This event is totally disrespectful to innocent creatures bodily integrity. They should NOT be removed from their habitat to begin with... Especially for something so inane as this hillbilly farce used as entertainment. This totally abuses any type of "contract" man has as caretaker of nonhumans. It violates every pretense of being a "rational" species that we attempt to live as. Please humans - EVOLVE!
We should send them the other videos that they failed to show the news. The one where they take a knife out to kill the turtle that latches onto the hillbillies finger. Or how about the empty tub of "water" that the Turtle is in where kids are teasing him? Or Send the part of the video that shows this Neanderthal biting the Turtles head off.
Keeping animals in cages is cruel if you ask me , why don't you all try to shut down all the zoos around the world!! Keeping turtles in aquariums as pets is cruel the poor things never get to see what it is like to live in the wild!! All they can do is swim around in a little circle and wait for someone to give them some unnatural food!!! I don't see any of you turtle lovers complaining about that!!!
@rickatica Yes those are all cruel things, and we do protest them, just not on this page/video, since this has nothing to do with aquariums and zoos - duh!
it's amazing how hillbillies like those in Ohio COUNTY Indiana can't understand logic. they think torturing and killing turtles means they can lie about it and the public is stupid enough to think it's just a little wrestling contest. we know the truth and since indiana is a moronic state that makes no sense. you need $ so bad that you'll host a retard fest and deny any wrong doing. Get a life, get a decent job and get an education. your lies and bullshit are ridiculous.
they do die, they are pulled out of their shells and before that they are smashed. how is that right, decent or civil? oh that's right, indiana is not civil, just call the sheriff's office at 812 438 3636 and they tell you that torture is ok as long as it's not to humans, dogs or cats. i love how some redneck sticks up for lindsay, but it is ok for her to condone and organize a torture fest. wow, your priorities are really up your ass. you inbred morons make me sick.
Its not alleged its a fact! It is a travesty! What if someone did that to your dog? not so cool huh? Just because they don't die Doesn't make it okay.
I am disgusted to say the least!!! It is not "Good clean family fun". It is ripping a living, breathing, creature out of its natural habitat and surrounding and literally ripping at it. There is ample video footage to show where these turtles are thrown around, pressed on with hands and feet, and one video demonstrates a "man" biting the turtle!!! With children watching!!!!
How about showing the complete truth--- How about discussing how this causes many of these turtles to ultimately die from shock, their central nervous system destroyed, and the direct comments made by actual participants how they eat what they kill and how they cut their heads off with a knife and even pry their mouths open with a pocket knife?! The news is suppose to not be biased but rather reveal the truth and show both sides of the spectrum. Please, interview me!!!
“We do not need to reflect too long before we realize that all beings spontaneously look for happiness and try to avoid suffering.” – Dalai Lama
“And those who dismiss love for our fellow creatures as mere sentimentality overlook a good and important part of our humanity. But it takes nothing away from a human to be kind to an animal. And it is actually within us to grant them a happy life and a long one.” – Joaquin Phoenix | quote from EARTHLINGS
In the full video the guy in blue dungarees bites the head off the turtle! So all this talk about no animals being hurt or killed is just red-neck delusion and lies.
@djbethell They edited it out. People around the world have seen the real videos. Remember that their story is about how we, the people, spread the word on this issue. WE are the media. It is only a matter of time before the talking heads are obsolete.
“In the modern world, the interests of a particular community can no longer be considered to lie within the confines of its own boundaries.” – Dalai Lama
@rickatica Go see for yourself. At 00:35 /watch?v=qTqNh3GDofE that gormless neanderthal rips the head of the turtle with his teeth. Deny it all you like, but it's there for all to see.
@djbethell I have watched it over and over, at 00.35 you can't even see the turtle , you are just letting your imagination run wild, he kissed the turtle on the head. I had friends that were there and seen it, you can't really make out what they are doing in this video there are too many people in the way!! I'm not going to argue with you anymore, because it is evident that I would be wasting my time, that turtle is more intelligent than you are!!!
