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DrewFlorida

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1. What is it about this that you hate?

Reply to rzemanfl (Original post)

Sat Nov 24, 2012, 04:03 PM

Nov 2012

What person thinks of riding on the back of a wild animal, animals are not toys for humans!
I'm glad she was arrested, I would hope the justice system takes into consideration her recent move to the area and therefore her ignorance, but she should have known, there is ample notifications of the Manatee's protected status in all areas they are known to frequent!
What's next humans riding on the backs of Polar Bears?

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Now don't get me wrong, but this is why people hate law enforcement: [View all] rzemanfl Nov 2012 OP

What is it about this that you hate? DrewFlorida Nov 2012 #1

And there's the same with swimming with dolphins! Whovian Nov 2012 #2

Getting on the back of a living creature is not communing with nature, it's abusing nature! DrewFlorida Nov 2012 #13

As a person who has ridden horses most of his life Whovian Nov 2012 #15

The fact that despite her attempt to turn herself in, they arrested her at work on the Friday rzemanfl Nov 2012 #3

I agree with Drew. narnian60 Nov 2012 #4

So you really think that a person who commits a misdemeanor and rzemanfl Nov 2012 #5

Sorry. I cannot abide stupidity when it comes to animals. narnian60 Nov 2012 #7

So stupidity deserves a body cavity search and three nights in jail? n/t rzemanfl Nov 2012 #8

/\ THIS. TalkingDog Nov 2012 #9

Not familiar with /\. The legal consequences of being picked on a Friday holiday are just what I rzemanfl Nov 2012 #10

It's an arrow pointing up at the previous post. I agree completely that she was mistreated. TalkingDog Nov 2012 #11

Now I understand. n/t rzemanfl Nov 2012 #12

Allow me to give another example that happened down here a few years ago: rzemanfl Nov 2012 #6

They LOOOOOOOVE picking you up on Friday. n/t dogknob Nov 2012 #14

In my experience they have loved it for over forty years. n/t rzemanfl Nov 2012 #20

There is more to this story kydo Nov 2012 #16

She was laughing about it and people had told her what she was doing was illegal but she continued t former-republican Nov 2012 #17

I have had manatees swim past me at the beach. They are BIG animals. rzemanfl Nov 2012 #19

UPDATE rzemanfl Nov 2012 #18