Monday, September 28, 2015
Girl Arrested for Riding Sea Turtle
20 year old Stephanie Marie Moore was arrested for riding a sea turtle in a viral photo. It was taken at Melbourne Beach in Florida and soon spread all over the web. Melbourne Beach is along the East coast of Florida. It is "home to the most important sea turtle nesting habitat.About 90% of Sea turtle settle in Melbourne and the people make sre to protect them and educate others about them. After Moore posted the pictures and videos on her snapchat , many people became enraged andforwarded these to th Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservaion Commission. The person who took the video and pictures remains unknown but Moore is being held in jail at $2,000 bond.
It's amazing how one sinmple thing could change you life forever. This girl was probably jokinh around and thought what she was doing was funy when really she was breaking a law. I think to prevent a situation like this we should just put up more signs in the general area. Because although this situation may sound so crazy, it's a big deal to some people. To preserve the Sea turtle is some of these peoples main goals and they had to do what they thought was right at the moment.
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This is very interesting. I feel bad for this girl
ReplyDeleteI do feel bad for the girl that she was arrested, but I don't know if I would ride a sea turtle. Sure it would be fun for me maybe, but would it be fun for the sea turtle. You cannot ask the turtle if they would like to be ridden so you should probably just leave them alone.
ReplyDelete-Brenna Hale(6th Period)
Maybe they went too far with arresting her, but leave wildlife alone!
ReplyDeleteI don't think jail was necessarily the best punishment for this girl. She obviously was making a dumb mistake that she did not even know she was making. Nobody would post on social media about them braking the law. She should have been left off with a warning, possibly a fine and community service. The punishment of jail may have been intentionally harsh though, in order to make a statement about the wrongness of the act.
ReplyDeleteJasmine Rodriguez Period 4
This shows that everything isn't funny and people shouldn't play around so much. They should also put up a sign on the beach that says leave the wildlife alone or there will be a fine.
ReplyDeletethis is an example for people not to disturb or even interact with WILD LIFE. Its an animal not some pet
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