CCTV captures abhorrent incident at Royal Albatross Centre car park
7 Feb, 2021 07:10 PM
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By: Hamish MacLean
About 30 protected red-billed gulls were killed as two cars and a quad bike hooned around the Royal Albatross Centre car park for about three hours early on Saturday.
The incident, which lasted from about 1am to 4.30am, was captured on CCTV and had been reported to the police, Otago Peninsula Trust ecotourism manager Hoani Langsbury said.
Distressed staff at the centre arrived on Saturday to find dead birds, empty beer bottles and extensive tyre marks throughout the parking lot.
Security footage was reviewed and the mess was cleaned up before visitors arrived at 10am.
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About 30 protected red-billed gulls were killed as two cars and a quad bike hooned around the Royal Albatross Centre car park for about three hours early on Saturday, Otago Peninsula Trust ecotourism manager Hoani Langsbury says.
A red-billed gull (file image).
Photo: RNZ / Simon Rogers
The incident, which lasted from about 1am to 4.30am, was captured on CCTV and had been reported to the police, Langsbury said.
Distressed staff at the centre arrived on Saturday to find dead birds, empty beer bottles and extensive tyre marks throughout the parking lot.
Security footage was reviewed and the mess was cleaned up before visitors arrived at 10am.