Wed Jul 31, 2019, 08:16 AM
underpants (159,289 posts)
Someone stole 9 tarantulas off this lady's porch. 😲
9 tarantulas shipped to SC home are missing — and unsuspecting porch pirate may be why
A package carrying several hairy spiders is missing from a South Carolina porch — and a thief may be responsible, officials say. The FedEx shipment of about nine tarantulas was supposed to arrive at an Upstate home on Friday, according to a report from the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office. A resident on Sunday told a deputy she received a notice that her package had been sent but didn’t see it on her doorstep, the report says. The spider-filled shipment was worth about $1,000, according to the sheriff’s office. https://amp.newsobserver.com/news/state/south-carolina/article233293882.html
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underpants | Jul 2019 | OP |
klook | Jul 2019 | #1 | |
marble falls | Jul 2019 | #2 | |
Disaffected | Jul 2019 | #3 | |
marble falls | Jul 2019 | #4 | |
essme | Jul 2019 | #5 | |
underpants | Jul 2019 | #6 |
Response to underpants (Original post)
Wed Jul 31, 2019, 08:22 AM
klook (9,990 posts)
1. Kinda hope the thief opened the box in his or her car,
though for the critters’ sake, I hope they got away to their natural habitat.
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Response to klook (Reply #1)
Wed Jul 31, 2019, 08:34 AM
marble falls (35,995 posts)
2. Which isn't anywhere in SC. We should be stopping the trade in "exotic" animals ...
endangered or not.
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Response to marble falls (Reply #2)
Wed Jul 31, 2019, 10:27 AM
Disaffected (1,503 posts)
3. And private zoos.
Response to Disaffected (Reply #3)
Wed Jul 31, 2019, 12:28 PM
marble falls (35,995 posts)
4. Especially private zoos.
Response to marble falls (Reply #2)
Wed Jul 31, 2019, 01:14 PM
essme (1,201 posts)
5. More than likely
they are in plastic cages, and the person is going to throw them away- in Southern August heat. They will die horrible, slow deaths.
You are correct, the exotic animal trade needs to stop. I am terrified of spiders, but I am not cruel or stupid. If one comes in my house, they are put in a "relocation facility" (an upside down mixing bowl), and taken outside on a piece of cardboard. There is no reason for a living thing (except cockroaches)- to suffer like that. |
Response to klook (Reply #1)
Wed Jul 31, 2019, 01:47 PM
underpants (159,289 posts)
6. That's a image in my mind now
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