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A Snapping Turtle Hatchling is making it’s way through high grass to it’s destination. A Long Island animal group is alleging that Suffolk County workers "literally mowed down" more than 100 snapping turtle hatchlings and demanding an investigation into what happened. John Di Leonardo, the president and executive director of Humane Long Island, said that a resident made the gruesome discovery of the dead young reptiles earlier in the week at the Meadow Croft Estate in Sayville. On Wednesday, he called on the county parks department and the New York Department of Environmental Protection to look into the matter, and...