TOKYO: According to police, a taxi driver from Tokyo was detained on Tuesday ( Dec. 5 ) for purposefully killing one pigeon after intentionally colliding with the flock. The driver was reportedly upset that the birds were on the road.
Atsushi Ozawa, 50, was detained on Sunday for breaking wildlife protection laws after “using his car to eliminate a typical bird, which is no game animal” in the Chinese funds last month, according to an AFP spokesman for Tokyo police.
According to local media, Ozawa sped away from a traffic light when it turned natural, plowing his car into the flock of birds at 60 kilometers per hour.
According to reports, the noise of the motor caused a startled bystander to report the incident.
According to local media, Tokyo police conducted a post-mortem on the unfortunate pigeon and identified tragic shock as the cause of death.
Local media cited Ozawa as telling authorities,” Roads belong to humans, so pigeons may have dodged out of the way.”
Before deciding to proceed with the arrest, police described his behavior as “highly destructive” for a professional vehicle, according to radio Fuji TV.
One person asked on X, previously known as Twitter,” Wow, can you get arrested for running over a bird?”
He might as well have simply honked his vehicle whistle. but did you mean to kill it? Another posted,” That’s crossing the line.”