Video of manatee with TRUMP scratched in its back, federal officials want answers

[frauenfelder]

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2021/01/11/video-of-manatee-with-trump-scratched-in-its-back-federal-officials-want-answers.html

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[Unintended]

Anyone who fucks with a manatee is subhuman scum.

[hecep]

Defendant’s defense strategy: But it’s only an animal.

[Melizmatic]

WTAF?!?

[apalatn]

@frauenfelder

He added harassment of a manatee, protected by the Endangered Species Act, is a Class A, federal criminal offense punishable by a $50,000 fine and/or up to one-year in federal prison

Time for another pardon, I guess

[RigelT]

I don’t care what their cause is. Deliberately mutilating a manatee? Life in prison.

[anon87143080]

Hey now, let’s not jump to conclusions. This could have been Antifa in a false flag operation, or the manatee was a known commie agitator, or something something let’s move on and heal…

[gracchus]

I gotta say, it gets harder and harder with every passing day not to speculate about the psychopathy of Il Douche’s most fervent supporters.

[anon40366910]

Get these trashbags out of Belize.
*Ohhh there’s another Blue Hole.
Get these trashbags out of Florida!

[anothernewbbaccount]

It has always been hard…

@gracchus

…not to speculate about the psychopathy of…

…kool-aid swallowing cultists.

I know we are not supposed to speculate here about people’s mental states, but there is no doubt that these fuckers are deranged.

[anon36271483]

Fer feck’s sake… pls stop already

[knoxblox]

[apenzott]

I am sure the ghastly deed will show up on social media. We just have to wait for it…

[theodore604]

assholes.

[Franko]

every time i think i’ve seen the worst of these people (i mean, we’ve already reached armed insurrection, so you would think that’s the bottom, but NOOoooo), they find a new horror.

[anon3894935]

“The cruelty is the point” has never been more true. Evil for evil’s sake.

[Surprise_Puma]

[longtimelurker]

@Franko

every time i think i’ve seen the worst of these people

I want to make a joke, but it would probably get banned.

it goes like this
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The Aristocrats!

[CLamb]

This seems to be done surprisingly neatly. How does one have a manatee stay still long enough for this?

[generic_name]

On the bright side, it appears they just scraped the algae off its skin, so hopefully the animal wasn’t actually hurt (except its pride.) I don’t imagine they could have actually cut into its hide without the manatee swimming away. Nevertheless, this would count as harassment under the Marine Mammals Protection Act.