Rare sea turtle washes up dead on NC beach

[ccharles000]

NORTH TOPSAIL BEACH, N.C. — A wildlife expert says a rare sea turtle that was found tied up and dead on a North Carolina beach may have been intentionally dragged behind a boat.

The StarNews of Wilmington reported that the Kemp’s ridley sea turtle washed ashore Friday.

Sea turtle rescue center executive director Jean Beasley said the animal’s flippers were tied together with twine or rope, and a piece of twine trailed away from the flippers as if the turtle had been dragged or towed by a boat.

Her center — the Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center — is offering a reward for information about the animal’s death.

http://www.thetimesnews.com/news/beach-33813-topsail-turtle.html

[Tunkamerica]

1. fixed nm

[ccharles000]

3. I fixed it

thanks for telling me

[Rex]

2. That is beyond contemptible!

I hope he/she got entangled somehow, because humans doing something like that is beyond the pale.

[virgogal]

4. I hope they get the bastard(s) that did this.

[aquart]

5. So it was torture and murder.

Find them, tie their hands and feet, and drag them behind a speeding boat. In the Gulf.

[ccharles000]

6. kick