Two charged with chopping down famous tree in England

[Doctor_Faustus]

Finally

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@beschizza

The context appears to be locals annoyed at the stream of tourists

Called it

Famed Sycamore Gap tree in England felled in "malicious act of vandalism"

I have heard speculation online that the tree was not loved by local farmers who were sick of the tourists tramping over their land. No idea how true that is, but in general farmers tend to have a very unromantic relationship with the natural world, so it doesn’t sound impossible to me that they found a champion in the teenager, or even did it themselves and let someone take the fall who is unlikely to go to jail. Either way, whoever did this probably didn’t expect the international outcry, and…