This story from the Guardian disgusts me. About forty five exotic animals were found milling about on a private farm in Zanesville, Ohio. A pickup truck full of deputies found the animals standing around their deceased 61 year old owner. A caretaker had fed the animals as recently as Monday. Were the animals including bears, lions, wolves, and a rare Siberian white tiger scavenging off of the corpse? The story is developing, so that part isn't clear.
What we do know is that the police deemed the whole thing, "a dangerous situation" and the deputies proceeded to shoot 25 of the animals dead! What the fuck! Couldn't this have been handled a whole lot differently? Endangered animals shot dead by a pickup full of redneck deputies. No tranquilizers? No consultation with zoos in the major cities of Ohio to get some teams out there? Nope! Here's what the police chief had to say via The Guardian UK:
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Shoot em' all dead cowboys!
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