Deer slayer ordered to watch 'Bambi'

CHICAGO : A judge in Missouri has sentenced a prolific poacher to repeat screenings of 'Bambi', the Walt Disney classic film about a fawn whose mother is slain by a hunter. David Berry Jr will be forced to watch the animated movie at least once a month during his year-long jail term, the result of what law enforcement officials described as one of their lar gest-ever poaching investigations.
Berry, his father, two brothers were arrested on charges of killing hundreds of deer over three years, according to the Missouri department of conservation, which announced the sentence on December 13. Court records show Berry was ordered by Judge Robert George to "view the Walt Disney movie Bambi, with the first viewing being on or before December 23, 2018, and at least one such viewing each month thereafter" while at the jail.

"If 'Bambi' gets the point across to him, I don't have a problem with it," prosecutor Don Trotter told BuzzFeed News. "The deer were trophy bucks taken illegally... for their heads, leaving the bodies... to waste," he said. In the last three months of 2015, the Berry family killed around 100 deer, said Trotter. Berry had already seen his hunting privileges revoked for past wildlife infractions and was on probation.

The men have paid a combined $51,000 in fines and court costs, but the judge ordered a special addition to Berry's sentence for illegally taking wildlife. agencies