Lock up your goats.. - Page 1

Looks like you have to lock up your goats now...

http://kstp.com/news/stories/S850874.shtml?cat=1


Police gun down goat in South St. Paul


SOUTH ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Some residents of South St. Paul are upset that police used a shotgun to kill a goat that had escaped from a meat processing plant.

The officer shot the female goat with 12-gauge buckshot about 7:30 a.m. Monday.

Resident Glenn Boche says he first saw the animal outside his window at 6:30 a.m., and it was "absolutely docile."

Boche says he and other neighbors are upset the goat was killed with a shotgun in an area frequented by people and young children.

Police Chief Dan Vujovich says the veteran officer who shot the goat was concerned for public safety. He says the officer's decision to use a shotgun instead of another weapon was the right choice.

THE NO GOOD GOAT BANGER.
RIP

The goat knew it was gonna get it one way or another,  Suprised it didn't take hostages.

How could a goat running around be a danger to public safety ?  I think these idiot folk are down right afraid of animals.

 

COME ON PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Can,t you see this was a rogue arab goat, I,m sure it just left morning prayers all full of hate for the west just waiting to explode a hidden expolsive belt!!!! I,m suprised Rahm Emanuell did,nt release a threat assistment on it!!!  

At least no one died as a result of his idiocy, unlike THIS officer:


www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,292168,00.html

 

 

DANG IT!!  Another double post!

Scary...I'm sorry for the young boy that was killed, and my prayers go out to his family.  I'm saddened by a world that is so uptight that a cop will risk the lives of innocent children to kill a snake or a dangerous goat, rather than just let animal control handle them.  Haven't they ever heard of tranquilizers?  Sadder yet is the fact that people (especially police officers) panic about a snake, or a goat, in their neighborhood.  Yes, a big snake is dangerous, but if it's up a tree, it poses no immediate threat to the neighbors around it, and could be handled by animal control.  Unless of course, the AC people are afraid of animals, too? 

So what if it won't come down? 
I have a question to all of the police officers on this board:  Are your fellow officers so afraid of things in the real world that they must use deadly force so often?   Has the friendly neighborhood officer been replaced with one with the attitude of "shoot first, ask questions later"?   I'm only asking because I have seen officers overreact way too many times over way too many things, and it troubles me.  I see city police officers that are so tense that it makes you wonder if they are preparing for war...Haven't seen near as much tension from county and state cops, nor any of the FBI or ATF agents I've met.  What gives?  Maybe I should pose that question to some others and see what I hear.

Uglydog, good post...in addition, you'd better lock up your kids, your cats, your horses, your cars, and about everything else one might be scared of.  Maybe also any furniture you have in your yard...A stray bullet meant for your patio umbrella might hit a child, or worse...

RONNIE,   if ANYONE (cop or otherwise) was shooting at a goat like the one in your post above, he or she needs a trip to the padded room, with all those nice doctors...Pygmy goats are very small, and even though they can bruise the hell out of your shins if they apply their heads to them, they are otherwise completely harmless. 

Crys