General legal information furnished as a service of Fort Lauderdale / West Palm Beach family law attorney Janet Langjahr
A Long Island Duck, of the Pekin variety - along with its owner, has been granted an order of protection by a Long Island court.
The order will remain in effect until 2016 - longer than many orders of protection protecting human victims of domestic violence.
The man under the order was also sentenced to a year of confinement for aggravated cruelty to an animal.
More severe consequences than are inflicted on many domestic abusers of humans.
The man shot the duck with a pellet gun.
After the incident, the duck stopped laying eggs for a time.
The duck’s family now plans to relocate with it to Arizona.
Read more in this Newsday article: Circles the Pekin duck is moving off Long Island.
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