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Mass escape of wild animals, police shoot to kill.

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Oct 19, 2011 10:49 am

Animals Loose in Ohio: Town Under Lockdown

By KEVIN DOLAK and DEAN SCHABNER
Oct. 19, 2011

An Ohio town is under lockdown as dozens of wild animals including bears, wolves and tigers have escaped from a private preserve are and are on the loose after the owner of the preserve has been found dead.

Terry Thompson of Zanesville, Ohio, was found dead of unknown causes inside the preserve while the animals cages were found unsecured. Thompson, 61, was recently released from prison after serving one year on federal weapons charges. According to investigators he has been cited in the past for animal abuse and neglect.

Muskingum County Sheriff Matt Lutz said at a news conference that residents should stay inside until the animals, which escaped around 6 p.m. Tuesday, are rounded up. Several schools across the area have cancelled classes for Wednesday.

Police, who have been ordered to shoot to kill, describe the loose animals as "mature, very big and aggressive."

Lutz said that several aggressive animals were shot by deputies when they were discovered near Thompson's body at his preserve. Thompson's preserve was surrounded by a fence, and not all animals on the property fled through the open gates.
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"These are wild animals, wild animals that you would see on TV in Africa," Lutz said at a news conference Tuesday evening.

As many as 48 wild animals, including cheetahs, grizzly bears, black bears, wolves, tigers and lions are on the loose across Zanesville, which has a population of about 25,000 residents. Police said that orangutans and chimps were found in Thompson's home, but they were still in their cages.

Officers said Tuesday that they have shot as many as 25 of the animals so far, including bears and wolves, but it is still unclear exactly how many animals escaped, according to the Muskingum County Sheriff's Department.

"This is a bad situation," Mutz said. "It's been a bad situation for a long time and the last thing we want to do is have any of our public hurt."

Deputies are working with the animals' caregiver, who says the animals were fed on Monday.

They're putting food in the animals' pens in the hopes they might return, where they can then be secured.

The Ohio State Highway Patrol has cordoned off seven square miles near Interstate 70 and officers are using infrared devices to find the animals.

Danielle White, one of Thompson's neighbors, said that she saw a loose lion in the area in 2006.

"It's always been a fear of mine knowing [the preserve's owner] had all those animals," she said. "I have kids. I've heard a male lion roar all night."

Thompson has been warned repeatedly over the last decade to get his animals under control – and no less than 30 times in the past year. He was arrested in April of 2005 for cruelty and torture of cattle and bison he had on his property, according to the website pet-abuse.com. He was charged with one count of having an animal at large, two counts of rendering animal waste and one count of cruelty to animals.
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Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Wed Oct 19, 2011 11:21 am

They don't have tranquiliser darts in Americaville or something? Just killing animals because some twat let them loose seems a little harsh.
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Xamonas Chegwé wrote:They don't have tranquiliser darts in Americaville or something? Just killing animals because some twat let them loose seems a little harsh.
Sounds like the animals were in an abusive/neglectful situation and were going to be looking for food pretty quick. There wouldn't be enough dart guns for all the officers, and they'd have to have doses ready for any size animal they met, know which dose was correct, get within dart range, and all this before they lost the animal again.

We have a shotgun and rounds at the AWD enclosure. If it comes to that the keepers will shoot to kill to save a human. This is federally mandated and we don't have any choice in the matter.
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Post by mistermack » Wed Oct 19, 2011 11:30 am

Xamonas Chegwé wrote:They don't have tranquiliser darts in Americaville or something? Just killing animals because some twat let them loose seems a little harsh.
You're joking.
Most americans would see this as a golden opportunity to get their guns out and blast something.
There are probably thousands of saddos converging on the town now.
Lets just hope some of them manage to hit each other.
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Oct 19, 2011 11:33 am

mistermack wrote:
Xamonas Chegwé wrote:They don't have tranquiliser darts in Americaville or something? Just killing animals because some twat let them loose seems a little harsh.
You're joking.
Most americans would see this as a golden opportunity to get their guns out and blast something.
There are probably thousands of saddos converging on the town now.
Lets just hope some of them manage to hit each other.
Actually, "big game hunters" like to be as safe a possible. That's why they shoot an animal from hundreds of yards away whenever they can.
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Post by Azathoth » Wed Oct 19, 2011 12:03 pm

It is as much the fault of the authorities for allowing this idiot to keep his private zoo that he obviously had no idea how to look after
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Oct 19, 2011 12:05 pm

