at a Great White Heron that attempted to steal his fish.
Nearly three months after being injured by a man who hurled a rock at it in Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park, a Great White Heron has been released back into the wild.
In late January, the staff at Pelican Harbor Seabird Station were alerted to a disturbing incident: a woman had witnessed a fisherman throw a large rock at a Great White Heron that had attempted to steal his fish. The large white bird was later found hiding in the grass near the water, its right wing drooping and bleeding heavily.
X-rays revealed a fractured humerus with two breaks, prompting swift emergency surgery. The bone fragments were expected to take several weeks to heal.
Under Florida law, any person who intentionally commits an act against an animal that "results in the cruel death, or excessive or repeated infliction of unnecessary pain or suffering" commits aggravated animal cruelty — a third-degree felony punishable by up to five years in prison and/or a $10,000 fine.
On February 7, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) arrested 34-year-old Edgar Estuardo Valenzuela for injuring the bird. He was charged with offenses involving harm to federally protected wildlife after admitting to hurling rocks at the heron, according to FWC officials.
Valenzuela, who was an undocumented immigrant, was reportedly deported back to Guatemala by immigration officials, according to Local 10. "
Watch: Great White Heron Soars Free in Miami After Recovering from Rock Attack
In January, a woman witnessed a fisherman throw a large rock at a Great White Heron that attempted to steal his fish.
He was just attacking the wildlife that Americans don't want to attack. He's back where he belongs now- Guatemala.
