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Police say a Massachusetts man ran over a mother duck as she was walking with 12 ducklings in a shopping mall parking lot.

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Man sentenced for killing mother duck

Joshua Linhares recieves one year probatio

Updated: Wednesday, 09 Dec 2009, 9:52 PM EST
Published : Wednesday, 09 Dec 2009, 9:52 PM EST

DARTMOUTH, MASS. (WPRI) - The man convicted of running over and killing a mother duck is sentenced.

Joshua Linhares received 1 year of probation for killing the duck as she walked across the Dartmouth mall parking lot with her 12 ducklings this summer.

Linhares was convicted of animal cruelty by a jury in New Bedford District Court on Tuesday.

Surveillance video taken in the parking lot shows Linhare swerving and speeding up just moments before hitting the duck.

He claims he was distracted by a person in the parking lot waving their arms in the air.

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