Officials Kill Snapping Turtle That Was Fed A Live Puppy By A Teacher In School

The so called notorious snapping turtle has been euthanized. The turtle had gained an infamous reputation early march when it had eaten a puppy but that wasn’t the reason for it being put down.

1Put down for reasons other than eating a puppy

The snapping turtle was seized by the Idaho Department of Agriculture who put it down for humane reasons after an investigation that a teacher had allegedly fed it a terminally ill puppy in front of children in his class.

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2A teacher had fed the turtle a live puppy in biology class

It was on the complaint of a school official who heard about the incident and reported that Robert Crosland a biology teacher at Preston Junior High School fed the turtle alive terminally ill puppy which it promptly gobbled up much to the horror of stunned students who witnessed the act. But why was it euthanized after that. 

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3The Turtle was without a permit

An investigation is now underway accusing Crosland of animal cruelty and the turtle promptly put down because it violated the Invasive Species Act and was thus put down for being a non native species which required a permit. If you are a foreign animal and without a permit, you get zapped. 

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4Invasive species can disrupt local habitats

Invasive species are those animals with an aggressive nature prone to invading and surviving in other habitats which may result in extinction of animals in that particular habitat if the invasive animal is allowed to survive. European starlings, Burmese pythons, African bees are all examples of invasive species in the United States. 

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