Man shot with his own gun while trying to protect sea turtle babies

Apparently the friend of your enemy is your enemy, when it comes to sea turtles -- at least in Florida, where a Vietnam veteran was allegedly shot with his own gun by someone who took exception to his efforts to protect a sea turtle nest. From Local10.com:

A Vietnam veteran was shot while trying to save baby sea turtles at a South Florida beach. Stan Pannaman, 72, of Tamarac, was shot Friday night near a sea turtle nest in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea. Pannaman said he and Doug Young, a fellow volunteer trying to protect the nest, were confronted by Michael McAuliffe, who approached them and said he didn't like sea turtles. "He got more aggressive and he got up and he came towards us and he started pulling the stakes away from the nest area," Young told Local 10 News.

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