US EditionLos Angeles Man Sentenced for Pouring Alcoholic Drink Into Bird's Mouth
Cesar Gustavo Diaz received 45 days jail, probation, and animal possession ban for giving alcohol to a juvenile Cooper's hawk, officials said.
- 25-Year-Old Cesar Gustavo Diaz pleaded no contest to misdemeanor animal cruelty after posting a video of himself pouring an alcoholic drink into a bird's mouth.
- Diaz received 45 days jail, 12 months probation, 20 days community labor, fines, and animal cruelty counseling as punishment.
- Fish and Wildlife urged reporting wildlife crimes after Diaz captured a protected Cooper's hawk and force-fed it alcohol in June 2025.
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Prosecuted for animal cruelty, an American man was sentenced to 45 days in prison by a Los Angeles court for pouring an alcoholic beverage into the beak of a young bird of prey.
A video posted on YouTube last June led a young American in front of the judges in Los Angeles. The images, widely relayed, showed him pouring alcohol into the beak of a
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Los Angeles TimesState-protected hawk given a joint, fed a BuzzBall on video by California man, officials say
Not only is it a bad idea to feed birds alcohol, but to then record it and have it posted online as evidence? Well, that could get you a jail sentence. That was the lesson a Los Angeles man learned…
Man faces jail time after video of force-feeding alcohol to hawk goes viral
A Los Angeles man took peer pressure to an absurd and forceful level by supplying alcohol to a bird — and making it consume the beverage. CBS News reported that Cesar Gustavo Diaz, 25, admitted to pouring alcohol down the throat of a captured Cooper's hawk. A video shared across news sites depicts the act with annotations. "Hawk loves him some buz ball," text in the clip reads. BuzzBallz is a brand of ready-to-drink cocktails. The clip shows…
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