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Cambridge pet store fire kills at least 25 reptiles
Boston Globe ^ | September 28, 2006 | Brian R. Ballou and Andrew Ryan,

Posted on 09/28/2006 4:04:25 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement

At least 25 reptiles died and another 50 to 75 fish are fighting to survive after an overnight fire ripped through a Cambridge pet store that had been spray painted with graffiti that said: "No more exploitation of animals."

Fire officials are still trying to determine how the fire started and if it had been intentionally set. The two-alarm blaze tore through Boston Tropical Fish and Reptile store on Monsignor O'Brien Highway shortly before 10 p.m. Wednesday night.

The dead animals included six geckos, five fire belly toads, four king snakes, three boa constrictors, three arrow frogs, two wood turtles and an emperor scorpion.

Firefighters rescued a menagerie of creatures, including five turtles, three blue-tongued skinks, two snakes, two bearded dragons, and two fire belly toads.

(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...


TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: cambridge; fire; graffiti; petstore
Moonbat mentality. Now the animals won't be exploited for sure.
1 posted on 09/28/2006 4:04:27 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

Bastards!


2 posted on 09/28/2006 4:05:54 PM PDT by leadpenny
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan; girlangler; billhilly

AR wacko ping.

These sick freaks need a life.


3 posted on 09/28/2006 4:06:01 PM PDT by proud_yank (Socialism - An Answer In Search Of A Question For Over 100 Years)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

"Cambridge pet store fire kills at least 25 reptiles"

American abortion mills kill 3,300 humans today and everyday.

I guess they missed that headline.


4 posted on 09/28/2006 4:06:14 PM PDT by laweeks (I)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

Sad.


5 posted on 09/28/2006 4:06:34 PM PDT by MaryFromMichigan
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

How "Left" of them. "We burned the little animals alive so they wouldn't be exploited." G-d help any of them I see hurting an animal.


6 posted on 09/28/2006 4:06:46 PM PDT by pabianice
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To: proud_yank

No, they need life (as in, in prison). Arson is a serious crime, and if there were people in the store they may have been killed. IMO, kidnapping, arson, and attempted murder should all be punishable by life in prison.


7 posted on 09/28/2006 4:11:03 PM PDT by phoenix0468 (http://www.mylocalforum.com -- Go Speak Your Mind.)
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To: phoenix0468

Agreed. These low-lives put two, five-gallon firebombs at the forestry building where I did my undergrad. The building was a block away from numerous student homes, where many of my friends lived, and I had family that worked at the school too.

I agree with you 110%, these kooks do NOT belong on the streets. If I had my way, I'd pair them with sodomite cellmates for life.


8 posted on 09/28/2006 4:21:58 PM PDT by proud_yank (Socialism - An Answer In Search Of A Question For Over 100 Years)
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To: proud_yank
'25 reptiles dead in Massachusetts' ???

Surely, in a just world, there'd to be at least one Kennedy included among the list of victims ???
9 posted on 09/28/2006 4:25:50 PM PDT by GMMAC (Discover Canada governed by Conservatives: www.CanadianAlly.com)
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To: GMMAC

ROFL! You hit the nail on the head!!


10 posted on 09/28/2006 5:20:48 PM PDT by proud_yank (Socialism - An Answer In Search Of A Question For Over 100 Years)
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To: phoenix0468
No, they need life (as in, in prison). Arson is a serious crime, and if there were people in the store they may have been killed. IMO, kidnapping, arson, and attempted murder should all be punishable by life in prison.

Agree 1000%

And there were people at risk in that store; the firefighters who extingushed the blaze and rescued the surviving animals.

11 posted on 09/28/2006 5:28:43 PM PDT by Species8472 (We will never forget !)
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To: Species8472

Absolutely.


12 posted on 09/28/2006 5:30:01 PM PDT by phoenix0468 (http://www.mylocalforum.com -- Go Speak Your Mind.)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

Where's Pee-Wee Herman when ya need him?


13 posted on 09/28/2006 5:31:14 PM PDT by Tuxedo (Just Say No to Skankles)
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To: Tuxedo

14 posted on 09/29/2006 2:30:33 PM PDT by Maceman (This is America. Why must we press "1" for English?)
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