Azathoth wrote:It is as much the fault of the authorities for allowing this idiot to keep his private zoo that he obviously had no idea how to look after
Yep, but if they came in and took all the animals they would have probably been put down. The sanctuaries are mostly at 100% or more. Our fancy toys are suffering with the economy along with everybody else.
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Zombie Gawdzilla wrote:
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Xamonas Chegwé wrote:They don't have tranquiliser darts in Americaville or something? Just killing animals because some twat let them loose seems a little harsh.
You're joking.
Most americans would see this as a golden opportunity to get their guns out and blast something.
There are probably thousands of saddos converging on the town now.
Lets just hope some of them manage to hit each other.
Actually, "big game hunters" like to be as safe a possible. That's why they shoot an animal from hundreds of yards away whenever they can.
Ummmm, yeh. I'm sure that's right as a general rule.
I seem to remember some of them actually "hunting" from their armchairs at home, by setting up remotely operated guns, worked from the internet. Although that's been outlawed in many places.
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mistermack wrote:Actually, "big game hunters" like to be as safe a possible. That's why they shoot an animal from hundreds of yards away whenever they can.
Ummmm, yeh. I'm sure that's right as a general rule.
I seem to remember some of them actually "hunting" from their armchairs at home, by setting up remotely operated guns, worked from the internet. Although that's been outlawed in many places.[/quote]
I've seen a few with some actually balls. Max Bear hunted razorbacks with a bow and arrow once, I was somewhere behind him with a family friend who was in the support team. The guys who hunt wild boar with spears also come to mind. But most of them are wussies.
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Zombie Gawdzilla wrote: I've seen a few with some actually balls. Max Bear hunted razorbacks with a bow and arrow once, I was somewhere behind him with a family friend who was in the support team. The guys who hunt wild boar with spears also come to mind. But most of them are wussies.
Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett used to hunt grizzlies with Bowie knives. I know, I read the comics.
They should invite in anyone who wants to be a genuine backwoodsman, and allow them to take out the critters with a sheath knife.
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Zombie Gawdzilla wrote: I've seen a few with some actually balls. Max Bear hunted razorbacks with a bow and arrow once, I was somewhere behind him with a family friend who was in the support team. The guys who hunt wild boar with spears also come to mind. But most of them are wussies.
Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett used to hunt grizzlies with Bowie knives. I know, I read the comics.
They should invite in anyone who wants to be a genuine backwoodsman, and allow them to take out the critters with a sheath knife.
If they want to show off their balls.
The rifle was designed as a standoff weapon. And boy do they stand off in the distance when they go about "collecting" the Big Ten.
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Zombie Gawdzilla wrote:
Xamonas Chegwé wrote:They don't have tranquiliser darts in Americaville or something? Just killing animals because some twat let them loose seems a little harsh.
Sounds like the animals were in an abusive/neglectful situation and were going to be looking for food pretty quick. There wouldn't be enough dart guns for all the officers, and they'd have to have doses ready for any size animal they met, know which dose was correct, get within dart range, and all this before they lost the animal again.

We have a shotgun and rounds at the AWD enclosure. If it comes to that the keepers will shoot to kill to save a human. This is federally mandated and we don't have any choice in the matter.
Yep. Common misconception about tranquilizers comes from TV and movies, where tranquilizer darts are a one size fits all deal. In reality, doses have to be very carefully administered according to factors like body weight. A few mg in one direction and the tranquilizer will do nothing, a few mg in the other and it'll be just as lethal as shooting the animal with a .308.

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Wumbologist wrote:
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Xamonas Chegwé wrote:They don't have tranquiliser darts in Americaville or something? Just killing animals because some twat let them loose seems a little harsh.
Sounds like the animals were in an abusive/neglectful situation and were going to be looking for food pretty quick. There wouldn't be enough dart guns for all the officers, and they'd have to have doses ready for any size animal they met, know which dose was correct, get within dart range, and all this before they lost the animal again.

We have a shotgun and rounds at the AWD enclosure. If it comes to that the keepers will shoot to kill to save a human. This is federally mandated and we don't have any choice in the matter.
Yep. Common misconception about tranquilizers comes from TV and movies, where tranquilizer darts are a one size fits all deal. In reality, doses have to be very carefully administered according to factors like body weight. A few mg in one direction and the tranquilizer will do nothing, a few mg in the other and it'll be just as lethal as shooting the animal with a .308.
We also never dart the animals here. When it comes time for shots or such we capture them and they're awake and alert for the procedures when appropriate. This is one more way we condition them to dislike humans. Two wolves were shot in Arizona a few weeks back because they got too close to humans. The shooters claimed they thought the animals were coyotes, but one of them went to the effort of hiding the GPS collar one was wearing, so they knew better. (Moron didn't disable the collar, so the folks simply walked up to it and pulled it out of the bushes. :fp: )
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Post by Jay G » Wed Oct 19, 2011 1:09 pm

These animals ought to come to my town. Nobody would notice them.
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Jay G wrote:These animals ought to come to my town. Nobody would notice them.
I used to drink with a pack very similar to that lot.
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