Is that a turtle in your pocket? No Sir, It’s fourteen turtles!

bulging pockets of petty thief pocketing turtles

January 22, 2024January 22, 2024 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment pets, petty thief, Tainan City, turtles

A shoplifter was caught red-handed after stuffing a total of 14 small turtles in his pockets at an aquarium store in Tainan City yesterday, Sunday, January 21. At around 4:00pm, a store clerk at an aquarium shop in Anping District noticed a small turtle fall out of a customer’s bulging trouser pocket, and suspecting the man was attempting to shoplift, immediately called the police. Police from the nearby Huaping Police Station rushed to the aquarium shop and confronted the 57-year-old

husky stuffed in transparent backpack pet carrier

Animals

November 20, 2023November 20, 2023 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment animal abuse, Kaohsiung City, pets

Animal welfare authorities will fine the owner of a husky that was stuffed into a backpack after police tracked the man down based on pictures taken by witnesses. Pictures surfaced on Taiwan’s social media website Dcard yesterday, showing a young husky bent over uncomfortably in a small, transparent backpack carried by a motorcyclist in Xinxing District, Kaohsiung City. The pictures quickly went viral as outraged animal lovers shared the images, calling for the pet’s owner to be found and punished.