FOR THE BIRDS
Walt Disney World is facing charges involving the abuse and killing of wild birds, the Orlando Sentinel reported Sunday.
Investigators said workers at the Florida theme park’s Discovery Island fired a rifle at hawks, beat vultures to death with a stick and destroyed the nests and eggs of egrets and ibises. The workers said the supervisor at the 11-acre zoological park sanctioned the alleged abuses.
The two-month investigation has resulted in 16 state and federal charges against Disney and five employees, most involving the deaths of vultures crammed into a tiny, overheated shed for days with limited food and water.
Disney had no comment Sunday on the report.
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