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Creekside Animal Hospital has partnered with the Clay County Sheriff's Office to find a man seen endangering their animals by feeding them large amounts of human food.
STORY: Clay County alpaca dies after motorist feeds it Doritos, Cheese Nips
In a Facebook post, hospital administrators posted their youngest alpaca, Ollie, died Saturday from his injuries. It said in part, “It is with a heavy heart that we want to inform our clients and friends at the elementary school that our youngest alpaca that was born out on the shared field over a year ago has passed away.”
Safe and sound tonight.. but Creekside Animal Hospital is still recovering after a baby #alpaca was killed because a man dumped bags of junk food over the fence. The hospital says they might move the animals to keep them safe. @ActionNewsJax @WOKVNews pic.twitter.com/Mf1XRB0F6l
— Elizabeth Pace (@PaceAnJax) August 20, 2018
“We were just driving by and we see the guy just feeding the animals over there,” neighbor Milton Tirado said. He added that he has seen this man bring food on several different occasions.
Other witnesses saw a man dump several food items over the fence at on the hospital's field, including a bag of Doritos, two boxes of Cheese Nips, two bags of whole peanuts, and three boxes of animals crackers.
The hospital staff spent about 36 hours trying to save Ollie, who was just about one year old.
“I think it’s despicable myself. We’re supposed to be loving our animals and they’re feeding them junk food,” a neighbor says out of frustration about the baby alpaca death. His name was Ollie and just over a year old. @ActionNewsJax @WOKVNews Story: https://t.co/oB6CLfFBm1 pic.twitter.com/L9aRph4wfA
— Elizabeth Pace (@PaceAnJax) August 20, 2018
“I think it’s despicable myself,” neighbor Glenn Ankton said. “We’re supposed to be loving our animals and they’re feeding them junk food?”
Several neighbors, including Ankton and Tirado, told Action News Jax they witness people feeding the animals human food through the fence.
“People shouldn’t be feeding them,” Ankton said. “Maybe you should put a sign out there, ‘Don’t feed the animals,’ or stuff.”
Action News Jax asked hospital administrators details on the incident but they declined to comment at all. They referred us to the Clay County Sheriff’s Office for further questions.
Clay County Sheriff’s Office told Action News Jax they are working with the hospital and they will share a report with Action News Jax if it becomes available.
We’re told the man was seen driving a blue vehicle and dumped Doritos, two boxes of cheese nips, and whole peanuts to the baby alpaca, which later killed him. Neighbors say they see people feeding the animals all the time. Story: https://t.co/oB6CLfFBm1 @ActionNewsJax @WOKVNews pic.twitter.com/ExkFndwrw2
— Elizabeth Pace (@PaceAnJax) August 20, 2018
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