A B.C. woman who repeatedly trespassed on her neighbour's property and cut the tops off of cedar trees with a chainsaw has been ordered to pay nearly $150,000 in damages.
    • Match!!English
      5•10 months ago

      Tree law!!

    • @MidwayTheMagnificent@wayfarershaven.euEnglish
      2•10 months ago

      Forgot how much I missed that community. Both Interesting and lightly dramatic.

      Learned more about the laws of English speaking countries there than I did in a lifetime before find the international LA subs.

  • @No_Ones_Slick_Like_Gaston@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10•10 months ago

    Dude, that’s like the OG example of karma in action.
    You can’t just go hacking down Mother Earth’s lungs and expect to waltz off scot-free. Trees have rights too, you know? $150k is just the universe’s way of saying, “Respect your elders,” and by elders, I mean those trees. 🌳✌️ #TreeLawIsRealLaw

  • Talaraine
    3•10 months ago

    Cedar though? Man I respect trees and I respect privacy, but my sinuses call that hedge an assault with a deadly weapon xD

    • Kbin_space_program
      7•10 months ago

      Cedar is native to the region. If you don’t like the smell, you should never visit the west coast.

      • Talaraine
        1•10 months ago

        Well, it’s the terrifying allergies, not the smell heheh… but you do you fam.