Recently, in Palo Alto, California, a mountain lion was in a tree near a school. It was close to the time the kids were about to leave the school. If nothing was done, the mountain lion could've attacked, and traumatizing others.
So the cops shot the mountain lion before it could attack. The politically correct fanatics went apeshit!
A few quotes from Thomas Sowell on this!
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/ts20040527.shtml
Yes, the mountain lion was sitting peacefully. That is what cats do before they pounce -- usually very swiftly.
Bet the animal rights fanatics dont want you to think about that.
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And what about using tranquilizers instead
but not everyone was pissed at the cops for this
Lucky I live in Hawaii, where there's no mountain lions around.
Second-guessers always have easy alternatives. One protester against "the murdering of such a beautiful creature" said that it "easily could have been removed from the premises and relocated" .........The protester offered no helpful hints on how you "easily" remove a mountain lion from a tree -- and certainly did not volunteer to demonstrate how to do it in person the next time the police find a mountain lion up a tree in a residential neighborhood.
And what about using tranquilizers instead
What if the police had shot a tranquilizer gun at the adult mountain lion in the tree and missed? Would they have had a chance to get off a second shot at a swiftly moving target before he pounced on one of the hundreds of children that were soon to be leaving school near him?
but not everyone was pissed at the cops for this
Some Palo Alto parents of small children living near where the mountain lion was killed said that the police did the right thing. There are still some pockets of sanity, even in Palo Alto.
Lucky I live in Hawaii, where there's no mountain lions around.
