cougar shot in chicago
04-14-2008 | 08:50 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: cougar shot in chicago
CBS news in Chicago is going to run the story on the 10 o'clock news. I heard about it on the radio driving home and there have been sighting farther North in Willamette recently.
04-14-2008 | 09:04 PM
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RE: cougar shot in chicago
Killed on Roscoe Street in Roscoe Village. They say over 150lbs. and about 8 feet from nose to tail. They are saying they don't think it is the one seen recently in Willamette.
04-14-2008 | 09:19 PM
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RE: cougar shot in chicago
I just caught the tail (pun sort of intended) of this on the news, the locals were complaining about the gun shots.....I agree it was careless to fire all those shot in a residential area but c'mon would they rather have that thing roaming the streets? It may help with the rat problem though!!!
04-14-2008 | 09:22 PM
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RE: cougar shot in chicago
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Killed on Roscoe Street in Roscoe Village. They say over 150lbs. and about 8 feet from nose to tail. They are saying they don't think it is the one seen recently in Willamette.
Killed on Roscoe Street in Roscoe Village. They say over 150lbs. and about 8 feet from nose to tail. They are saying they don't think it is the one seen recently in Willamette.
One big kitty + another big kitty = bunch of small kitties
04-14-2008 | 09:27 PM
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RE: cougar shot in chicago
ORIGINAL: ACPOSSETIM
I just caught the tail (pun sort of intended) of this on the news, the locals were complaining about the gun shots.....I agree it was careless to fire all those shot in a residential area but c'mon would they rather have that thing roaming the streets? It may help with the rat problem though!!!
I just caught the tail (pun sort of intended) of this on the news, the locals were complaining about the gun shots.....I agree it was careless to fire all those shot in a residential area but c'mon would they rather have that thing roaming the streets? It may help with the rat problem though!!!
04-14-2008 | 09:31 PM
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RE: cougar shot in chicago
As the shots stopped Greene heard the police yelling, "We got him! We got him!" ........... Now thats what I ment. Those guys didnt kill the cat cuz it needed to be put down, they killed it prematurely just because they could. WCL
04-14-2008 | 09:36 PM
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RE: cougar shot in chicago
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They said animal control tried all day with tranqulizer guns but never saw it. The police aren't used to kitty cats that big in these parts.
They said animal control tried all day with tranqulizer guns but never saw it. The police aren't used to kitty cats that big in these parts.
04-14-2008 | 09:41 PM
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RE: cougar shot in chicago
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Still seems dumb they had to kill the cat. The news thing never said the cat appeared to show agression or harmful acts towards people. Why couldn't they ahev called animal control and followed it till it was in need of being shot for safety reasons or control arrived and darted the cat. I'm not one to jump to conclusions when i dont know the whole story but im guessing the officers are glad they killed it and wanted to look like heros/be thefirst ones to kill a dangerous cat. Seems like a waste and a bigger deal was made of the situation than needed to be IMO. WCL
Still seems dumb they had to kill the cat. The news thing never said the cat appeared to show agression or harmful acts towards people. Why couldn't they ahev called animal control and followed it till it was in need of being shot for safety reasons or control arrived and darted the cat. I'm not one to jump to conclusions when i dont know the whole story but im guessing the officers are glad they killed it and wanted to look like heros/be thefirst ones to kill a dangerous cat. Seems like a waste and a bigger deal was made of the situation than needed to be IMO. WCL
On a side note - is it known if a cougar will trace its way back to an area that it was previously moved from? I know bears are known to do it, but what about Cougars?