Blonde By Nature

December of last year, Tripp Isenhour was shooting his film called “Golf Like A Pro” at the Grand Cypress Golf Club when squawking Red-Shouldered Hawk disrupted Princess-Isenhour in mid-shoot causing the Princess to get frustrated. He then decided to make a game of hitting a ball at it to “simply scare it into flying away.” When that didn’t work he drove closer to the bird – 300 yards away – and started hitting more balls at it, then moved closer – 75 yards away – he became excited when he almost hit it says the Commission officer. The 10th ball took the life of a beautiful endangered hawk.

As soon as it happened, “I was mortified and extremely upset and continue to be upset” Princess announced yesterday during a public apology. He says, “I want to let everyone know there was neither any malice nor deliberate intent whatsoever to hit or harm the hawk. I was trying to simply scare it into flying away.”

What I learned from my Kindergarten teacher Mrs. Lees is: don’t try hit the poor bird with a 140+ mph, 1.680 inch, hard ball if you didn’t want to hurt the animal. And to quote Carolyn Wells, “Actions lie louder than words.”

Now the damage is done and with egg on his face, he must apologize for murdering a bird protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Isenhour is facing jail time of up to 14 months for cruelty to animals and 2 accounts of misdemeanor as well as $1,500 in fines.

Here is another one of humanity’s finest in the spotlight, I don’t know which is worse this or the American Soldier Kills Puppy for No Reason. Either way they both resulted in death of an innocent when those are who we should protect the most.

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