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This is worse than hurting kittens: one Florida driver gets no points for smarts or a kind heart, after deliberately driving towards and then running over ducklings in the middle of the road.
According to an affidavit obtained by The Smoking Gun, James Clairmont was dead drunk when he drove his Ford truck over the poor ducklings. There were 11 of them and they were playing in a shallow puddle in the middle of the road, only a street away from Clairmont resided. Moreover, there were people outside too and they actually yelled at him to stop his car because he was about to hurt the ducks.
“After slowing down for a speed bump, witnesses saw Clairmont ‘then quickly accelerate towards the ducklings intentionally,’ cops report. As witnesses screamed for him to stop his vehicle, Clairmont allegedly ‘ran over three of the ducklings and fled the area to his home which is one street away from the scene’,” the publication writes.
Two of the ducks died on the spot and the third one was taken to an animal hospital for treatment. The report doesn’t say if it survived, but it does say this: when cops arrived at Clairmont’s home, they found blood and feathers on his truck, but he claimed the road was clear when he passed on it.
About two hours after the heartless gesture had passed and Clairmont seemed “highly intoxicated.” Police believe he was just as drunk when he drove over the poor creatures.
Clairmont was arrested for aggravated animal cruelty, a felony. He has a long rap sheet, including drug arrests and domestic violence, and a series of vehicular offenses like leaving the scene of an accident, driving without a license or insurance, and driving while in possession of an open container of alcohol.
That is to say, his story that killing the poor ducklings may have been some sort of mistake holds absolutely no water.
“After slowing down for a speed bump, witnesses saw Clairmont ‘then quickly accelerate towards the ducklings intentionally,’ cops report. As witnesses screamed for him to stop his vehicle, Clairmont allegedly ‘ran over three of the ducklings and fled the area to his home which is one street away from the scene’,” the publication writes.
Two of the ducks died on the spot and the third one was taken to an animal hospital for treatment. The report doesn’t say if it survived, but it does say this: when cops arrived at Clairmont’s home, they found blood and feathers on his truck, but he claimed the road was clear when he passed on it.
About two hours after the heartless gesture had passed and Clairmont seemed “highly intoxicated.” Police believe he was just as drunk when he drove over the poor creatures.
Clairmont was arrested for aggravated animal cruelty, a felony. He has a long rap sheet, including drug arrests and domestic violence, and a series of vehicular offenses like leaving the scene of an accident, driving without a license or insurance, and driving while in possession of an open container of alcohol.
That is to say, his story that killing the poor ducklings may have been some sort of mistake holds absolutely no water.
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