A New Jersey woman is facing a $1,000 dollar fine for harboring wild animals, or at least that’s what the courts are calling it. Maria Vaccarella, a resident of Howell, NJ, took in two baby squirrels after their mother had abandoned them on her property this summer.
She found them all alone and vulnerable to hungry predators. She wasn’t looking for pet squirrels, nor did she intend to purposefully break the law. Out of the kindness of her heart, she took the two baby squirrels into her home and nursed them back to health, fully intending on returning them back to the wild once they were strong enough.
Despite her good intentions, two officers showed up at her door.
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Thank you for not letting them suffer and die.
F..k the govt…. I save wildlife all the time.
Its NJ what did you expect?
FUCKING LIBERALISM AGAIN. ALL LIBERALS SHOULD DIE.
What?
this is simply pathetic…. Woman helps a baby squirrel and gets punished for doing a good kind thing… Sure the government cause this is a perfect case of injustice being carried out!
So the National Wildlife Foundation offered to pay her fine? Aren’t they the very “foundation” passing such laws? The damn law needs to be changed, that would be the right thing for them to do! We want the government OUT of our lives…. And the friend(?) that turned this woman in for her compassion should never be in a physical/ emotional situation where she needs the compassion of her fellow man!
Jersey is full of squirrels…
Wrong very wrong
You didn’t Linda,and to brian you are a sorry excuse of a human!