A Tennessee sheriff’s workplace is searching for an individual that they imagine killed nearly a dozen raccoons, which is the state’s ‘official wild animal’. The particular person reportedly then dumped the critters’ lifeless our bodies underneath a bridge.

The sherrif’s workplace in Newport posted on Fb saying,

“Our group has such magnificence after which you may have a legal kill these raccoons and throw them underneath the Bridgeport Bridge.”

The submit included footage of the scene, which confirmed 11 raccoons lifeless throughout the concrete and surrounded by trash underneath the Bridgeport Bridge. The sheriff’s workplace mentioned that they had been notified of the scene from a resident and the workplace thanked those that helped clear up the world.

“Because of Ron for coming in on his break day and our litter crew to scrub up the mess that was left. Trailer stuffed with trash, home equipment, tires and eliminated the raccoons from the world. We will likely be monitoring this space extra usually. Thanks for the citizen criticism that we acquired this morning and glad to get it cleaned up shortly.”

Sheriff C.J. Ball mentioned that it was not clear how the animals had died however that the raccoons “seemed to be eaten by one other animal partially,”WATE reported.

“If we obtain info of who’s accountable, we are going to contact our DA workplace to see what we are able to prosecute the people with,” Ball instructed WATE.

“PLEASE NOTIFY the sheriffs workplace of unlawful dumping and different points” that trigger the county to be “trashed,” the workplace mentioned, promising litter citations if the workplace is ready to show to whom the trash belongs.
“That is completely ridiculous that some people proceed to do what they do.”

This article by Hailey Kanowsky was first printed by OneGreenPlanet on 3 March 2023. 

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