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Seafood Dealer Accused of Cruelty in Turtles' Deaths - Los Angeles Times
Red-eared turtles, sliders, Mississippi mud turtles, snapping turtles and others were found dead or dying, maggot-infested, with gaping wounds and missing limbs. But 724 more were still alive. On Tuesday, the owner of a Canoga Park seafood company who authorities say left the turtles there was ...
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Mark Osterholt: Plagerist, Spammer, and Felon
The Rasch Outdoor Chronicles — ... 700 freshwater turtles to die in a parked van and in a storage unit he had rented. Some where even frozen to death by his callus disregard for their welfare. Osterholt was trying to get them off his hands by illegally selling them to Asian markets and restaurants after illegally importing them into California. He was ultimately incarcerated for sixty days, with 30 days of road crew duty. You can find the details, as reported by, the San Fransisco Chronicle here and ...

Hot To Stop The Scam Artist Mark Osterholt
Turkey Scratchins — ... would spend most of his day sifting through blog posts he's stealing to weed out the ones who have pics of him with his head up his butt. CHARGE!!!!! One post may just make Mark gun shy to steal the blog posts so we may not have to do it but once. It gets worse, the more we turn over rocks the more we find the true Mark Osterholt. http://articles.latimes.com/1994-09-22/local/me-41711_1_animal-cruelty ...

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Whitetail Woods — ... 700 freshwater turtles to die in a parked van and in a storage unit he had rented. Some where even frozen to death by his callus disregard for their welfare. Osterholt was trying to get them off his hands by illegally selling them to Asian markets and restaurants after illegally importing them into California. He was ultimately incarcerated for sixty days, with 30 days of road crew duty. You can find the details, as reported by, the San Fransisco Chronicle here and ...

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sfgate.com 7/2/2009 — Mark Rommel Osterholt, 28, of West Hills pleaded no contest Tuesday to charges of animal cruelty and possession of a prohibited animal species -- snapping turtles , the city attorney's office said. Van Nuys Municipal Court Commissioner Mitchell Block ...