Turtle taped to balloons floats over Calif. city

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OCEANSIDE, Calif. - Humane Society officials in a Southern California city are trying to determine who duct-taped a turtle to a bunch of balloons and sent it soaring
Chanelle Wright told KGTV-TV Tuesday that she and her neighbors found the turtle taped to the green and blue balloons caught atop a eucalyptus tree in Oceanside on Sunday.
Wright said she called the Humane Society and Fire Department, who arrived about an hour later. Firefighters were about to rescue the turtle with a ladder truck when a gust of wind came and blew it to the ground.
Humane Society officials say they are keeping the turtle, which wasn't hurt, while they investigate.
Wright says she was horrified by the animal abuse and plans to adopt the turtle if no one claims it.
http://www.10news.com/news/31374254/detail.html

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1. Kudos to Chanelle Wright

She has set an example for all others to follow.

[darkangel218]

2. Im glad the turtle survived.

Poor thing x

[joeybee12]

3. Poor turtle...hope they catch the bastards...

Probably a bunch of stupid kids who will grow up to be Repukelicons.

[MadrasT]

4. What kind of flippin' idiot would do that?

Glad the turtle is OK, and that other people cared enough to help it.

[longship]

5. Cruel bastards!

[madokie]

6. Adopt the turtle

Adopt the turtle sounds like confinement to me. Leave it free to come and go as it wishes.

[eppur_se_muova]

7. +1

Just be sure to find an appropriate natural habitat, and wild animals are better off wild.

[wryter2000]

8. It might not be native to here

People keep turtles as pets. It might come from somewhere else entirely. The best thing in that case is for someone who knows the species to keep it.

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. In So-Cal? No, not really

they are not native.

Will be good eatings for a coyote though.

OY.