People are Animals

Today in Chicago a cougar was shot by the Chicago Police Department. What the hell?!?!

Ok, sure it's completely bizaro that there was a frickin' cougar wandering the streets of Roscoe Village, but I really think that this situation could have been handled differently.

First of all, the cougar didn't need to be shot. It hadn't eaten anybody. And it's not as if cougars are over run in the forest preserves like deer! In fact, not one officer was harmed by the animal. Not necessary to kill the animal. There's school shootings left and right. Those murderers are entitled to a fair trial, and Illinois hasn't had an execution in years! I say soooo not fair for the big kitty. Even dogs that actually attacked people are euthanized much more humanely than being shot several times by a police issue glock.

Furthermore, do you really think the best thing to do is to chase the animal on foot? It's a WILD animal. If it's chased, don't you think the odds are high of pissing it off? Is it not common knowledge that if you corner an animal, it's apt to fight back? I don't think chasing it would solve much. I mean, it's a cat. Eventually it's going to just sit and chill until it feels the need to hunt. And for those of you who are screaming at me about the safety of the children, I'm confident that if the cougar really wanted a snack, one of those kids would have been eaten. And if you are screaming safety, think of all the stray bullets that didn't hit the cat. Much more lethal than one cougar. Why on earth wasn't animal control called? I believe it's called a TRANQUILIZER DART. Hell, it's Chicago. I'm sure someone could have gotten a big juicy steak (I know places where I could get a whole pig!) to occupy him until he could be sedated.

I think the Quizno's Coyote (which, btw, was right around this time last year) really got a better deal. He was trapped by animal control. Next he was taken to the suburbs to a wildlife refuge and then re-introduced to the wild.

What's a cat gotta do to get a break?