Thursday, June 13, 2013

Herps In The News - $6,000 Reward Offered In Turtle Killing

A female snapping turtle was apparently beaten so badly that it died two days later. It was found on a golf course and it is believed it was beaten with a golf club. Making it even sadder is the fact that she apparently was looking for a place to lay eggs.



See the articles at the below links for more info:

http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/reward-offered-in-beating-of-turtle-on-golf-course-b9931567z1-211046401.html

http://www.jsonline.com/news/crime/mother-turtle-dies-after-beating-at-delevan-golf-course-b9932299z1-211210151.html

A Hat tip to Deb H for sending me one of the articles and a link to it and for sending a pic that was apparently of the deceased turtle. Since we have some young kids viewing the site, I opted not to publish that pic as it was pretty gory. You can easily imagine the injuries to the turtle if you watched the video which I found after a bit of searching the web.

All the best,
Glenn B



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