People do that to snapping turtles,seems like a horrible way to die.
I wish there was a bounty on poachers that made them worth more dead than the species they are harvesting.
I guess it's a good thing I'm not filthy rich,my soul (if I have one),would be endangered,because I would hire mercenaries to deal with the turtle poachers.
If the poachers are armed, then you have to fight fire with fire.If a few of them are found trussesed up like a turkey they might think twice about those eggs.
I'm a peaceful person,but I would have no guilt what soever about shooting one of those bastards in the leg if I saw them digging up a nest.
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I am the dust that dances in the light. - Rumi