@rickatica Oh dear... You had some friends there? LOL! Well, we have all heard the lies of those who attend this sadistic hell-hole. Seems you're the only one on here daft enough to think anyone is going to fall for your fallacies. Happy you are not going to argue with me anymore as you are right, you are wasting your time, the evidence of this brutality is there for all to see. A man who slams a turtle to the ground, rips it violently out of it's shell, (it's home) and then kisses it!?! LMAO!
the turtles might not die right then and there, but you don't understand THEY DIE FROM STRESS. nobody is misinformed except the people who support and RUN this horrible event. snapping turtle or not, it's still a living thing.
family fun? how about I take your family and rip their heads off, stupid camp woman in white t shirt( Lindsay Prop) you morons answering the phones are liars. I saw for myself the abuse/maltreatment and it needs to end NOW. Seriously, I'll be right over to rip your head off but of course I won't hurt you, because your head will roll right out the door. Thanks! Call 812 438 3636 to protest this shit in Ohio County Indiana
@saltersego Yes there is killing in addition to the torture...they claim this is done partly to "feed people." In a 9:13-minute-long video in here titled " Snapperfest 09," at 1:50 you see a guy with a butcher knife come over and obviously cut and/or stab the turtle, and much later on the hillbilly bites into a turtle's head. The whole point of this thing is abuse and killing. And look how turned on the demented primitives are! It is no less child abuse and the promotion of psychopaths.
What are we teaching our youth? If you did that to puppies or kittens you would be arrested and with good reason. The deliberate abuse and enjoyment of watching of one of Gods creatures suffer for the amusement of others harkens back to another era. A time of brutality & ignorance.
There is enough suffering in this world already. Compassion for each other & stewardship of what is left of our natural environment is what is needed these days.
They ain't hurting them turtles, evidently you have never been around a snapping turtle. They are not pulling their heads off they are just goosing the a little to make them poke their heads out then they grab them behind the head, they have real strong necks,it dont hurt them at all!! I suppose you also think these guys down here in Florida that grab these big alligators by the tail are somehow hurting the alligator, you people are idiots!!
@rickatica Tagging on turtles is done on the shell with adhesive. Even if they did tag through the skin it would be nothing in comparison to what was done to them earlier.
What happens at Snapperfest is against the law. 15 YEARS of petitions haven't helped. So help spread the NEW message: "This is ILLEGAL and somebody in law enforcement is gonna lose their job if this isn't shut down." Use Twitter (#turtles and #snapperfest), use Facebook. And if you're in Indiana, find out who that "somebody" is, and tell us.
@Talzhemir1 The world is now watching and is completely appalled. This shit has got to end. Once again America is looking terrible in everyone's eyes!
Next year, replace the turtles with the event organizers and their employees.
deliciousmorton 5 months ago
This event is totally disrespectful to innocent creatures bodily integrity. They should NOT be removed from their habitat to begin with... Especially for something so inane as this hillbilly farce used as entertainment. This totally abuses any type of "contract" man has as caretaker of nonhumans. It violates every pretense of being a "rational" species that we attempt to live as. Please humans - EVOLVE!
beaelliott 5 months ago
We should send them the other videos that they failed to show the news. The one where they take a knife out to kill the turtle that latches onto the hillbillies finger. Or how about the empty tub of "water" that the Turtle is in where kids are teasing him? Or Send the part of the video that shows this Neanderthal biting the Turtles head off.
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rickatica 6 months ago
Keeping animals in cages is cruel if you ask me , why don't you all try to shut down all the zoos around the world!! Keeping turtles in aquariums as pets is cruel the poor things never get to see what it is like to live in the wild!! All they can do is swim around in a little circle and wait for someone to give them some unnatural food!!! I don't see any of you turtle lovers complaining about that!!!
rickatica 6 months ago
@rickatica Is this somehow a justification for you to torture turtles?
Seriously, you know absolutely nothing about all the other animal and human rights groups we are all involved in. You are so uneducated!
djbethell 6 months ago 3
@rickatica Yes those are all cruel things, and we do protest them, just not on this page/video, since this has nothing to do with aquariums and zoos - duh!
michshepherd 6 months ago
PLEASE GO TO GOVERNOR MITCH DANIELS FACEBOOK PAGE! DEMAND JUSTICE!!!
