Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Exotic Animals Should Not Be Caged

If you have heard about the 56 wild animals running lose just outside of Columbus last night, than you have probably seen this picture already. If not, please check out one of the articles on line about how the Sheriffs department was forced to slaughter animals in order to protect the public. According to an article in the Columbus Dispatch, of those animals, 49 were killed. Six animals -- a grizzly bear, three leopards and two monkeys -- were captured alive and taken to the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, and a monkey and a grey wolf were at large. The animals that were killed included 18 tigers, nine male lions, eight female lions, six black bears, three mountain lions, two grizzly bears, one baboon and two wolves. There was even concern that the escaped monkey poses a danger because it is infected with herpes, As much as I hate it, the animals had to be put down. The public was in too much danger to try to wait and capture these dangerous animals! This is just another example of why people need to stop raising these dangerous animals outside of zoos and professionally controlled habitats.

5 comments:

  1. It's Sad these animals had to die but I agree that they had to do it. They need to stop selling these animals to any Tom, Dick or Harry on the street.


    Now since I've ranted~ I need to catch up on your riding blogs. :)

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  2. Unfortunately, the sheriffs department is taking serious heat over this. They had no choice.

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  3. People just don't get it. This sheriff had no choice, yet he is being persecuted daily! People need to get a life.

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  4. People will harass the hell out of him over this. He had no other choice

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  5. I remember hearing about this story. It was pretty sad. It wasnt the animals fault that their owner went crazy and let them loose. Couldnt they have used Tranquilizer guns or something?

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let er rip, tell me what you think!