Sentencing adjourned for man who cut protected stag in half

A man who has admitted shooting a protected red deer stag in Co Kerry and cutting it in half has had his sentencing adjourned for two weeks.

Richard Cullinane, aged 37, with an address in Lisnacon, Kanturk, Co Cork, yesterday pleaded guilty at Killarney District Court to two charges brought under the Wildlife Acts in relation to the shooting of the protected species at Loo Bridge, Glenflesk, in Co Kerry, on Nov 11, 2011.

Tim Burkitt, conservation ranger with the National Parks and Wildlife Service, investigated the case. He told Judge James O’Connor he received a phone call on Nov 7, 2011, informing him a red deer stag had been shot at Loo Bridge, and that its hind quarters had been left in a field nearby.