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For the record, they did try tranquilizing the tigers. "He roared, he got up, and he came straight for me.�

Posted by Ender (aka Ender) Oct 20 '11, 07:15

Columbus Dispatch:

Hours after a suicidal man unleashed dozens of his exotic animals on Muskingum County, a veterinarian drew close to a 300-pound tiger and shot it in the neck with a tranquilizer dart.

The dart�s anesthetic did nothing to subdue the big cat, which �just went crazy� before being shot to death by deputies, Sheriff Matt Lutz said.

�He sort of exploded,� recalled Dr. Barbara Wolfe, director of wildlife and conservation medicine at the Wilds animal preserve southeast of Zanesville. �He roared, he got up, and he came straight for me.�

Dispatch (www.dispatch.com)

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- "They were dangerous animals that had to be put down" - Sherriff M16 in a Tiger Pelt Hat Oct 20, 07:23
- I still want to see someone do this: -- (link) - MDH Oct 20, 07:20
see, in that situation, i have no issue with the shooting. and good for the vet for trying. -- nm - Andie - Happy Birthday Bery! Oct 20, 07:18 2
- my thing is, the people who were there -- ALL of them -- say it was necessary. -- nm - loosibery Oct 20, 07:19 1
  - i know what they say. i am done discussing. - Andie - Happy Birthday Bery! Oct 20, 07:20
damn. -- nm - loosibery Oct 20, 07:17 1
- *replaces ether with high dosage uppers* - Ohio Good Ole Boys Oct 20, 07:19
"He was coming straight for me, you saw him! I had to shoot him! It was self defense!" -- nm - colin Oct 20, 07:16 8
- I especially like the neighbor they talked to..... - ghouly berries Oct 20, 07:17 7
  - I get where you're coming from, but big cats are never, ever tame. -- nm - loosibery Oct 20, 07:18 6
    - I am not saying I agree or disagree, just stating what he said. nm -- nm - ghouly berries Oct 20, 07:19 5
      - he's wrong. (and I know you're going to crack jokes about me being an expert. go for it) -- nm - loosibery Oct 20, 07:20 4
        
        he did not have a lion walking around in his backyard? nm -- nm - ghouly berries Oct 20, 07:20 3
        
        he's wrong that they're tame. -- nm - loosibery Oct 20, 07:21 2
        
        Well yeah...now they're dead. :) -- nm - Jim Oct 20, 07:22
        
        well, they certainly are now. nm -- nm - ghouly berries Oct 20, 07:22
Are you sure that's not the transcript from the Rodney King beating? -- nm - Jim Oct 20, 07:16 1
- and he certainly could have gotten away in the night too. nm -- nm - ghouly berries Oct 20, 07:16
one out of 59 ain't bad. nm -- nm - ghouly berries Oct 20, 07:16

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For the record, they did try tranquilizing the tigers. "He roared, he got up, and he came straight for me.�

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