I live about 6 blocks from where it happened and the North Side of Chicago is going crazy about it right now. I want to first point out that I wish they could have somehow trapped this thing and released it up North somewhere. These Cats are beautiful to see in the wild. That being said though, this was the only solution at the time. All of these bleeding heart liberals think that Chicago issue tranquilizer guns to every officer and they should have tranq'd it, even if it took days. I even heard some lady suggest they set a trap with a trail of popcorn leading to it. I thought natural selection would have weeded people like that out a long time ago . Seriously though,I don't think these people realizes that this thing jump 15 feet straight up and kills Elk. I wouldn't want to be walking to the train at 6 AM and have a cougar 20 feet away growling at me. They killed this thing in 4 blocks from 2 schools. Then we got people here saying that it was unnessesary that they fired 13 shots from there hand guns. I do a decent amount of mule deer hunting in Wyoming and know there are a lot of mountain Lions near my camp, which Is why I carry my glock with me. Now, if I ever had a mountain Lion running at me, you better believe my clip is going to be emptied.(Idon't think and never want this to happen, thats for sure!)Sorry, I just have to vent a little. These people as telling theChicago Copsthey are trigger happy and stupid, yet they are the people whocome blazing with lights and sirens when something is wrong.

I would loved to have seen this Cat trapped and released, but in downtown Chicago, it just wan't possible. Exotic animal experts and zoologist in Chicago say thee copsdid the right thing. Even if it was tranq'd, it would take 20 minutes to set in and a wounded cat running around the city, well, I don't even want to think about that.

By the way, size on this thing was about 150 pds, 4 1/2 feet long (8 w/ tail). Pretty big cat, wouldn't want that running around the city with my friends kids running around. I do want to reemphasize that I in no way condone the killing of animals if they are not going to be eaten, but in this case, there eas no other choice. I really hope all these liberals can understand that.