Exotic animals invade a city in Ohio!
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Crazy news story worth chatting about;
http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/19/us/ohio-animals-on-loose/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/19/us/ohio-animals-on-loose/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
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This whole thing makes me sad. None of those animals deserved to die-
Gah, I don't know.
Just makes me think of Lion king...
So then It makes sense, sounds like he didn't want to give that order.
But if they did get away and were in your back yard and didn't hear of this news, you'd be dinner.
Never the less terrible, why did he have them in the first place is the real question.
Hell, even ideas of zoos seem outdated to me. I can't think of single positive experience or entertainment value looking at caged animals provides.
Also this.
I live in Ohio around where this happen
Most of the animals were captured though
What does seem terrible is why the owner was able to own so many animals, and why he felt letting them run wild and killing himself was something he felt was right to do.
Buy beasts > Set them free in a populated area > LOL From the grave
Since just about all of them were caught his troll was unsuccessful
It's a messed up situation, but you can't really fault the police's actions. If you've got a whole menagerie of potentially dangerous animals running loose through a populated area you're not going to have the option to tarry while you wait for tranquiliser munitions to turn up.
It's a terrible thing, but I can totally understand why the police did it on this occasion.
I think they're better off now than they were in someones private zoo or a public zoo.
while its sad - believe it or not, some species are only still around because of zoos, in wildlife they already died out
Who do you think is mostly to blame for the latter?
And I agree with eld on all sentiments. Out of curiosity, doesn't the US have laws against keeping dangerous exotic animals?
Yes, its difficult to capture, as previous posters have said. but why the fuck wouldnt you try first? shoot them with a tranq, follow them. dont shoot to kill until they feel they are going to hurt someone. seriously
Because tranquilizers are INCREDIBLY expensive, and on top of that, they didn't have many on hand. The animals that they did manage to capture are now safe.
Ohio really needs to work on its laws concerning private zoos.
Didn't know about the owners criminal history, but if that was the case then they should've taken the animals from the owner already.
But yeah, lack of proper laws surrounding owning these animals sounds shitty to begin with.
He also had been convicted of animal cruelty and animals at large in 2005 and was arrested several times for traffic violations"
Yup, just the type of guy they should let own those types of animals :S
a little pussy on the face never hurt anyone....
As soon as it becomes a smother factor or is actually capable of swallowing you whole, the party is over.... =P
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I'm going to lock this one down tonight so get your thoughts out while you can.
It's a tragic situation, looks like the police didn't have any better options when faced with the possibility of people getting killed by these animals. Captain Hindsight would say an individual should not be allowed to accumulate such a huge amount of exotic animals, it leads to situations like this one or like this other exotic animal disaster;
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Oh I dont know...
Tranquilizers are incredibly expensive. More than you can imagine. Also, they don't have various doses of tranquilizers. They have a fixed amount. In a crisis situation, there is no time to sort out the dosage for each animal. You give the same amount of a small animal as you would a big one. A dose that would kill a small animal would have next to no effect on the big.
It was almost night time, and with many of these animals being nocturnal hunters, it could have been very dangerous to wait until morning. It pains me to say this, but it was the right thing to do. A terrible, terrible situation that could have easily been avoided, but they did what they had to given the circumstances.
I don't even care to go to zoos for this reason, why pay for a ticket to see animals either sleeping or pacing around wishing they could murder us and escape?