Blake Sheldon joke about killing turtles

Here a chance for us to all make a difference in a small way. Apparently this country western singer is a real jerk. He tweeted a few days ago about purposely swerving off the road to run over an endangered eastern box turtle. Seems after alot of flak from us herp lovers he said it was a joke, BUT he never gave a sincere apology and laughed at us all and said to get a life and get laid. He was going to relax and have a bowl of turtle soup, and more stuff like that. In addition he insulted herper professionals in his tweets, and implied that he has given over a million dollars in animal rescue and conservation, BUT so far no one has been able to find any record of it.

Please go on his facebook, research his tweets and comment on his facebook. This guy needs a severe case of "grow-up". He has many young impressionable fans, being the justin beeber of country music and they are now thinking it's cool to kill wildlife, especially turtles. Please go to his Facebook page and post comments.


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im already there lol

what a lamer he is! not in hell, so I couldn't call him what I wanted to.

he tweets:
"For the last time I didn't hit a turtle! I haven't seen a turtle! So please all you turtle freaks go back to eating your boogers!! It's ok."

now he's acting all proud that everyone is talking about it..

Hopefully his music sales take an appropriate dip.

Honestly, I figured from the start that it was just a poorly thought out "publicity stunt". How many people that swerve to the roadside to hit a turtle or snake can actually identify it as anything other than a turtle or snake? Naming the specific turtle and referencing that it is protected doesn't really match the action, IMO.
Regardless, it was a dumb move; and, sadly, while it may cost him some fans, the stereotypical redneck C&W fan will not only relate, many will emulate...no doubt yelling his name as their pickup truck kicks up roostertails of dust/dirt.

He ain't that type of redneck nor will he suffer in any way for this,
he had a good laugh which is all that matters in his world right?

Originally Posted by Metachrosis

He ain't that type of redneck nor will he suffer in any way for this,
he had a good laugh which is all that matters in his world right?

I still think he is a
that was a horrible "joke".

Well I can't comment about the case above, but as one who does reptile displays daily, I get told about the case of the man who swerved to hit a snake on the road constantly.
In fact I even recall a published study some years back on the same subject (USA study)and it found that most people tried to miss most non-snake animals, but aimed for the snakes.
Here in Australia, fake snakes were used to target people illegally catching snakes on roads at night...
All the best

He is not a jerk i meet him while i was in the army and escorted him around post. after his concert he went out to the local bar and bought everyones drinks. So he made a comment get over it. sorry to sound like an a** also. im not saying its ok to run over animals on purpose but why is everyone making a big deal about it theres nothing you can do. his record sales will not go down at all just because of the comment.

also if it really was a protected animal he wouldve been fined just like the baseball pitcher got fined for hitting the eagle and that was outta his hands totally.