Protests foiled in The Netherlands

Protesters had hoped that they would be able to take revenge for the death of a sparrow earlier this week by knocking down a quarter of the four million or so dominoes set up for a record breaking attempt at a domino slide . A reward was offered if anyone managed to get inside the building where the event was taking place and knock down 1,000,000 or so of the dominoes.

3FM offered a reward.

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The trouble had started on Monday when a sparrow flew into the building in Leeuwarden where the attempt to get into the Guiness Book of Records was going to take place. Unfortunately for the sparrow it knocked down 23,000 of the dominoes, only avoiding knocking down the whole lot because of the locks put in to stop the whole thing collapsing.

The organisers were worried that the bird would knock down more of the dominoes and called in someone to shoot it when it was apparently cowering in a corner.

People protested when the news got out and as a result the organisers are screening an apology before the programme is aired.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4450958.stm


And there might be a prosecution because sparrows are a protected species in The Netherlands.