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Florida friends are finally charged in connection with THAT shocking video of a shark [tr]
AP and UK Daily Mail ^ | December 13, 2017 | Staff

Posted on 12/13/2017 5:28:52 AM PST by C19fan

Florida wildlife officials and prosecutors have charged three men connected to a video of a shark being dragged behind a speeding boat. A Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission news release says 21-year-old Michael Wenzel and 23-year-old Spencer Heintz of Palmetto, along with 28-year-old Robert Lee Benac of Bradenton, each face two felony counts of aggravated animal cruelty. Wenzel and Benac also face a misdemeanor count of illegal method of taking a shark.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: cruelty; sharks
Throw them into a tank filled with sharks.
1 posted on 12/13/2017 5:28:52 AM PST by C19fan
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To: C19fan
> Throw them into a tank filled with sharks.

Nah, too quick. Just one shark. A hungry one.

Stupid a-holes.

2 posted on 12/13/2017 5:36:29 AM PST by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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To: C19fan

I didn’t see the video... but how can you be cruel to a fish?

um... you cut them open and gut them while they are still alive... what is more cruel than that?


3 posted on 12/13/2017 5:44:54 AM PST by TexasFreeper2009
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To: C19fan

The stupid part is one of these idiots posted it online.


4 posted on 12/13/2017 5:51:24 AM PST by caver
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To: C19fan
Cruelty to a dead shark! Oh the horror!

The ignorance in this country is knows no bounds.

5 posted on 12/13/2017 5:55:10 AM PST by SanchoP
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To: caver

One of the early ‘founders’ of Facebook said that Social Media will be the downfall of our country (paraphrase). Internet fame is what too many millenials are seeking. The Leftist takeover of our Education system is to blame. Prayers for our country.


6 posted on 12/13/2017 6:01:03 AM PST by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell)
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To: originalbuckeye

“One of the early ‘founders’ of Facebook said that Social Media will be the downfall”

This is more important than most know. What he said was the truth.

He spoke from an Indian perspective but it’s still accurate for the whole world. This needs to stop or else we’re all doomed.


7 posted on 12/13/2017 6:08:14 AM PST by Celerity
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To: C19fan

But it’s okay to some liberal idiots that a shark ripping apart a human is a non-event.


8 posted on 12/13/2017 6:09:37 AM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~)
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To: Celerity
“One of the early ‘founders’ of Facebook said that Social Media will be the downfall”

Is it Facebook or is it the way people use it ?

9 posted on 12/13/2017 6:39:03 AM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: originalbuckeye

I sure don’t understand it.


10 posted on 12/13/2017 6:54:36 AM PST by caver
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To: TexasFreeper2009

“Florida wildlife officials and prosecutors have charged three men”
,,,,,,,,,,,
Do these same officials support abortion?


11 posted on 12/13/2017 7:01:41 AM PST by InkStone (Omni Vivum Ex Surfboard)
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To: TexasFreeper2009
...you cut them open and gut them while they are still alive... what is more cruel than that?

I was in a Chinese restaurant in San Diego and ordered a fish dish. I was mortified when it arrived with the fish still gasping on my plate. It had been cooked with slits across its sides, sparing the head so it stayed alive until it reached the dinner table.

12 posted on 12/13/2017 7:09:32 AM PST by luvbach1 (I hope Trump runs roughshod over the inevitable obstuctionists, Dems, progs, libs, or RINOs!)
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To: TexasFreeper2009
"....I didn’t see the video... but how can you be cruel to a fish?...."

Then, sir, you need to watch the video.

They were not "gutting" the shark. It becomes apparent immediately that these guys are being deliberately cruel in their behavior towards this live shark.

13 posted on 12/13/2017 7:16:41 AM PST by HotHunt
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To: TexasFreeper2009

They hooked the shark, then dragged it at high speed behind the boat while it flopped an tumbled in the wake.................


14 posted on 12/13/2017 7:26:32 AM PST by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: C19fan

Vermin are frequently abused. Tom Sawyer spoke of swinging a dead rat around on a string. Different vermin, stronger string, towing vs. swinging...


15 posted on 12/13/2017 9:20:16 AM PST by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: Red Badger

and...

I rip tear a giant hole in the mouth of fish I am catching... sometimes I throw trash fish up on the shore to gasp to death, the ones I keep I slit open while still alive and pull their guts out. I also usually bring a gun along and shoot any snapping turtles that pop their heads up because they eat all the fish.

The whole process is cruel.

Someone better arrest me!


16 posted on 12/13/2017 9:45:14 AM PST by TexasFreeper2009
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To: Red Badger

and... we used to flood rat holes using a water hose and club them all to death as they fled...

lock me up!


17 posted on 12/13/2017 9:47:23 AM PST by TexasFreeper2009
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