L.A. Man Captured on Video Giving Alcohol to a Hawk Sentenced for Animal Cruelty

A Los Angeles man was sentenced to 45 days in jail and a year of probation after video showed him giving a protected juvenile hawk a sip of alcohol at a park.

Cesar Gustavo Diaz, 25, was sentenced by a judge Thursday after he pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of animal cruelty, court records show. A second misdemeanor charge, capturing or possessing a bird or mammal, was dismissed.

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