Showing posts with label snapping turtle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label snapping turtle. Show all posts
Saturday, June 17, 2017

New York: Several teens filmed themselves gleefully torturing a turtle to death. Maximum punishment? $250 fine and "up to 15 days in jail". But we all know that jail time will NEVER happen.

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NEW YORK -- The state’s Department of Environmental Conservation has leveled charges against the teen who is accused of beating a snapping t...
Friday, April 21, 2017

South Carolina: On the same day police found 23 reptiles and a Beagle mix starved to death in Army Staff Sergeant Kurt Hafner's apartment, he was busy posting a review on Facebook about his recent purchase from SD Tactical Arms

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SOUTH CAROLINA -- A Richland County man has been charged with 24 counts of ill treatment to animals after deputies serving an eviction found...
Saturday, January 14, 2017

Texas: 53-pound alligator snapping turtle freed from a Houston drainpipe after being stabbed in the head and leg, is rehabilitated and released

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TEXAS -- The alligator snapping turtle stood frozen on the banks of a caramel-brown stream. It didn't blink. It didn't unfurl its ...
Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Texas: Huge injured 53-pound snapping turtle saved from pipe

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TEXAS -- A wounded 53-pound snapping turtle is recovering at a Houston wildlife rehabilitation center after fire-rescue crews saved it from ...
Thursday, June 23, 2016

New York: 400 Birds, Turtles, Chinchillas Seized From NY Home belonging to Gary Gruber

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NEW YORK -- Approximately 400 animals, mostly birds and turtles, were seized from a home Tuesday in what is being called Nassau County's...
Sunday, June 19, 2016

Massachusetts: Woman stops to let turtle cross road. POS behind her gets mad and purposely runs over the turtle, killing it

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MASSACHUSETTS -- Although this appears to have originally been posted back in June 2014, it is still making the rounds on Facebook and has b...
Thursday, June 16, 2016

Maine: Snapping turtle rescued and relocated by Animal Control

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MAINE -- The City of Bangor is a great place to raise your family. With the friendly citizens, superb business climate, open spaces ove...
Friday, July 10, 2015

Niagara County teens likely to face charges for torturing snapping turtle

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NEW YORK -- The Niagara County SPCA and the state Department of Environmental Conservation expect to press misdemeanor charges against sever...
Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Teen girl videotapes her brother slowing sawing off a turtle's head

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MICHIGAN -- A 17-year-old girl has provoked a storm of controversy after she posted a video on Facebook showing her older brother slowing sa...