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And the local government should had been sued for that.

• dotancohen 2mo ago
  By whom? That's an honest question. Who represents the trees in human society? Do they have recognised authority?
  • pvaldes 2mo ago
    By whom has the obligation to enforce laws in a country; Normally called the executive branch of the government. Environmental crimes are still crimes, as is damaging public property. Trees have an economic value attached. Destroying, lets say, $50,000 of public property should raise some eyebrows at least. Unless some exceptions apply, the neighbors suffered a damage in the value of their real state. Specially if is proven than the wood was stolen and its money was pocketed by some private actor.
• nephihaha 2mo ago
  We don't have a mechanism here for doing that, and you can't replace a three hundred year old tree.