Petition: Urge Authorities to Find the Cruel Person who Tied Up, Shot and Left an Alligator to Suffer and Die

Alligator hunting is sadly legal in Florida, but only with a permit and only during a certain season which runs from August 15th until November 1st. But recently, someone found an alligator that was cruelly injured. The injured alligator was discovered near a pond with two arrows stuck in his side and his snout and feet wrapped in rope.

This was an illegal act of animal cruelty. The fact that the abuser left the alligator to suffer shows that this was done just for the sake of being cruel.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission helped remove the alligator from the pond and Crime Stoppers is asking the public to help find the person responsible for this.

The day after the alligator was found, Lee County Sheriff’s office announced a new Animal Cruelty task force to “educate the county regarding animal abuse and neglect and to enforce any and all laws pertaining to the mistreatment of animals.”

However, it’s common knowledge that animal abuse cases do not often get taken as seriously in the justice system. But people who abuse animals are not only dangerous to other animals, but to other people as well. And if they have to face the consequences, then it’ll deter other abusers from doing the same thing.

Sign this petition urging law enforcement to take this seriously and find the person responsible for cruelly injuring this alligator.

Sign these other petitions to stand up against animal abuse:

• Justice for Dog Cruelly Killed and Baked in an Oven
• Justice for Dog Tied to Car and Dragged Down the Road
• Justice for Puppy Beaten to Death With a Hammer by Abuser
• Justice for Dog Killed in Clothes Dryer by Teen
• Justice for Disabled Dog Cruelly Abandoned by his Family Twice

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