By Lisa Buie, Times Staff Writer
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Lisa Richardson holds a 5-week-old squirrel at her home in Land O’Lakes on Friday. Richardson rehabilitates squirrels out of her home and was shocked when her neighbor shot a squirrel with a pellet gun recently.
LAND O'LAKES — Lisa Richardson thought she had her squirrel killer dead to rights.
"BB guns and pellet rifles are not allowed for taking wildlife," the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation said on its website.
"Why is she getting off scot-free?" fumed Richardson, who wondered why the law enforcement officers who visited her neighbor last week didn't cite the woman for using a pellet gun to shoot a nuisance squirrel that was attacking her lanai screen.
Instead, the wildlife officer scolded Richardson for feeding the bushy-tailed critters peanuts.
"Now all of a sudden I'm the bad guy," said Richardson, who works for ...