Four accused of alligator poaching need stiffest punishment
Killing an alligator out of season has four Palm Beach County men facing felony charges. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission charged the men with alligator poaching after a Royal Palm Beach woman videotaped them beating a 10-foot alligator in a backyard of the Country Club View subdivision, agency spokesman Willie Puz said. These men need to be charged with animal cruelty and receive the stiffest punishment available for such an abuse. We petition that these men each serve the five years in jail and mandatory psychological testing and counseling and to face animal cruelty charges if convicted.
Killing an alligator out of season has four Palm Beach County men
facing felony charges. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Commission charged the men with alligator poaching after a Royal Palm
Beach woman videotaped them beating a 10-foot alligator in a backyard
of the Country Club View subdivision, agency spokesman Willie Puz said. With more than 1
million alligators lurking in Florida waters, the reptiles are no
longer on the state's endangered species list. Even so, killing one of
the creatures out of season has four Palm Beach County men facing
felony charges.
Steve Camillera, 33,
Robin Rosovich, 40, and Thomas Beniamino, 44, all of Royal Palm Beach,
and Domingo Riviera, 50, of Loxahatchee, face up to five years in
prison.
State Attorney's Office spokesman Michael Edmondson declined to comment
on the case and whether additional charges, such as animal cruelty,
might be forthcoming. We petition that these men each serve the five years in jail and mandatory psychological testing and counseling and to face animal cruelty charges if convicted. Signera petitionenSignera petitionen