I'll say it again,
Bit? through gloves?
WTF, those disposable thin plastic/rubber crap medical gloves?
Fucking UNTRAINED IDIOTS.
Handling critters I wear heavy gloves. Even with cattle and horses.
Back when I had a federal permit for raptors, we wore welders gloves.
And, another again, both critters were already in quarantine, the guys apartment, and had zero exposure to "the wild"
I'm going along with that the idiots had a snuff intent from the start.
Yes the guy was in violation. Take the guy to court for the violation first, not just grab and snuff the critters.
Of note is that NYS Assemblyman Jake Blumencranz has proposed a new law that modifies animal seizures in NYS.
https://www.syracuse.com/state/2024/...uthanized.html
I suggest that folks get vocal supporting that.