Posted on 01/14/2023 7:45:05 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) -Florida Fish and Wildlife officers have arrested a Collier County man for five misdemeanor charges related to violations against endangered or threatened species.
Officials say the incident occurred on Jan 9, on Marco Island. Officers say Renardo Stewart accelerated and ran a golf cart through a flock of black skimmers resting on the beach. Marco Island Police Department detained Stewart and he admitted to driving the golf cart through the flock of birds.
The black skimmer is protected by the Federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act. It is also protected as State Threatened by Florida’s Endangered and Threatened Species Rule.
Black skimmers rely on Florida’s sandy beaches to nest and to rest in flocks, called colonies. Black skimmers are named for how they skim along the surface of the water to forage for fish, dragging their long lower bill in the water. Resting skimmers often lay their entire bodies on the sand to give their neck muscles a break after foraging, a behavior called loafing. Like sleeping, loafing is a vital part of a bird’s survival. The FWC reminds the public of the importance of giving black skimmers and other coastal wildlife space to safely forage and rest on our beaches.
If you witness someone threatening or harassing wildlife, please contact the Wildlife Alert hotline at 888-404-FWCC (888-404-3922).
Everybody carries - fatboy.
At least you admit you're a pig - now just come clean on being a moron.
Black skimmers loafing? Sounds mighty racist to me.
Animal abuse.......don’t know where you are but we take our wildlife well-being seriously here
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You don’t know where ConservativeInPA is?
(I’m just havin’ a little fun)
Just DON’T feed them!
Yep...that escalated quickly.
They're a handsome bird.
I'd suggest that someone who would do this may have a propensity to mistreat people. Caution is warranted.
He'll get hammered with a hefty fine.
Endangered or not, anybody intentionally running a vehicle over innocent animals is an *ss.
You must be enormously, grotesquely fat to have such a complex, you disgusting swing. I hate to inform you that I’m under 200 pounds.
And sure everyone carries. But not everyone is a firearm instructor and defensive trainer, so I’m well equipped and trained to dispatch filthy psychopaths such as yourself.
“Written like an leftist.”
You’re wrong.
But, I’d say, from the comments you’ve made, you support the cruel and sadistic treatment of wildlife.
Thank you for the follow up info. I hate that he killed and injured some.
So...you’re OK with school mass shootings.
No idea where the hell you’re coming from with that nonsense. Nut over there wants to murder strangers on a beach and I’d defend myself from him and somehow I like school shootings?
Oh look - “I’m under 200 lbs” (lol) had some training... bobody has that, even in my job deploying as PMC for a decade
If I admire your silly doosh-training, will you finally shut your silly doosh-hole...dooshbag?
I’ll even let you pretend to shoot me.
Black skimmer? Cue Jackson/Sharpton jokes.
Only douche I see around here is you, loud mouth psycho asshole
Hate crime?
What if he didn’t know they birds were called BLACK Skimmers?
(Man, they might need to find a new name for those critters.)
It’s what I believe not what others tell me to think.
Your comment...
“If they’re too stupid to avoid incoming danger, it’s no wonder they’re endangered.
Natural selection is a thing.”
Schools are finally waking up, but heretofore, they were too stupid to “avoid incoming danger”. According to you, you’re OK with “natural selection” culling that particular group of creatures.
You’re a sick puppy.
Sarasota is not in Coullier County.
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