I saw that they had tried the tranq dart on the tiger and it didn't work. Once that starts to happen, they are going to use live rounds to err on the side of public safety.
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 1:35 PM, Ken Waller <[email protected]> wrote: > The news I've heard said he complied with the state requirements for exotic > animals - as loose as they might be. > > Also that the cops initially shot some of the escapees with tranquilizers > but they had little effect and the decision was made to take them out rather > than put human life at risk. > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "P. J. Alling" > <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: OT: Lions, Tigers and Bears > > >> People are allowed to make bad decisions, that's what being free is all >> about. Hopefully they'll make more good decisions than bad. In this case >> the authorities seem to have been a bit trigger happy and the owner of the >> animals seems to have been more than a little irresponsible. >> >> >> On 10/20/2011 12:15 AM, John Francis wrote: >>> >>> On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 04:50:38PM -0700, Joseph McAllister wrote: >>>> >>>> Chilled me somewhat too. But I understand the parameters under which >>>> decisions had to be made. >>>> >>>> The blame lies, in my mind, entirely with the owner, >>>> for not thinking any further out of his mind than his own state. >>> >>> Well, there's also the viewpoint that it should be necessary to get >>> a permit (with real, hard-to-answer qualification questions) before >>> being allowed to house that many wild animals on your property. >>> >>> I understand that this comes up fair and square against the doctrine >>> of removing excessive government regulation of private individuals. >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to >> avoid a lengthily search. >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
