{"id":336303,"date":"2026-09-02T21:18:45","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T21:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/336303\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T21:18:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T21:18:45","slug":"turtle-with-fish-hook-in-mouth-found-tethered-submerged-inside-a-cage-in-lake-at-long-island-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/336303\/","title":{"rendered":"Turtle with fish hook in mouth found tethered, submerged inside a cage in lake at Long Island park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"WPVI logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/origin-wpvi.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, September 2, 2026 2:18PM<\/p>\n<p>The turtle was caged and submerged at a lake in Deer Park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">LONG ISLAND, N.Y. &#8212; Park Rangers on Long Island found an abused turtle at a park in Suffolk County.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The turtle was found tethered and submerged inside a cage at Geiger Park Lake in Deer Park last Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The turtle also had a fish hook in its mouth and the cage was secured with zip ties.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl vBqtr KrDt itslR zFTjo hakZw HlUVI \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/19760689_082926-turtle-abuse.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The rangers spotted it as they responded to a complaint about people on e-bikes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">The turtle was taken to West Islip Veterinary Hospital for emergency evaluation and medical treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wednesday, September 2, 2026 2:18PM The turtle was caged and submerged at a lake in Deer Park. LONG&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":336304,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[126304,9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-336303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-126304","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}