Posted on 08/22/2025 7:03:17 PM PDT by BenLurkin
A stray dog massacred 23 newly hatched sea turtles on a North Florida beach just hours after the babies emerged from their nests, sparking calls for locals to leash their pets.
The tiny carcasses were discovered during a routine survey by the Beaches Sea Turtle Patrol in Atlantic Beach, officials announced in an August 21 Facebook post.
The slaughter occurred near Second Street as the vulnerable hatchlings made their first desperate crawl toward the ocean, investigators say.
Evidence at the gruesome scene pointed to an unleashed pet as the culprit behind the carnage.
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The suspected canine remains at large, prompting Atlantic Beach officials to issue an urgent plea for beachgoers to photograph and report any loose dogs to police immediately.
The timing of the attack makes it particularly heartbreaking. Sea turtles typically come ashore to dig their nests on beaches, with eggs incubating for approximately 60 days in the sun-warmed sand, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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Best day of Rover’s life.
Nature is lit.
It’s the circle of life!
Nature, red in tooth and claw
The dog left its DNA all over the place.
I am sure people are outraged, but how many babies were killed today by doctors up to the day of birth?
It’s how life works. I sadly witnessed a hawk kill baby ducks one by one that were following mommy duck on dry land.
The author of the article makes it sound like the dog is some kind of a monster. This person needs to spend some time in the in a remote forest where eat and be eaten is the basic law of the wild.
I am not saying that it is not sad, just that it is normal.
Article blames the dog?
That dog has a collar and tag.
Where’s the owners?
Justice demands that the dog be eaten.
Or its owners if it has any.
Any volunteers?
“That dog has a collar and tag.”
How d8d you determine that?
“The tiny carcasses were discovered during a routine survey by the Beaches Sea Turtle Patrol”
Almost certainly a bunch of Karens.
From the pic on the article.
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Pooch sez: bow wow wow.
Translation:’tastes like chicken’
CULPRIT - A culprit is a person who does something wrong, like committing a crime.
I wanna see that dog put on trial! Lol
Well they fooled me!
It still ain’t the dog’s fault.
Slaughtered baby turtles—Oh. horrors! Imprison the owner!
Slaughtered about-to-be-born baby humans—Oh, wonderful! It’s women’s right to choose!
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