EvlinLake 6 months ago 2
it's amazing how hillbillies like those in Ohio COUNTY Indiana can't understand logic. they think torturing and killing turtles means they can lie about it and the public is stupid enough to think it's just a little wrestling contest. we know the truth and since indiana is a moronic state that makes no sense. you need $ so bad that you'll host a retard fest and deny any wrong doing. Get a life, get a decent job and get an education. your lies and bullshit are ridiculous.
xeniakennedy 6 months ago
@xeniakennedy PLEASE GO TO GOVERNOR MITCH DANIELS FACEBOOK PAGE! DEMAND JUSTICE!!!
EvlinLake 6 months ago 2
they do die, they are pulled out of their shells and before that they are smashed. how is that right, decent or civil? oh that's right, indiana is not civil, just call the sheriff's office at 812 438 3636 and they tell you that torture is ok as long as it's not to humans, dogs or cats. i love how some redneck sticks up for lindsay, but it is ok for her to condone and organize a torture fest. wow, your priorities are really up your ass. you inbred morons make me sick.
xeniakennedy 6 months ago 2
Its not alleged its a fact! It is a travesty! What if someone did that to your dog? not so cool huh? Just because they don't die Doesn't make it okay.
clwade10 6 months ago
I am disgusted to say the least!!! It is not "Good clean family fun". It is ripping a living, breathing, creature out of its natural habitat and surrounding and literally ripping at it. There is ample video footage to show where these turtles are thrown around, pressed on with hands and feet, and one video demonstrates a "man" biting the turtle!!! With children watching!!!!
christinasmith73 6 months ago
@christinasmith73 The man wasn't biting the turtle he was kissing the turtle !!
rickatica 6 months ago
@rickatica Wow! You truly are stupid!
djbethell 6 months ago
How about showing the complete truth--- How about discussing how this causes many of these turtles to ultimately die from shock, their central nervous system destroyed, and the direct comments made by actual participants how they eat what they kill and how they cut their heads off with a knife and even pry their mouths open with a pocket knife?! The news is suppose to not be biased but rather reveal the truth and show both sides of the spectrum. Please, interview me!!!
christinasmith73 6 months ago 2
Re: snapperfest Compliments of facebook:
"Here is the mayor's number for the city that "hosts" this beloved spectacle: Mayor Bill Marksberry (812) 438-3340
saltersego 6 months ago 4
“We do not need to reflect too long before we realize that all beings spontaneously look for happiness and try to avoid suffering.” – Dalai Lama
“And those who dismiss love for our fellow creatures as mere sentimentality overlook a good and important part of our humanity. But it takes nothing away from a human to be kind to an animal. And it is actually within us to grant them a happy life and a long one.” – Joaquin Phoenix | quote from EARTHLINGS
MrHolise 6 months ago 2
In the full video the guy in blue dungarees bites the head off the turtle! So all this talk about no animals being hurt or killed is just red-neck delusion and lies.
djbethell 6 months ago 7
@djbethell They edited it out. People around the world have seen the real videos. Remember that their story is about how we, the people, spread the word on this issue. WE are the media. It is only a matter of time before the talking heads are obsolete.
“In the modern world, the interests of a particular community can no longer be considered to lie within the confines of its own boundaries.” – Dalai Lama
MrHolise 6 months ago 4
@MrHolise I couldn't agree with you more. I never watch the TV news or read newspapers anymore; for over ten years now. I feel so clean, lol!
djbethell 6 months ago 2
@djbethell Thats a lie and you know it!!
rickatica 6 months ago
@rickatica And what part is a lie???
djbethell 6 months ago
@djbethell There wasn't anyone who bit the head off a turtle!!!
rickatica 6 months ago
@rickatica Go see for yourself. At 00:35 /watch?v=qTqNh3GDofE that gormless neanderthal rips the head of the turtle with his teeth. Deny it all you like, but it's there for all to see.
djbethell 6 months ago 2
@djbethell I have watched it over and over, at 00.35 you can't even see the turtle , you are just letting your imagination run wild, he kissed the turtle on the head. I had friends that were there and seen it, you can't really make out what they are doing in this video there are too many people in the way!! I'm not going to argue with you anymore, because it is evident that I would be wasting my time, that turtle is more intelligent than you are!!!
rickatica 6 months ago
@rickatica Oh dear... You had some friends there? LOL! Well, we have all heard the lies of those who attend this sadistic hell-hole. Seems you're the only one on here daft enough to think anyone is going to fall for your fallacies. Happy you are not going to argue with me anymore as you are right, you are wasting your time, the evidence of this brutality is there for all to see. A man who slams a turtle to the ground, rips it violently out of it's shell, (it's home) and then kisses it!?! LMAO!
djbethell 6 months ago
Just a bunch of people with small penises who want to abuse nearly defenseless creatures to express their manhood.
