Mitchell, South Dakota – A video, uploaded to social media by a man named Jonathon Wilson, has sparked an animal cruelty investigation. The Facebook video, showing a caged squirrel allegedly being drowned, was shared with the Mitchell Police Department on October 8 and then referred to the Davison County Sheriff for an investigation.
In the video, Wilson explains that squirrels have been eating his apples. He mentions capturing seven so far and shows a large garbage or recycling bin full of water where he will give the caged squirrel a “swimming lesson.” He drops the caged squirrel into the water and says that it, “will run around for a while but after that he will be finished.”
The sheriff’s office investigation findings have been forwarded to the State’s Attorney’s Office, which will determine whether South Dakota’s animal cruelty laws apply to wildlife in this case and whether criminal charges are warranted.
As reported by Cowboy State Daily, when questioned about the caged squirrels being plunged into the water, he responded, that he doesn’t know that “anything was drowned.” Adding, “That’s an assumption people are making,” Wilson said. “I said I’m putting him in for a bath and then I removed him after his bath was over.”
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71 Comments
If he were my neighbor, I’d put them in the hospital for that. How do people who do stuff like this not get any ninja justice?
This vile, mentally deranged animal killer requires instigation of the death penalty. A slow and agonizing extermination!
Another idiot human in our midst.
This pig is a waste of skin. I’d drown him and sell tickets.
What a POS!!!! They damn well better prosecute this ass*ole! I wish I could give him a swimming lesson.
Another piece of garbage. If you have fruit, you are going to have wildlife. Don’t blame the wildlife. The jerk needs to be put in a cage and treated in the same fashion.
That ignorant POS needs to be locked in a cage and dropped in a pond and let that evil malicious monster run around until he is dead . What a total waste of air and space. Vile evil nonhuman sup species.
Ron and LR – exactly
Drown this RAT before he murders again!
The fcking entitlement of these old white men!!!! You have food outside where wildlife lives and looks for food. Thinking you can just keep food out there and do nothing to protect it from wildlife, accept kill any and all wildlife around is fcking insane! This is another reason we need a matriarchy society. We protect. Men r@pe. murder. and pillage. This scum bag needs to feel exactly what that poor innocent squirrel felt. I save animals in ned. including wildlife, while these monsters cant stop KILLING!
YES, HE’S A FKN DEMON POS, BUT KEEP YOUR RACIST COMMENTS TO YOURSELF!!
This is NOT HIS FIRST MASS KILLING AND IT WILL NOT BE HIS LAST AS EVIDENCED BY HIS EXPLICIT THOUGHT OUT AND DESIGNED KILLING MACHINE OF SLOW TORTURE AND MURDER/DROWNING OF UNTOLD NUMBERS OF HELPLESS CAPTIVE VICTIMS WHICH OBVIOUSLY BRINGS HIM A SENSE OF CONTROL AND PERVERTED SATISFACTION VIA HIS SICKENING HITLER HANDIWORK!! WERE THE RECORDINGS OF HIS SLOW DROWNING/TORTURE SYSTEM INCLUDING WATCHING THE PANICKING DYING SQIRRELS “RUNNING AROUND” WHILE STOWLY DROWNING MADE SO THIS PERVERT COULD GET HIS JOLLIES OVER AND OVER AGAIN AFTER HE HAD MURDERED THE VERY LAST SENTIENT VICTIM? VERY, VERY DEPRAVED!! IS HIS NEXT DEPRAVED STEP SOMEONE’S PET CAT OR PYPPY OR EVEN 2 LEGGED VICTIMS? IF NOTHING IS DONE TO PUNISH AND STOP HIM, PERHAPS HIS NEXT VICTIMS WILL BE YOU OR YOURS? IF HE HAS DONE THIS LEVEL OF DEPRAVITY OVER A FEW APPLES……..
This is NOT HIS FIRST MASS KILLING AND IT WILL NOT BE HIS LAST AS EVIDENCED BY HIS EXPLICIT THOUGHT OUT AND DESIGNED KILLING MACHINE OF SLOW TORTURE AND MURDER/DROWNING OF UNTOLD NUMBERS OF HELPLESS CAPTIVE VICTIMS WHICH OBVIOUSLY BRINGS HIM A SENSE OF CONTROL AND PERVERTED SATISFACTION VIA HIS SICKENING HITLER HANDIWORK!! WERE THE RECORDINGS OF HIS SLOW DROWNING/TORTURE SYSTEM INCLUDING WATCHING THE PANICKING DYING SQIRRELS “RUNNING AROUND” WHILE STOWLY DROWNING MADE SO THIS PERVERT COULD GET HIS JOLLIES OVER AND OVER AGAIN AFTER HE HAD MURDERED THE VERY LAST SENTIENT VICTIM? VERY, VERY DEPRAVED!! IS HIS NEXT DEPRAVED STEP SOMEONE’S PET CAT OR PYPPY OR EVEN 2 LEGGED VICTIMS? IF NOTHING IS DONE TO PUNISH AND STOP HIM, PERHAPS HIS NEXT VICTIMS WILL BE YOU OR YOURS? IF HE HAS DONE THIS LEVEL OF DEPRAVITY OVER A FEW APPLES……..
What an ignorant pig! You thought it was something to be proud of…to post that online? Not only are you giving ideas to other sick people you’re showing what a stupid asshole you are! I can’t believe that’s not considered animal cruelty in the state. That needs to change now and that stupid state.! Animal cruelty is never OK. Why don’t we make it a law across the country with full consequences, including steep fines and jail time!
Jonathon Wilson is a cruel, evil man. He slaughters the squirrel for eating apples? Are you kidding me? This man along with other lunatics believe in violent responses to everything. They can’t cope in the world, so put them away. They are a menace to society.
Just drown him and be done. Waste of air anyway.
Kill it now it shouldn’t breathe
Kill it now it shouldn’t breathe
this man I truly evil! the squirrels live outside, the apple tree is outside, to me the apples belong to the animal, not this monster who enjoys catching and driving them. This is very disturbing and I pray he is locked up for 5 years for each squirrel he murdered 😢
Sick piece of shit.
Put the bastards in jail, tie his hands and let a bunch of squirrels into his cell and let them eat his NUTS.
Yes!
Put the pathetic inbred scum bags behind bars!
Put the pathetic inbred scum bags behind bars!