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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Years ago they used to have open season on “wild dogs” in Minnesota. Any dog (many with collars would join a pack for awhile) chasing deer could be shot. I never did, but it was a thing.
I have a neighbor that brags about the number of rabbits his dog kills and eats. I said “Well - what about the poor coyotes?”
“…… sparking calls for locals to leash their pets.”
Just like the gun control nuts, punish all of the people who responsibly own pets because one feral mutt did something.
News flash: The STRAY dog doesn’t have owners.
EC
The turtles have grown complacent towards danger with all the protection they get. Their situational awareness is at an all-time low.
Rush’s show today would have been interesting. Wasn’t he a target of the tree huggers because of his lights and the poor turtles?
Dog is irritated - says he ordered 2 dozen - only got 23
Nah, consider how much fun that pup had when all those squeaky-toys emerged and flip-flopped towards to water. That dog was in playtime heaven. Not the dogs fault.
Shouldn't have been off-leash, but I wasn’t there….who knows what the circumstances were. Guaranteed the dog had fun. 🤩
That’s not the real culprit, it was simply added as an example of a dog on the beach.
23? The claim is that less than 1 in 100 live anyway.
“Evidence at the gruesome scene pointed to an unleashed pet as the culprit behind the carnage. ..”
Why don’t they ever use that sort of language about abortions or violence in the “Hood(s)”?
Sounds like ratter genes.
He was only doing what nature would have done anyway once those babies hit the water.
People are very sensitive these days, as long as the slaughtered is not a human.
Hang the dog.
We’re talking turtles people, not just stupid “clumps of human cells”. This is unconscionable.
These clumps had a life to live!!!
Yesterday I was talking to a woman who was horrified because she had just seen an owl with a puppy in its talons, obviously about to be eaten. Who knows? Maybe the puppy would have grown up to be a turtle-killer.
Slaughters?
There was no forethought. There was no “feeling”.
It was INSTINCT!
It was a killing not a slaughter. It was “natural”.
See Spot.
See Spot eat.
Eat, Spot, eat.
Eat. Eat. Eat.
Calling Kristi Noem.
How did anything live before humans had to protect them?
A slaughter of 23 out of how many millions each year?
Humans hunted and ate them as adults. Which was not a problem because there were so many turtles. Until we began doing it commercially.
If you are going to harvest on a commercial level you have to farm on a commercial level as well.
Which is what we are starting to do.
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