DireWolf1984 6 months ago 4
the turtles might not die right then and there, but you don't understand THEY DIE FROM STRESS. nobody is misinformed except the people who support and RUN this horrible event. snapping turtle or not, it's still a living thing.
ladyyluck18 6 months ago 3
@ladyyluck18 PLEASE GO TO GOVERNOR MITCH DANIELS FACEBOOK PAGE! DEMAND JUSTICE!!!
EvlinLake 6 months ago 2
Did anyone else notice how happy she was while she smiled talking about ramming a finger up and raping a turtles ass? Stupid redneck hillbillies.
MsFrenchPetal 6 months ago 7
family fun? how about I take your family and rip their heads off, stupid camp woman in white t shirt( Lindsay Prop) you morons answering the phones are liars. I saw for myself the abuse/maltreatment and it needs to end NOW. Seriously, I'll be right over to rip your head off but of course I won't hurt you, because your head will roll right out the door. Thanks! Call 812 438 3636 to protest this shit in Ohio County Indiana
xeniakennedy 6 months ago
@xeniakennedy Are you Threatening my Friend Lindsay? You are the moron here!!!
rickatica 6 months ago
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saltersego 6 months ago
no killing... just abusing
saltersego 6 months ago
@saltersego Yes there is killing in addition to the torture...they claim this is done partly to "feed people." In a 9:13-minute-long video in here titled " Snapperfest 09," at 1:50 you see a guy with a butcher knife come over and obviously cut and/or stab the turtle, and much later on the hillbilly bites into a turtle's head. The whole point of this thing is abuse and killing. And look how turned on the demented primitives are! It is no less child abuse and the promotion of psychopaths.
1221solstice2012 6 months ago
What are we teaching our youth? If you did that to puppies or kittens you would be arrested and with good reason. The deliberate abuse and enjoyment of watching of one of Gods creatures suffer for the amusement of others harkens back to another era. A time of brutality & ignorance.
There is enough suffering in this world already. Compassion for each other & stewardship of what is left of our natural environment is what is needed these days.
saltersego 6 months ago
They ain't hurting them turtles, evidently you have never been around a snapping turtle. They are not pulling their heads off they are just goosing the a little to make them poke their heads out then they grab them behind the head, they have real strong necks,it dont hurt them at all!! I suppose you also think these guys down here in Florida that grab these big alligators by the tail are somehow hurting the alligator, you people are idiots!!
rickatica 6 months ago
@rickatica What are you a biologist? Like I said, how 'bout we tag, track them and see what happens.
saltersego 6 months ago
@saltersego How bout we tag you, tell me that don't hurt!!
rickatica 6 months ago
@rickatica Tagging on turtles is done on the shell with adhesive. Even if they did tag through the skin it would be nothing in comparison to what was done to them earlier.
saltersego 6 months ago
Tortured then let go to die later. How about we tag , track them and see what happens.
saltersego 6 months ago
What happens at Snapperfest is against the law. 15 YEARS of petitions haven't helped. So help spread the NEW message: "This is ILLEGAL and somebody in law enforcement is gonna lose their job if this isn't shut down." Use Twitter (#turtles and #snapperfest), use Facebook. And if you're in Indiana, find out who that "somebody" is, and tell us.
Talzhemir1 6 months ago
@Talzhemir1 Indiana Conservation Office which is run by the DNR. . number is 812-689-4370, email icosr@dnr.in.gov.
saltersego 6 months ago 2
@saltersego thanks for this info. end this hillbilly bullshit now!!!!!!!!
xeniakennedy 6 months ago
@Talzhemir1 The world is now watching and is completely appalled. This shit has got to end. Once again America is looking terrible in everyone's eyes!
djbethell 6 months ago