this is senseless killing!!

[j7wild]

They couldn't tranquilize them and capture them?

Typical Cops just wanting to shoot and kill something!

18 Endangered Bengal Tigers among the animals killed by these Cops!!

This is BS!!

http://news.yahoo.com/lions-tigers-s...212126865.html

[redbear]

animal rights advocates agreed there was little local authorities could have done to save the dangerous creatures once they began roaming the countryside after their owner released them before taking his own life.

Will Travers, chief executive of the California-based Born Free USA animal welfare and wildlife conservation organization, said police had no choice but to take the action they did. "It's a tragedy for these particular animals, for no fault of their own they've been shot, and I can see how difficult that decision was for the police," he said.

Jack Hanna, TV personality and former director of the Columbus Zoo, also defended the sheriff's decision to kill the animals, calling deaths of the endangered Bengal tigers especially tragic.

that pretty much sums it up right there. its not like you can call animal services and ask them to send a truck to help rehome 18 bengal tigers. it doesnt happen. in fact, a new home for 1 tiger usually takes a month to find. now you are asking for 18 ??? let alone the other animals that are there. yes, it was tragic - but you can't blame the cops for this. you can, however, blame the state of ohio for their overly laxed laws concerning exotic ownership. if the laws were stricker, then maybe this lackluster owner would not have received so many citations for his animals getting loose and into other people's properties ....