School turtle ‘that was fed a live puppy by a US biology teacher’ is euthanised
Accounts differ as to whether children were present when the ‘sick, deformed’ puppy was devoured by the turtle
An Idaho junior school has become the nexus of a bizarre and horrifying animal rights storm after a biology teacher reportedly fed a live puppy to the school turtle – which has now been euthanised.
Preston Junior High School biology teacher Robert Crosland was identified on Tuesday by East Idaho News as the man who fed a sick puppy to the turtle, which was put down by local authorities on Thursday.
And now the school has been hit with threats from people furious about the entire debacle, local police have said.
The controversy emerged this week after two parents accused Crosland – who has not been identified by police or the school authority – of the gruesome act.
Crosland was alleged by some parents and students to have fed the “deformed” dog to the turtle in front of pupils – although the school said it occurred “well after students were dismissed”.