23-yr-old man in Japan found guilty of killing protected deer

A 23-year-old man was found guilty Wednesday of killing a protected deer in a popular park in the western Japan prefecture of Nara earlier this year.The Nara District Court sentenced Hayato Yoshii to 10 months in prison, suspended for three years with probation, for attacking the deer with an ax around 2 a.m. on Feb. 7 in Nara Park.About 1,300 deer in the park, a major tourist attraction, are protected under Japan's cultural properties protection law."The defendant did not value the animal's life. His act was brutal and malicious," Judge Risa Ishikawa said in handing down the ruling to Yosh…READ FULL ARTICLE