A human beings from the UK has killed a heron so as to save a duckling that had just been eaten .

The incident , which take place in Pwllheli in Wales , affect an older Isle of Man who reportedly inject the Hero dead with an air gun , then trend it open to retrieve the duckling .

“ You could n’t make this up , ” the North Wales Police ’s Rural Crime Team said on Twitter .

“ Strangely he actually did deliver the duckling alive from the numb heron ’s tummy . But obviously , he was then left with a dead heron . ”

The story seems to have snowballed slightly , though , with quite a lot of information getting mixed up on the way . The military man was not arrest , nor was he an fauna rights protestor , as has beenmisreported . He was , however , sound out to be “ vulnerable ” , and confessed voluntarily to the activity , which took place back in 2017 , although it has only just been revealed .

According to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds ( RSPB ) in the UK , all hiss areprotected by law . The penalty for killing a heron can be a mulct of up to £ 5,000 ( $ 7,000 ) or up to six months in prison house . On this affair , the man was simply release with a caution .

This caused a little bit of a squabble on Twitter , with some asking why he was not ticket or imprisoned as the law state .

“ Give these masses something to really stop them , ” one somebody wrote . “ What will he kill next ? ”

Another said the act was “ savage and cowardly . ”

In a video tweet update , the Rural Crime Team sound out decisions like these are made both on the incident itself and previous convictions . As the elderly man had none , in this fount , the determination was made to proceed with just a caution .

“ These decisions are never take lightly and a number of factors are addressed , "   North Wales Police said . " This was a vulnerable elderly man , who confessed voluntarily to the action with no previous convictions . ”

Obviously , if you happen to see a similar event , we recommend   you do n’t attempt any heroic , just contact your local wildlife center or the law .