Teen puts turtle in the microwave, shares on social media for the world to see
WARNING - Distressing content: Internet users have shared their outrage after a teenage girl shared before and after photos of her turtle's death and said it was because she microwaved it.
Jonasia Simpson received numerous threats and abuse after sharing the photos purported to show the baby turtle alive and dead.
Believed to be an American teenager from Boston, Jonasia has since had an online petition created about her, asking for her to be charged with animal cruelty.
It's understood her mother was informed about the incident and allegedly laughed the matter off.
The petition asks for Boston Police Department to get involved in the matter.
"Jonasia Simpson put her family’s pet turtle in their microwave, cruelly and inhumanely putting it to death for no reason other than that she was bored," the change.org petition reads.
"Her mother, Shanitha Blocker, was made aware of the atrocious and horrendous act, and instead of taking action or disciplining her daughter, she laughed and supported her daughter’s actions."
"Not only did Jonasia kill her family pet, and not only did her mother support the actions, but they have shown together a complete disregard for the lives and welfare of all animals.
"Charges of animal cruelty must be brought against the two of them and they must be imprisoned or at the very least fined to the full extent of the law in the hopes that they never again get the opportunity to kill or harm another innocent, helpless animal."
Thousands of Twitter users have been posting about the situation.
