Blake Shelton takes to Twitter, implies he deliberately killed threatened turtle
By Jeff Barringer · July 27, 2012 11:28 pm
Country and western singer Blake Shelton -- also a judge on this season's "The Voice" -- proved once again the old dictum that famous doesn't equal smart by posting a Tweet today implying that he deliberately went out of his way to run over an Eastern Box Turtle in Oklahoma, a species that is not only protected but is under incredible pressures throughout its range.
Can anyone really be this desperate for ratings or publicity?
Whether the Ada, Oklahoma, native did or didn't purposely run over and kill a protected species would be difficult to prove, and something that is probably best left to the professionals at the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation and their fine law enforcement team, but Mr. Shelton has certainly provided ample evidence that he is a moron. For all those reptile people with a Twitter account, I would encourage you to stop by and drop him a note.Does anyone know if the Eastern Box turtle is protected in Oklahoma? If so I didn't just swerve to the shoulder of the road to smash one...
— Blake Shelton (@blakeshelton) July 27, 2012




