Attorney: PETA worker neglected snakes in his care

[wilomn]

I do know that there were more than 26,000 animals that has been released to the public, there were wallabies, Hedgehogs, Chinchillas, sloths in addition to the reptiles and they were in significant enough numbers that one person could not have cared for them all. These animals require daily care more than a tarantula or even a snake requires.
And given other things that I Know I hope that the Judge awards the animals to the state, That is what the "if" was for, there is no guarantee the state will get them.
The news stories do not tell everything and regardless of whether I agree with the methods used to bring the case to light, there where problems there.

Obfuscation now.

It's cool. You're passionate. I guess.

But you don't really know much more than anyone else, no matter how you slice it IF you know more at all.

It's this type of wild rumor slinging, or fact tossing without the benefit of any actual facts if that makes it more palatable, but it's still a far cry from speaking out of direct knowledge and not speculating on what you've heard or read, that make many reptile keepers, as well as other keepers with passion but lacking in patience, appear foolhardy and ready to believe whatever they are told is fact so long as it cozies up to their emotional connection to these abused creatures.

Ya know?

[kazboots]

Obfuscation now.

It's cool. You're passionate. I guess.

But you don't really know much more than anyone else, no matter how you slice it IF you know more at all.

I know its hard to take someones word when they can't tell you the facts they have, so I will leave it at that.
I just don't like that people are saying that one employee could have changed the care of that many animals, granted he could have made a difference to the animals in his direct care and may have been able to do more, but there were many more animals that were not in his direct care.

[WingedWolfPsion]

No, I think the problem is that we can't be sure what condition the majority of those animals were in, but the employee who wasn't doing his job because he was too busy taking photos is one problem we can definitely point at. If he was taking care of 1000 wallabies, then he didn't have enough time to do it--if he was taking care of 1000 herps, then his claim that he couldn't do it is suspect.