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Gringos Charged for a Dead Sea Turtle

Biznaga - 9-5-2024 at 05:23 PM

Article from the Gringo Gazette - September 5, 2024;

https://gringogazette.com/2024/09/05/gringos-charged-for-a-d...

Article from BCS Noticas - August 8, 2024

https://www.bcsnoticias.mx/se-denunciara-a-los-responsables-...

Google Translate of the article from BCS Noticas;

La Paz, Baja California Sur (BCS)

After a couple of dog attacks on turtles that were nesting in Pescadero and Todos Santos were reported, the mayor of La Paz, Milena Quiroga Romero, reported that the owners of the dogs have already been identified and a complaint will be filed with the Civic Justice Department.

“Yes, an investigation is being carried out; people don't know, because we all know each other locally, so they have been identified, a complaint will be filed, it will be applied through the Civic Justice Department, because we cannot allow the turtles that come to nest to be put at risk; so yes, we will act,” said the municipal president.

It is worth remembering that, on August 5, some dogs attacked turtles that were nesting in the aforementioned localities. In addition, they pointed out that they were domestic dogs, because when they want to catch them, they hide inside their houses.

“This is an environmental crime. And well, the owners will have to give a lot of explanations. And, on the other hand, operations are already underway with some authorities to capture these dogs that killed these turtles and in the case of not finding an owner or not finding the person responsible, the authorities will have to act, because these dogs, which are predators of the turtles, cannot be released again,” declared the founder of the Network for the Protection of the Sea Turtle, Graciela Tiburcio Pintos.

In addition, the environmentalist asserted that there is a notable frustration among the turtle keepers of Todos Santos and Pescadero because the municipal authorities have not taken into account the reports of these attacks that are not new, since last year 17 turtles were attacked by canines in the same place.

Finally, Quiroga Romero said that this is his first report of turtles, since last year the citizens put up fences to protect the turtles so that other animals and people do not approach them, and that should be the reaction of the entire community.

“The truth is that this is the first report that I have to deal with, last year we saw turtles that were here on the boardwalk and it was very nice to see the reaction of the people, they even put up some fences, they protected them so that animals and people do not approach them. That is the reaction that we should have as a community, and I hope that we are going to work in Pescadero so that, as a community, we also take care of them,” he said.


Bajazly - 9-5-2024 at 05:42 PM

Good!! Keep control of your dogs or pay the price. No excuse for this.

3 Women dead here in SF this year and 17 turtles in BCS from domestic dogs, make the owners liable.

Tioloco - 9-6-2024 at 07:46 AM

Quote: Originally posted by Bajazly  
Good!! Keep control of your dogs or pay the price. No excuse for this.

3 Women dead here in SF this year and 17 turtles in BCS from domestic dogs, make the owners liable.


3 women in San Felipe have been killed by dogs this year?

BajaBlanca - 9-6-2024 at 07:48 AM

3 women dead in dog attacks?

Bajazly - 9-6-2024 at 09:47 AM

Yes, 3 in SF this year.

mtgoat666 - 9-6-2024 at 10:33 AM

Quote: Originally posted by Bajazly  
Yes, 3 in SF this year.


I recall an american woman was killed by dogs while walking on the beach. What were the other 2 attacks?

Bajazly - 9-6-2024 at 11:50 AM

Another on a beach in town, her daughter got away, and a Mexican lady by the side of the road down near the 7/11 at the south end of town.

WideAngleWandering - 10-15-2024 at 11:37 PM

Damn. When I was in SF back in April my buddy was attacked by a street dog right in town.

Luckily for everyone the dog bit once and backed off. I was concerned as this dog looked part pit and all I had was a small pocket knife.

Since then I've been thinking about adding some pepper spray to my kit.

Tioloco - 10-16-2024 at 04:58 AM

Quote: Originally posted by WideAngleWandering  
Damn. When I was in SF back in April my buddy was attacked by a street dog right in town.

Luckily for everyone the dog bit once and backed off. I was concerned as this dog looked part pit and all I had was a small pocket knife.

Since then I've been thinking about adding some pepper spray to my kit.


May have to carry the old machete around San Felipe these days.

cupcake - 10-16-2024 at 09:05 AM

The dog situation in Guerrero Negro last May-June was terrible. In my first stay there, I was on foot, and I felt lucky to escape being bitten. On my second stay I had a bicycle, and again I felt lucky to have avoided being bitten. My Mexican friend, who is an avid bike rider, told me that GN is the worst place on the peninsula for dogs, and it is because the city government is not doing anything to change the situation.

JZ - 10-16-2024 at 09:08 AM

When you ride dirt bikes in the little towns you best always have your boots on to swat them away.

Lee - 10-16-2024 at 09:47 AM

On San Pedrito beach, I carry my knife open and clipped to my belt and eye ball the area for dogs. In my neighborhood, people have been bitten and dogs running free in packs not uncommon.

In La Paz, while attending Se Habla, staying at Aquamarina, I rode my bike through the barrio and carried a water bottle to squirt the dogs that chased me. It worked.

If I ever saw a dog attacking a turtle, it would be all over for the dog.

surabi - 10-16-2024 at 11:55 AM

Years ago when travelling in Mexico with a friend, he had bought one of those yoyos that light up when they spin. We were walking down a street at night and he was playing with the yoyo, and we found that the dogs scattered away.

Also, Mexicans throw rocks at dogs to back them off. So most Mexican dogs will back off if you bend down as if you are picking up a rock, even if there don't even happen to be any rocks there to pick up.