The headline in The Sun Sentinel reads, “Listeners outraged after Paul Castronovo radio show tweets photo of crucified iguana.” It’s obviously hard to know exactly how many listeners were outraged but one thing you should know is that Castronovo did not crucify an iguana. His show posted a picture from a listener that did. Here are the details.
Keep in mind that in Florida iguana’s are an invasive species and according to Florida law it’s legal to shoot iguanas in the head with a pellet gun, stab them in the brain and even decapitate them as long as they don’t suffer.
Here’s the tweet that started the listener feedback. It was accompanied by the picture of a skinned iguana on a piece of wood.
“Shoutout to our listener Brandon who made good on his word to share his crucified iguana photo with us! @PaulCastronovo, @ibToast, @Heather723, and @DaveWComedy were equally impressed and disturbed.” .
Some on social media said what took place was animal cruelty and took their anger out on Castronovo.
From The Sun Sentinel:
“This looks like animal cruelty to me. I know they don’t belong here but nothing deserves to die like this. I am so sad by this,” tweeted @dbekkedam.
“Please tell me this isn’t real. I’d hate to have to stop being a longtime faithful fan,” tweeted @BlackDog.@Changon13 tweeted, “Man can you guys stop with the animal cruelty for one second? Smh.”
Castronovo told the paper, “Yes, there was mixed reaction out there. But we certainly aren’t responsible for what a listener sends us. We weren’t saying ‘Hey, let’s go out there and torture iguanas.’ That certainly wasn’t out intention. We are just doing a comedy show. We’ve moved on.”
The Paul Castronovo Morning Show airs on iHeart’s classic rock station FM-105.9 in South Florida.
