Pest control company charged with animal cruelty

MyWay ^ | May 23, 2009

[Joiseydude]

HAZLET, N.J. (AP) - The owner of a New Jersey pest control company has been charged with animal cruelty after a squirrel was found dead in a rooftop trap.

Chief Buddy Amato says a professional complex hired Critter Ridder to help get rid of the squirrel. He says a trap was set Wednesday for the animal, and no one returned to check on it.

Amato says the squirrel was found "cooked to death on the hot roof" Thursday afternoon.

Buck faces four counts of animal cruelty, including one that cites her for not providing the squirrel with adequate food, water and shelter.

[Joiseydude]

I guess Critter Ridder didn't provide the squirrel with it's final meal before execution.

[Travis McGee]

Good grief.

[TurtleUp]

How many times per day do these people think traps should be checked? How much do they want to pay for removing unwanted animals if all traps have to be checked hourly or continuously?) It’s a shame this business is politically incorrect - they don’t deserve what is about to happen to them.

[Wacka]

Rats with bush tails.

[Knute]

Deal sometime with the damage that a squirrel or raccoon can do in an attic. You will become an advocate for the total worldwide eradication of the species!

[huldah1776]

It was the squirrels choice to go into the trap.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

I thought squirrels were classified as vermin, like their rat cousins.

[Pinkbell]

What a terrible death.

[org.whodat]

You fruit cakes, out there, just keep supporting the animal rights wackos and see what happens.

[Daffynition]

Wait until we have to start calling them "Tree Kittens."

[Travis McGee]

When they are infesting your attic, they are no more than rats with fluffy tails and better PR.

I know this first hand.

[Pan_Yan]

I hope I don’t go to jail for vehicular homicide next time I run over a possum.

[GeorgiaDawg32]

I had to check to see if this was satire..

[Pilated]

Hey I stepped on an ant today and it died - come and get me!

[Mr. K]

Pictures?

[org.whodat]

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[Travis McGee]

Put a dozen in an inaccessible part of your attic (they chew their way in) and you will change your tune.

Try to sleep with these fluffy-tailed rats galloping in your rafters all night.

After a week you will be looking for anybody to remove them in any way possible.

[Flycatcher]

Buck faces four counts of animal cruelty, including one that cites her for not providing the squirrel with adequate food, water and shelter.

Universal healthcare is a right too. And transgender restroom facilities. And smoke-free beaches.

I hope those were provided as well.

[org.whodat]

Living proof of creation by design!!!

ROFLOL, I want one!!!

[Slimey]

Cooked???? Wonder if it would taste like chicken??