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Linda G.
06-17-2009, 10:20 PM
FYI to anyone who may have mounts there-from Channel 9 and 10 News up here:

The owners of Burton Taxidermy in Cheboygan spent the day cleaning out freezers full of animal hides after police say someone disabled the power supply to the business.

Jim and Dawn Burton had been out of town for the past three weeks and noticed the power outage when they returned home this morning.

Police believe someone ripped off the electric meter and then broke into the business.

They say nothing is missing, but thousands of dollars worth of taxidermy was lost due to the power to the freezers being cut off.

Police are investigating at least three other break-ins similar to this one that happened on the other side of town within the past month.

If you have information on any of the recent break-ins, call police.

9&10's Christina Vecchioni and photojournalist Aaron Smith have more details on how much Burton lost.



mike the pike
06-17-2009, 10:48 PM
Some scumbags just ruined that business and hundreds of memories from sportsman like you and i
bucknduck
06-18-2009, 12:24 PM
Smells like PETA scum targeting taxidermy shops or at least someone that would want to make us point the finger at PETA.
BowtechGuy
06-18-2009, 12:47 PM
Smells like PETA scum targeting taxidermy shops or at least someone that would want to make us point the finger at PETA.


My thoughts exactly
tjstebb
06-18-2009, 02:09 PM
they have been having the same problem up there for weeks now.....alot of places being broke into and the power cut on all of them.....they said they are cutting power to determine if the place has a alarm system or not before they break in.... this is the first place that has anything to do with hunting.....
tjstebb
Linda G.
06-18-2009, 07:30 PM
some of the idiots are taking the boxes for the copper in them...there's no market anymore for copper, prices are way down. But they're willing to risk electrocuting themselves to get an ounce or two.
ramitupurs84
06-19-2009, 02:49 PM
This makes me sick.

I hope the customers realize how crappy the people who own and work in the place will be...I hope they bit their lips..it's not their fault. It sucks all around.