Man runs over family of ducklings with lawn mower

[madoka]

What a complete jackass. And yes, it's Florida.

Laura Gontchar loved the family of 11 Muscovy ducklings and their mother that lived near her home in Wellington, Fla. After the ducklings hatched, Gontchar and her family would leave food out for them and watch as the ducks ventured out of their lake to eat.

That’s exactly what Gontchar; her husband, Boyd Jentzsch; and their 7-year-old son, Kai, were doing on May 2, they said. That is, until Jason Falbo, a landscaper working his way through the yard on a riding lawnmower, started heading straight for the family of ducklings.

Gontchar told the Palm Beach Post that she ran outside to flag Falbo down as he approached the ducklings. Her son followed her, she said. “He was yelling, ‘Stop, stop! Ducks! Stop!’”

But according to the family, Falbo plowed right into the family of ducklings, then backed up his lawnmower to run them over again. All but two of the ducklings were killed; seven were killed in the lawnmower’s blades and two others were injured and drowned as what remained of the family escaped back to the safety of the lake.

On Wednesday, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office arrested and charged Falbo with nine counts of animal cruelty, according to the office’s inmate records. He’s being held on a $27,000 bond.

 

[evident]

death penalty

 

[brainhulk]

Stop trolling.


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[Obsy]

What a quack-job. Let's see him try to flap out of this one

 

[EliteRetard]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k01DIVDJlY

...

 

[lxskllr]

People are shitbags. I once saw a guy swerve to hit a tortoise on the side of the road. If that happened on my property, he'd have woken up in the hospital.

 

[Fingolfin269]

He looks like the kind of guy who would run over a family of ducklings then back up and do it again just to be sure.

 

[Murloc]

why was he riding a lawnmower on someone else's garden?

 

[Puppies04]

I have no words, some people don't belong in society.

 

[Ichinisan]

Sociopath?

 

[sportage]

Last year a group of kids stoned all the newborn baby swans at a lake located in a local trailer park. None of the kids were identified or caught.
Thats why I fully support PETA.
Maybe PETA is not perfect, but whom else stands up for the helpless co-habitats of this earth?

 

[Mixolydian]

Sociopath?

Psychopath.

Animal cruelty should receive the same punishment as manslaughter or murder.

 

[shortylickens]

why was he riding a lawnmower on someone else's garden?

they said he was a landscaper.

At first I thought horrible accident. Then when it said he went straight for them and backed over them again I knew the guy was an ass.


But if they werent pets then I think he should just be charged for hunting without a licence in a non-hunting area. Nothing more.

 

[mmntech]

People really are twats. There was a story here this week where some punk set fire to a goose's nest. Fortunately, a wildlife officially caught it and put it out before the momma was badly burned, but they don't know if the eggs will hatch. The official said the goose was desperately trying to put out the fire using her wings when he arrived. Purp hasn't been caught yet.

 

[Lyfer]

That's one fvcked up mofo.

 

[DrPizza]

they said he was a landscaper.

At first I thought horrible accident. Then when it said he went straight for them and backed over them again I knew the guy was an ass.


But if they werent pets then I think he should just be charged for hunting without a licence in a non-hunting area. Nothing more.

And, hunting out of season. And hunting a federally protected species (you need a federal stamp for hunting most waterfowl). And exceeding the bag limit. And hunting with an unlawful instrument. And...

They can nail him to the wall with the hunting charges.

 

[Ichinisan]

Last year a group of kids stoned all the newborn baby swans at a lake located in a local trailer park. None of the kids were identified or caught.
Thats why I fully support PETA.
Maybe PETA is not perfect, but whom else stands up for the helpless co-habitats of this earth?

Practically all normal human beings.

 

[TheSlamma]

Practically all normal human beings.

Exactly this.

Don't have to be a member of a group in order to do good things.

 

[TheVrolok]

death penalty

This. Fuck this guy.

 

[BUTCH1]

We should have "caning" as a from of punishment in our society, this fuckwad would qualify for 4-5 whacks so he can experience the excruciating pain and for-life scarring welts on his back.

 

[Coulrophobia]

A kid in my class growing up would brag he would bury animals up to their necks and run them over with a lawn mower... I have wondered what his serial killing tally is up to now.

 

[Pacfanweb]

A kid in my class growing up would brag he would bury animals up to their necks and run them over with a lawn mower... I have wondered what his serial killing tally is up to now.

I've heard that BS since I was a kid. I suppose somewhere along the line it might have happened, but anytime you hear it now, it's likely a lie

 

[amir786_z]

Some one should lawn mower his ass.

 

[Brainonska511]

We should have "caning" as a from of punishment in our society, this fuckwad would qualify for 4-5 whacks so he can experience the excruciating pain and for-life scarring welts on his back.

 

[UncleWai]

I guess they couldn't duck under the blades.





You're a riot.

Stay out of the thread.


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