Posted on 08/23/2012 9:00:37 AM PDT by BenLurkin
OCEANSIDE (CBSLA.com) — Authorities are looking for suspects in an animal abuse case involving a turtle that was duct-taped to helium balloons.
A resident was outraged by what he saw and videotaped the turtle as it was swinging it arms up in the air.
Soon after, the balloons got caught in some trees and firefighters were able to rescue the reptile.
“I bet it was terrified, dangling back and forth because the wind was pushing it side to side,” said Joel Rabago, who saw the turtle.
“It’s animal abuse. I mean, if you didn’t want the turtle give it away, take it to a pet store. There’s lots of agencies for turtles,” Chanelle Wright said.
Authorities say the person responsible could face animal cruelty charges.
“It’s animal abuse. I mean, if you didn’t want the turtle give it away, take it to a pet store. There’s lots of agencies for turtles,” Chanelle Wright said.
...spoken like a true lib. My next question would be, “do you or have you ever contributed money or time to these ‘turtle agencies’? I’ll bet not oh great protector of all that is turtle.”
I hope to God they DO find these creeps. Nothing FUNNY about this story at all. Cruelty to animals plain and simple.
I hope to God they DO find these creeps. Nothing FUNNY about this story at all. Cruelty to animals plain and simple.
Turtles aren’t smart enough to be “terrified”, but that’s still a mean thing to do.
Set the turtle free
Duct taped in the tree
Under boughs
Denied the ground
OWS
You let me down
Darts game
Humiliating shame
Turtle fair
Empty air
Democratic shame
that only works really well with frogs ;-)
Clearly the turtle is an aviator.
Tadpoles. Garden hose. Full blast. Vapor.
I’m glad I never did THAT.
“isn’t a turtle an amphibian rather than a reptile?”
No, turtles are reptiles.
Frogs and salamanders are amphibians.
This picture is inaccurate. There were totally NOT five turltles! :)
Nope, it wasn't me. All I ever sent up was my second cousin Festus.
Turtles are for soup, second cousins like Festus are for practical jokes.
Not exactly true, but perhaps the first to survive the experience...
I can see this going viral and developing into a national anonymous turtle launching craze. Animal abuse? How abusive is turtle soup ?
I went to a psychic not long ago and asked her if Obama was going to be defeated in the November election. She said: “When turtle fly......”
I went to a psychic not long ago and asked her if Obama was going to be defeated in the November election. She said: “When turtles fly......”
Was it Flo or Eddie?
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