Rob Lowe kills bird - gives up golfing forever
For me, golf represents the world's most frustrating sport and a huge drain on local water resources. For many devoted fans, however, the sport represents the source of some of purest emotional highs -- and lows -- available in life. Take Rob Lowe for example, at a recent celebrity tournament, one of his famous sand wedge shots managed to strike a goldfinch in mid air and kill it. Things spiraled downhill from there. Not only had Rob accidentally killed the bird, but it turns out that the goldfinch happens to be Iowa's state bird -- and his birdicide was punishable with prison time. According to Lowe: "By the time that the state police had found out, they (golf officials) had sequestered me away into the clubhouse, and I sort of made my escape. I was completely traumatized so I've given up the game." Wow, we always figured that Rob was a lover not a fighter, but giving up the game? It was an accident, after all.
Was this mother nature's way of telling Rob to give up the water-intensive sport? Or just a reminder of the fragility of nature?
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9-30-2008 @ 4:40PM
Emily said...
While that sucks for Lowe, and I'm glad to hear that he took the accidental killing so hard (it's nice to know that people care about wildlife!) - it was an accident! I can see legislation to prevent the intentional killing of goldfinches - or any animal for that matter. But what a waste of resources and time for the state police to actually have to be notified? I'm curious to know if they actually responded, and would they have launched an actual investigation?
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