splifchris
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Im sorry but was there really a need for this... what would have been wrong with tranquiluizers... Someone should have to answer for this unneccesary cruelty!!!
Shame on you Ohio!!!!
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SocataSmoker
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It starts with stopping free and healthy animals from becoming zoo exhibits...
I can see rehabilitated animals, etc... but never should a healthy animal be taken out of the wild to spend its life in captivity...
To me it is no different that the government taking someone off the street and putting them in a plush jail for life, animals should have their freedom as well.
I can see rehabilitated animals, etc... but never should a healthy animal be taken out of the wild to spend its life in captivity...
To me it is no different that the government taking someone off the street and putting them in a plush jail for life, animals should have their freedom as well.
splifchris
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I absolutely agree...
smokinheavy79
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Save a tiger, shoot a pig! 
I couldn't agree more.
WestSide Ukiah
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Jack Hanna had a lot to do with the decisions made that night. I trust his opinion on the matter. He has always seemed to be a great advocate for the animals. Here is what he says about it:
smokey mcsmokester
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Uhhhh....Im lost...Can someone fill me in with whats going on in the pic? Im assuming those animals are dead, but why in Ohio?
Luger187
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im sure they would have used tranquilizers if they had them at the time. the sheriff said it was getting dark soon, and that would have let the animals hide. there would be human deaths the next day, no doubt. i dont think they had any other choice but to shoot them. i dont agree with it at all, but its what they had to do i guess.
this situation is why it should be illegal for people to keep these exotic animals(also the animals arent treated good most of the time). i thought it was sad that these animals have been caged their whole lives, then one day their owner lets them free. then they get shot for exploring
this situation is why it should be illegal for people to keep these exotic animals(also the animals arent treated good most of the time). i thought it was sad that these animals have been caged their whole lives, then one day their owner lets them free. then they get shot for exploring
Luger187
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basically a guy had like 60 exotic animals on his property in ohio. he let them all free and killed himself. the cops shot 50 of the animals dead, and i think 6 survived. some even got hit by cars on the highway(road?)
could you imagine showing up to a call and seeing like 20 tigers walking around? and YOU are in charge of public safety. you dont have any tranquilizers. do you shoot?
jonblaze420
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jonblaze420
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I like tigers and lions and bears a lot though.
splifchris
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Were people in immediate danger???
Justin00
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They should have just sectioned the area off as a wildlife refuge and sold hunting permits for exotic animals to ppl who consider a trip to Africa too far. everyone who wants the animals to have freedom get it, and over time they will be eliminated and the state can generate some money to boot, that way the only down side is all the ppl who have to be moved and its seems clear that no one here seems to care about them anyways.
Luger187
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i would think so. seems pretty dangerous to me. kids would be walking to school the next day and a tiger would kill them if it saw them. if they had let it get dark, they wouldnt have found the animals.
the animals have been caged all their lives and probably never really hunted, so their instinct to chase and kill would be going wild. or maybe its repressed. idk
splifchris
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Yeah.... im not convinced that they could not have told people to stay in doors and kids to stay home from school for a day or two while they get people to track these animals and tranquilize them... how ever whats done is done and a little part of me thinks they are better dead than caged up anyway...
No, not really. The animals were tame. They were all someones "pets" at some point in their lives, that were taken in by this guy.
Also when I say people weren't really in immediate danger, I mean if common sense is exercised and you don't approach them, and keep your pets (dogs, cats) inside until the others are captured, to me, there's no real threat.
Luger187
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it would be tough to find all the animals, but it could be done im sure. where would they go though? i saw the interview with jack hannah on rachel maddow, and he said the colombus zoo wouldnt have been able to take them, and its one of the largest zoos in the country. plus the cost of suddenly having that many more animals would probably be high.
and yeah, at least they are out of their misery. being caged up is no way for a wild animal to live.
Total Head
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the whole thing is really shitty, but to ask people to "stay in" for days isn't realistic. the tranquilizer situation comes down to not being able to tell whether an animal is adequately tranquilized to approach in the dark. what if someone had a heart attack? are the emts supposed to wait for all the animals to be wrangled before going into the victim's house? we're talking about thousands of residents. life keeps happening and it isn't realistic to quarantine thousands of people to avoid killing 60 animals. i'm not comfortable with it at all, but it could have taken well over a day to properly tranquilize all those animals.
splifchris
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When i said shame on Ohio, i wasnt just talking about the killing of these animals... some of which were very rare... but also the fact that this guy had already been charged with cruelty to animals in 2005 and been given a lot of warnings over the last 10 years and was still allowed to have these creatures... Disgusting!!!