Urgent! State Trooper Deliberately Runs Over Turkey With Squad Car - Pls fax letter ASAP!

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Minnesota state trooper Mark Lund reportedly ran over

a turkey deliberately with his vehicle in Chaska

because the bird was reportedly pecking at tires and

causing drivers to swerve on the road. Reports

indicate that Lund killed the bird despite being told

by a police officer that the bird was much loved by

the community and that he should leave him alone. And

although Lund has been charged with cruelty to animals

and faces arraignment on June 4, the county attorney

handling the case has indicated that the charges might

be dropped because a Department of Natural Resources

(DNR) officer encouraged Lund to commit the act.

Unbelievably, a published article explains that the

DNR officer ?told Lund that the bird should be killed

because it was a mixture of wild and domestic turkey

and would ruin the bloodline of wild turkeys.?

 

Section 343.21 of the Minnesota statutes states that

?No person shall overdrive, overload, torture, cruelly

beat, neglect, or unjustifiably injure, maim,

mutilate, or kill any animal?? and Subd. 7. states,

?No person shall willfully instigate or in any way

further any act of cruelty to any animal or animals,

or any act tending to produce cruelty to animals.?

Clearly, Lund?s acts were willful, unjustifiable, and

cruel. As a state trooper sworn to uphold the state?s

statutes, it is vital that Lund be held accountable

for his own violations. Even if he was told by another

to run over the animal, this is no excuse for cruelty.

Any reasonable person, let alone a state trooper,

knows that it is cruel to deliberately run over an

animal.

 

Please politely contact the county attorney to ask

that the charges not be dropped and the case be

prosecuted to the full extent of the law. If anything,

ask that additional charges be brought against the DNR

officer who collaborated and instigated this act.

Contact:

 

David Torgelson

Renville County Attorney

Renville County Attorney?s Office

P.O. Box D

Olivia, MN 56277

Phone 320 523-2661

Fax 320 523-2667

 

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Please prosecute Mark Lund to the fullest extent of

the law

 

Dear Mr. Torgelson,

 

Please seek the maximum penalty allowed by law against

Mark Lund, the state trooper who reportedly ran over a

turkey deliberately with his vehicle.

 

I was very dismayed to learn that Minnesota state

trooper Mark Lund ran over a turkey deliberately with

his vehicle in Chaska because the bird was reportedly

pecking at tires and causing drivers to swerve on the

road. Reports indicate that Lund killed the bird

despite being told by a police officer that the bird

was much loved by the community and that he should

leave him alone. And although Lund has been charged

with cruelty to animals and faces arraignment on June

4, it is my understanding that you have indicated that

the charges might be dropped because a Department of

Natural Resources (DNR) officer encouraged Lund to

commit the act. Unbelievably, a published article

explains that the DNR officer ?told Lund that the bird

should be killed because it was a mixture of wild and

domestic turkey and would ruin the bloodline of wild

turkeys.? That is a completely invalid assertion.

If anything, additional charges should be brought

against the DNR officer who collaborated and

instigated this act.

 

Section 343.21 of the Minnesota statutes states that

?No person shall overdrive, overload, torture, cruelly

beat, neglect, or unjustifiably injure, maim,

mutilate, or kill any animal?? and Subd. 7. states,

?No person shall willfully instigate or in any way

further any act of cruelty to any animal or animals,

or any act tending to produce cruelty to animals.?

Clearly, Lund?s acts were willful, unjustifiable, and

cruel. As a state trooper sworn to uphold the state?s

statutes, it is vital that Lund be held accountable

for his own violations. Even if he was told by another

to run over the animal, this is no excuse for cruelty.

Any reasonable person, let alone a state trooper,

knows that it is cruel to deliberately run over an

animal.

 

Please send a strong message to the community that his

indefensible act will not go unpunished, by seeking

the maximum penalty allowed by law.

 

Thank you for your valuable time and consideration.

 

Sincerely,

 

 

 

 

 

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