ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — The New York State Division of Environmental Conservation is reminding residents to chorus from portray squirrels, after a Patterson man was accused of doing simply that.
In response to the DEC, the Putnam County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals suspected a person on parole was portray squirrels pink and releasing them right into a park.
Environmental conservation law enforcement officials carried out a surveillance operation on December 28. They allegedly noticed a pink squirrel cross a avenue lower than a block away from the suspect’s house.
When investigators interviewed the person on January 13, he allegedly admitted to trapping the squirrels, portray them pink, and releasing them. He stated he did it to maintain monitor of which squirrels returned to his house and made his canine bark.
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“By no means thought we’d should say this,” the DEC tweeted, “however DON’T PAINT SQUIRRELS!”
Environmental conservation officers ticketed the person “for violations associated to the trapping, transporting, and liberating of wildlife.” He was additionally charged for mistreating animals by the Putnam County SPCA.