Today we had three people out of work so I had to take over somebody elses position for the day. I went into the principal's office at the school and found out he had a pet box turtle in an aquarium. I heard it before I saw it!! This poor turtle was breathing so loudly from a respiratory infection I could here it across the room. It had no food in its cage and a little dish of water. The ridge in the center of its back shell is sticking out like a starved animal's backbone. Its skin was dry and cracked. Its nails were so long they curled in a circle. Its shell was so dry and the hinge part was cracked all the way across and peeling badly. It almost looked deep enough that the whole hinge could fall off should it crack any more. It only had a small heat rock, no lights, no tank cover really. Nasty old dried out wood chips for bedding, like the kind you find on a playground.
I'm calling the humane society first thing in the morning to see what they can do. I can't lose my job so I can't give them my name. I honestly think this turtle is so bad it should be put down. I cried after seeing this turtle. I don't care if there are one or two good teachers out there, every school pet I've seen was in horrible shape. I just wanted to scream "I hate teachers" and "teachers are sick sick human beings" and trash the whole school. I'm so sick of seeing things like this.
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12/02
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