Maintenance worker caught on video killing plover bird

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A maintenance worker in Beresford, NSW is caught on video killing a plover bird while mowing the lawn. The homeowner had warned the worker about the nesting bird, but he ignored the warning and intentionally killed it.

The video shows a maintenance worker mowing the lawn of a home in Beresford, in NSW’s Hunter Valley when he comes across the plover bird on November 14.

He fires up the machine and points it at the small bird, sending a cloud of feathers into the air as the bird is spat out a couple of metres away.The man walks over to the injured bird before stomping on it with his foot, appearing to kill it.The horrified homeowner posted the video to social media and said he warned the gardener a plover was nesting in the yard and to asked him to avoid trimming that section.He contacted the RSPCA to have them investigate the matter.

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