The hungry California Western settlers must have known.....

.... There ought to be a law!!!

A hungry, homeless California man was sentenced to 60 days in jail : His crime? Choking a pelican to death for dinner.... because he was hungry.

Yep, two months in jail for killing a scavenger bird for dinner, Oh my!

Alvarez first said he found the bird dead, but later admitted he caught it and killed it because he was hungry and hadn't caught any fish, a spokeswoman for the district attorney said.

Brown pelicans are protected by state law. In a Van Nuys courtroom, Alvarez pleaded no contest to animal cruelty. Judge Jessica Silvers sentenced him to 60 days in jail and a year's probation, prosecutors said.

Well, at least with 'three hots and a cot' at the tax payer's expense, Mr. Alvarez won't be hungry for the next two months. I sure hope that he isn't served any 'dead' chicken, duck, or turkey during his incarceration. What a sin that would be !

I wonder what Judge Silvers would have done to Lewis & Clark, the Donner party, or other hungry pilgrims back in the day?

I understand that a California mixed-martial artist accused of ripping out his friend’s heart and removing his tongue while the two were on hallucinogenic drugs has pleaded guilty to murder and mayhem charges. He received a prison sentence for ripping out that still beating human heart - and he wasn't even hungry!

What a State of Justice!