Box turtle nailed...

[terryo]

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/long_island&id=8239762

I hope this opens. Did anyone see this?

 

[dmarcus]

That is horrible, I hope they catch the sick person that did that to the poor turtle..

 

[Neal]

The turtle was lucky, it sounds like it will survive. There's some wierd people in this world.

 

[Kristina]

That is sick. I hope they catch the person before he starts torturing kids...

 

[Yvonne G]

I was trying to give someone the benefit of the doubt, but try as I may, I can't think of any way to get a nail through two layers of shell material without human intervention.

Its gruesome to think about, but I'll bet "they" nailed him to something, but the nail wasn't quite long enough and the turtle eventually got away.

 

[wrmitchell22]

This is so awful, I don't understand how anyone could do this to any living creature, it just kills me!

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

Sad, looks like he will recover!

 

[Angi]

Awful, sick, horrible! I also hope this person is found and jailed. Don't most serial killer start with animals? What is wrong with people?

 

[Fernando]

So sad

 

[Terry Allan Hall]

I was trying to give someone the benefit of the doubt, but try as I may, I can't think of any way to get a nail through two layers of shell material without human intervention.

Its gruesome to think about, but I'll bet "they" nailed him to something, but the nail wasn't quite long enough and the turtle eventually got away.

My thinking, too...hope that sicko's Karma catches up with him soonest!

 

[dmmj]

I was thinking some type of nail gun, I believe in an eye for an eye when they find the person(s) responsible nail them like they did the turtle.

 

[CJSTorts]

I'm glad he seems to be recovering so well.

 

[Nay]

Oh Terry, that just makes me sick.. Isn't that close to you?? Aren't the Hamptons a kinda fancy neighborhood?. What a nice yard. I would be so frightened to release him back there, but it's his home. Oh man what do you do?
Maybe pretend someone is taking him, and secretly release him back there?
Sad sad.
nay

 

[Torty Mom]

Ugh, I almost looked, I'm glad I didn't from what you guys wrote!

 

[Terry Allan Hall]

I was thinking some type of nail gun, I believe in an eye for an eye when they find the person(s) responsible nail them like they did the turtle.

Pretty much the Karma I was thinking of...

 

[Baoh]

I was thinking some type of nail gun, I believe in an eye for an eye when they find the person(s) responsible nail them like they did the turtle.

Must be done to scale.

 

[SnakeyeZ]

Again, more proof that humans can be such cruel heartless beings.

That's just sick.

 

[Candy]

Sorry Terry but I haven't been able to click on the thread. I'm afraid of what I'll see.

 

[terryo]

Luckily, the nail missed the spine and all major internal organs. A vet removed the nail and sealed both shells with dental adhesive. They are offering a $1,000 reward to find the person that did this. They have him at the Wildlife Rescue Center of Hampton Bays, and I'm pretty sure they won't put him back in the yard that he was found. I've seen lots of rescues and deformed Box Turtles from poor husbandry, but I've never seen anything like this. To me a person like this is just as capable of hurting a child. I really hope them find him. I just wonder what other animals he's tortured that no one knows about.

 

[Terry Allan Hall]

I was thinking some type of nail gun, I believe in an eye for an eye when they find the person(s) responsible nail them like they did the turtle.

Must be done to scale.

Guess my 60# hunting bow and a target tipped shaft is about "scale"...it really makes me think anti-social thoughts when I see cruelty just for cruelty's sake.