Some Councils have waaaaay too much time on their hands

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I found this news story and I just had to share.

Reward to capture Windsor tree attacker

A council is offering a £1,000 reward to catch those responsible for attacking a tree at a Windsor park.

A large area of bark on the whitebeam tree, near the skate park in Vansittart recreation ground, has been cut off.

Council experts said the tree, which would cost £8,000 to replace, had no hope of survival and would have to be removed.

Councillor Dee Quick said: "It defies belief that anyone could just hack a tree almost literally to death."

Anyone who can provide information leading to the arrest and conviction of the vandal or vandals responsible has been asked to contact Thames Valley Police.


Experts said the tree would die as the bark was so badly damaged

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-23395282

There's lots of things I think is a bit weird about this, why does it cost £8000 to replace a tree? Why does it defy belief that someone would hack a tree down? People do it all the time, Yeh it looks like they have wayyyyy to much time on their hands to me, also I hope they're using their own personal money for that £1000 reward money.