Two men were charged today with animal cruelty for cutting down tree which housed migratory and protected birds. Stephen John Esser, 47, Dana Point, and David Roger Stanley, 40, Downey, are each charged with one misdemeanor count of animal cruelty, one misdemeanor count of unlawful possession and destruction of bird nests/eggs, one misdemeanor count of unlawful taking of migratory nongame birds, and one misdemeanor count of harassing a bird or mammal.
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