The birds themselves are protected by law, no one being permitted to injure them.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
But the Mahdi always desired that the fame of his mercy should spread not only among the dervishes but over the whole world; therefore he thought that a too severe sentence, particularly upon a small boy, might injure that fame.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Any effort like this is certain to injure you.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever