I'm sorry that they shot these animals. But when human life is involved that should come first. In order to sedate an animal you would have to know it's weight. I worked for a small animal vet, and whenever we had to sedate an animal the dosage went by it's weight. Sometimes it would not always put the animal out, so you would have to give an additional dose. My first thoughts were if they could shoot the animal they were in range of using a tranquilizer gun. But as someone stated it doesn't always work, so that is true. So rather than to take any chances they had to kill them. I know I felt bad for the animals, but when it comes to saving a human life, it had to be done. But I still wonder why The Wilds in Cumberland which is 20 miles from Zanesville weren't called in because they are probably more experienced than the average Joe in catching them. They are the largest exotic preserve in the world.
All who are critizing those deputies need to really stop and think about this. No one ever could have anticipated what happened. Intentionally openning the cages of 48 wild and dangerous animals. REALLY????? It's beyoned nuts. If you cannot imagine doing this, why would you expect that it would be feasible to have the plan to tranquilize all 48 animals simultaneously? At night. In the middle of a storm. 48 at one time. And remember, that tranquilizing medicines do not take effect immediately. I am a HUGE animal lover, I have been all my life. I am sick about this loss of life. This is a tragedy of the worst kind. But DO NOT villainize the law enforcement whose number one priority is to protect human life. The blame lies VERY clearly with 1) the state of Ohio whose laws permitted this to happen and 2) the individual who owned the animals and sent them to their death.
What gives them the right to make the decision on these animals faith? All the animals were MURDERED! They should of used tranquilizers and transported all the animals to various zoos around the country. Did anyone get hurt by any of the animals? Did the animals act in a violent way? NO and NO.. They were just slain because the Ohio Cops were scared.
quick. lure the animals into one of our local bars and someone there can shoot it. Don't worry, he won't have been drinking. See, Ohioans having the most lax laws on owning wild animals SEEMS like like a good idea, keeping that pesky gov't out of your constitutional rights, but all it takes is one exotic animal farm escape....maybe we should let teachers and school kids carry guns to school so they don't have to take the day off when stuff like this happens.
Typical GOP controlled state. Has the worst laws against keeping exotic animals, even lets the one law they did have expire. Shame about the animals. I do hope for Karma for the governor.
Jack Hanna like the gov of Ohio, John Kasich, is a moron. Those animals could have been tranquilized and did NOT have to be killed. Ohio is going to hell thanks to Kasich and the rest of the GOPers in the statehouse. To bad the animals weren't unleashed there in Columbus.
To all of you who say that the professionals like Jack Hanna are lying because they said it is unsafe to tranquilize an animal at night....Do you know the first this about a Wild animal other than what it looks like? Im sure the experts that work with animals know much more than yall do. It's sad they died, but they didn't shoot all of them, which should lead us to believe they didn't do it just for "bragging rights" Stop being so judgmental, especially when you're just speculating.
Also, its not like you can say "here wolfy wolfy don't eat the kids" The man that failed to take care of his animals is at blame. Surley he knew what would happen.
Yes, that's all true. Tranquilizing any animal doesn't put them down instantly like in the movies. many of them get aggressive and more dangerous, or they could run and hide. It was dark, so the cops did what they had to do, to protect the public. It's sad, but if people really cared as much as they like to seem in times of emergencies like this, then they would Do Something besides dog on the officials. Vote to change the laws, so just anyone with money can't buy a wild animal, regardless of their ability to house it safely or feed it properly in it's lifetime.
I find it repulsive that law enforcement felt the need to kill these animals. They didn't know what was happening and were probably scared Sh*tl@5s. I hope everyone involved in the killing of these animals has EXTREMELY poor luck for the rest of their lives! Karma is a *****
You want to know the risks or tranqs?
What if you miss?
What if you don't have the right dosage? Too much and you kill the animal anyway, too little and now the animal is mad.
No tranq works immediately anyway
No tranq is guaranteed to work.
There is not enough time, when these wild animals are wandering around humans to ensure that they have the right dosage and proper shot. There is just too much risk. They have made the right call, however unfortunate it may be.
I think you;d take a different view if these animals were running around in your back yard or were near your house. Remember what goes around comes around. SO when you wish ill of others, be careful of what may come to you. That's Karma.
Repulsive sure, but put your outrage in the right place and work to change the damned law that allows anyone to own a wild animal in Ohio, REGARDLESS of their ability to care and house it properly, or keep it feed with nutritious foods. Don't blame cops for doing what they had to do to protect the public.
jschmidt27, I would not be worried if this was in my own backyard. I live in the type of community where we would be shooting them ourselves. I dont beleive in Karma. I believe in judgement day, and i am sure that God would rather I protect, and end the risk of innocents killed. the ones modeled in his image.
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Anyway, I refer you to one of my many comments below as to why they could not be tranquilized.
Stop being so judgmental, especially when you're just speculating.
What if you miss?
What if you don't have the right dosage? Too much and you kill the animal anyway, too little and now the animal is mad.
No tranq works immediately anyway
No tranq is guaranteed to work.
There is not enough time, when these wild animals are wandering around humans to ensure that they have the right dosage and proper shot. There is just too much risk. They have made the right call, however unfortunate it may be.
I would not be worried if this was in my own backyard. I live in the type of community where we would be shooting them ourselves. I dont beleive in Karma. I believe in judgement day, and i am sure that God would rather I protect, and end the risk of innocents killed. the ones modeled in his image.