Idiots Face $20,000 Fine After ‘Surfing’ On Turtle And Posting It Online
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Two guys, Ricky Rogers and his friend, posted a photo of themselves ‘surfing’ on top of a turtle on a beach in Australia – and immediately regretted it. The picture with a caption that read “Surfed a tortoise on zee weekend.. gnarly duddddeeeee”, invoked outrage and anger, especially after being re-posted by the wildlife photographer Matt Wright.
It is being investigated whether the tortoise was already dead at the time the picture was taken. The infamous guys posted another picture with a dead turtle that shows they wrote RIP next to it. Whether it’s the same turtle or not, this kind of cruelty against animals is not acceptable – and now the two ‘complete idiots’ could be facing a fine of up to Michael Beatty each.
(h/t: huffpost)
Two guys, Ricky Rogers and his friend, posted a photo of themselves ‘surfing’ on top of a turtle on a beach in Australia – and immediately regretted it. The picture with a caption that read “Surfed a tortoise on zee weekend.. gnarly duddddeeeee”, invoked outrage and anger, especially after being re-posted by the wildlife photographer Matt Wright.
It is being investigated whether the tortoise was already dead at the time the picture was taken. The infamous guys posted another picture with a dead turtle that shows they wrote RIP next to it. Whether it’s the same turtle or not, this kind of cruelty against animals is not acceptable – and now the two ‘complete idiots’ could be facing a fine of up to Michael Beatty each.
(h/t: huffpost)
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Share on FacebookThere was a similar story in South America where a baby whale (I believe) was pulled out of the ocean, and a huge crowd was passing it around and taking selfies... as a result, it died. Absolutely vile behavior! Live and let live.
I have witnessed something similar on Hawaii...stupid parents trying to put her toddlers onto a sea turtle for a snapshot. Incredibly stupid and selfish at the same time.
Load More Replies...i can´t say what i feel at the moment... so angry about this silly boys (no, such stupid things wouldn´t do a really men)..... so sad for this poor turtle, no chance to run away.....
just 20.000? 50.000 would be too less! such idiots deserve a hard kick in the a*s!
Agreed, more than just 20,000 dollars would be very reasonable.
Load More Replies...,, Hey lets stand on this turtle both of us and take some pics while it dies.." So stupid!!! This makes me so angry!! Hope someone will stand on their back one day having a good laugh about it.
It's also really sad, What if that happened to YOU, a inbred human? Idiots,
Load More Replies...I'm Australian & haven't seen this on news, but it should be so future idiots know this is not ok & they'll be fined, & publicly shamed.
Once I was at a pier on a commercial beach, and this guy caught a young loggerhead, he then proceeded to pass it around, claiming, "Look, I caught Crush!" and taking pictures of himself. I was with a friend who is a marine biologist, and she called DNR, resulting in the guy facing a 600$ fine, if i''m not mistaken.
Good I hope it bankrupts them and they can never show their face in public. Oh and they blanked out the name or Ricky Rogers, go getum people.
I'm beginning to realize that humans are actually more barbaric than animals.
The fine is too lenient. They are still free to roam about and do what they want to poor, innocent animals. They should be jailed for their vile behavior!
Idiots is the best description. Not cruel, this needs intelligence
Seriously, how dumb to u have to be to even think doing sth like that is cool
Alive or dead when they found it, it didn't deserve this disrespect. All acts count for something. They should be so f'n ashamed.
Joel, goofing around? You call that inhumane act goofing around? That isn't goofing around, that's called being an inconsiderate human!
Load More Replies...It is dead. The question is: did they find it dead, or did they kill it?
Load More Replies...There was a similar story in South America where a baby whale (I believe) was pulled out of the ocean, and a huge crowd was passing it around and taking selfies... as a result, it died. Absolutely vile behavior! Live and let live.
I have witnessed something similar on Hawaii...stupid parents trying to put her toddlers onto a sea turtle for a snapshot. Incredibly stupid and selfish at the same time.
Load More Replies...i can´t say what i feel at the moment... so angry about this silly boys (no, such stupid things wouldn´t do a really men)..... so sad for this poor turtle, no chance to run away.....
just 20.000? 50.000 would be too less! such idiots deserve a hard kick in the a*s!
Agreed, more than just 20,000 dollars would be very reasonable.
Load More Replies...,, Hey lets stand on this turtle both of us and take some pics while it dies.." So stupid!!! This makes me so angry!! Hope someone will stand on their back one day having a good laugh about it.
It's also really sad, What if that happened to YOU, a inbred human? Idiots,
Load More Replies...I'm Australian & haven't seen this on news, but it should be so future idiots know this is not ok & they'll be fined, & publicly shamed.
Once I was at a pier on a commercial beach, and this guy caught a young loggerhead, he then proceeded to pass it around, claiming, "Look, I caught Crush!" and taking pictures of himself. I was with a friend who is a marine biologist, and she called DNR, resulting in the guy facing a 600$ fine, if i''m not mistaken.
Good I hope it bankrupts them and they can never show their face in public. Oh and they blanked out the name or Ricky Rogers, go getum people.
I'm beginning to realize that humans are actually more barbaric than animals.
The fine is too lenient. They are still free to roam about and do what they want to poor, innocent animals. They should be jailed for their vile behavior!
Idiots is the best description. Not cruel, this needs intelligence
Seriously, how dumb to u have to be to even think doing sth like that is cool
Alive or dead when they found it, it didn't deserve this disrespect. All acts count for something. They should be so f'n ashamed.
Joel, goofing around? You call that inhumane act goofing around? That isn't goofing around, that's called being an inconsiderate human!
Load More Replies...It is dead. The question is: did they find it dead, or did they kill it?
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