Comments on: Shoot to kill: Ohio cops hunt escaped animals
Close to 30 of 48 exotic animals that escaped preserve killed as police search for rest; Owner committed suicide, preliminary probe shows
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- Disgusting. Meanwhile zoos can't afford animals and here are dozens lying dead for no reason. I hope whomever is that guy's next of kin sues the hell out of those cops. There's no reason why they couldn't use tranquilizer darts. And if they were out of their element (no doubt) there are plenty of experts they could have called up. They don't have zoos in Ohio? Or trackers?
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- I refer you to the statement I made below. They didn't necessarily have the time to get the right dosages for each animal. Not to mention the risk of missing. What if the dart doesn't work? No dart will work immediately, what happens to the officer if they are too close? It is life and death between these wild animals, Police, and civilians. You have to do what you have to do to ensure that we will survive.
- Another note on tranqs. If you don't have enough dose for a particular animal, it wont work and now that animal is mad. If they use too much, they kill the animal anyway. There just is too much risk to take the time to get all of that stuff prepared. I think they made the right call here, even if it is an unfortunate one.
- Honey, get the kids! We's havin Elephant for dinner!
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- the actions of these Ohio cops are typical of our police forces..TRIGGER-HAPPY!...they should have contacted the proper authorities on how to corral these animals or use tranquilizer darts to capture them..anything to use their firearms..maybe hey haven't used them for a long time and there was their chance....now we lost our chance to see and enjoy these wonderful animals because of some narrow-minded public officials...
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- One rhinoceros was found at a medical school and got arrested for trespassing, because he was on a hippocampus.
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- Omigawd! It's looking right at us! Quick, Hoss... FIRE!
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- THIS IDIOT never should have been allowed to have these animals. He could have killed himself without endangering the animals. I hope he is in hell. As for the idiot cops in Ohio; they had to shoot to kill?? Are you kidding me. Stupid jackasses are butchering the poor animals that were the real victims.
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- Just a simple suggestion for the future, take it or leave it: If you are a law enforcement agency that has wild animal enclosures in your juris diction, have tranquilizer darts on standby and make sure your officers are well versed in using them. HEARTBREAKING to see a dead lion laying on the grass...It could have been a money maker for the police if they had tranquilized the animals, then sold them to a zoo or something.
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- Why in the world would they slaughter the animals. Just knock them out and get them to the zoo. Talk about animal cruelty! This solution is criminal.
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- This is disgusting. What a bunch of rednecks in Ohio! There's no reason these animals can't be knocked out and recaptured rather than killed! What a sick bunch of freaks in Ohio... !
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- Is this somehow related to the strange news of women's panties scattered in Ohio (early September 2011)?
Apparently, there's something weird about Ohio.
How could the law permit that unsecured animal keeping, especially that the guy was an eccentric and a criminal? In order not to be in trouble, prevent that trouble. Very sorry for animals and neighbors... - Reply to this comment
