Early morning walk. One thing nice about living around some "green/nature areas" is we have a good mix of wildlife. Birds, mammals, reptiles. Unfortunately we also have homo sapiens.
So, this morning I saw a few rabbits, a couple of which were newbies which are always fascinating to watch freeze up only whey they see your eyes. When I left the house at 5:35 (right before official sunrise) the streets were kind of busy but nothing dead on the streets, especially that I saw having walking right by the intersection of the subdivision on the way out.
When I came back, through the same intersection, maybe 35-40 minutes later I saw something right in the entrance to my subdivision. Some piece of shit had run over a turtle/tortoise. Crushed shell and neck/head sticking out in a last attempt to flee. What grates me is that this was no “I couldn’t see him accident” for I’m sure that :
1) it wasn’t there when I went out as I don't think I'd miss a 15" diameter tortoise walking about.
2) there were tire marks where you could see where they purposely turned to kill it.
Why the F#$k to people do this? It's not sporting, it doesn't bring food to the table, takes an slow growing reptile from the population (one that had been pretty successful based on the size), and ruins nature observing for the rest of the neighborhood. It's not like a turtle is poisonous and will kill you. Granted, they could bite your finger off if you F with it.
I love nature and it's a good part of the reason I moved to where I live. I know folks will say "it's just a turtle" but come on, humans need to be stewards of nature, not destroyers. It's one reason we have limits on game. Acts of cruelty like this just piss me off to no end - special place in Hell I hope individuals who do that.
So, this morning I saw a few rabbits, a couple of which were newbies which are always fascinating to watch freeze up only whey they see your eyes. When I left the house at 5:35 (right before official sunrise) the streets were kind of busy but nothing dead on the streets, especially that I saw having walking right by the intersection of the subdivision on the way out.
When I came back, through the same intersection, maybe 35-40 minutes later I saw something right in the entrance to my subdivision. Some piece of shit had run over a turtle/tortoise. Crushed shell and neck/head sticking out in a last attempt to flee. What grates me is that this was no “I couldn’t see him accident” for I’m sure that :
1) it wasn’t there when I went out as I don't think I'd miss a 15" diameter tortoise walking about.
2) there were tire marks where you could see where they purposely turned to kill it.
Why the F#$k to people do this? It's not sporting, it doesn't bring food to the table, takes an slow growing reptile from the population (one that had been pretty successful based on the size), and ruins nature observing for the rest of the neighborhood. It's not like a turtle is poisonous and will kill you. Granted, they could bite your finger off if you F with it.
I love nature and it's a good part of the reason I moved to where I live. I know folks will say "it's just a turtle" but come on, humans need to be stewards of nature, not destroyers. It's one reason we have limits on game. Acts of cruelty like this just piss me off to no end - special place in Hell I hope individuals who do that.