Where is Tony when you need him!!

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26 December 2007, 18:07

Mississippian

Where is Tony when you need him!!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/20...41.html?hpid=topnews

27 December 2007, 07:10

JPK

San Francisco?

27 December 2007, 08:49

Mississippian

Tony (a regular on the double rifle forum) has experience with escaped dangerous zoo critters as a law enforcement officer in Dallas. I thought everyone would find the news interesting. Im sure by now the story is in every news broadcast.

27 December 2007, 09:31

JPK

I know of Tony's exploits. The incident was at the San Francisco Zoo, hence my post.

Gotta wonder how:
1.) a tiger gets out
2.) and no one notices that it is missing.

JPK

28 December 2007, 02:01

ChopperGuy

Dirty little secret of most larger zoos is they usually have shooter teams available for immediate response to just such an incident.

A boss from our big zoo in the state actually admitted it on the TV news last night during an interview about escaped animal procedures there.

I could do that as a retirement job! Trophy hunting without the international travel.

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28 December 2007, 03:24

475Guy1

Update on this shit. SFPD says that the clowns MAY have been teasing and otherwise harassing the tiger. In fact, there was a blood trail coming from the enclosure itself. These stupid asses just caused the death of one of their number and unnecessarily caused the tiger's death.

28 December 2007, 04:08

bradhe

Think of it as evolution in action

31 December 2007, 20:19

packrattusnongratus

Darwin must be alive and well. Perhaps living in the Galapagos. Packy

31 December 2007, 20:47

dougaboy

I am not familiar with Tony's exploits. Would someone fill me in?

Doug

02 January 2008, 18:48

MacD37

quote:
Originally posted by dougaboy:
I am not familiar with Tony's exploits. Would someone fill me in?

Doug

Tony was head of the SWATT team on the Dallas Police force, and he is the guy who shot the 350 lb escaped gorilla that hurt the little kid at the Dallas ZOO a couple years back!

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02 January 2008, 20:42

dougaboy

Thanks Mac. I wondered if that episode was the one that you folks were talking about. I remembered the escape, but couldn't remember what animal it was.

Doug

02 January 2008, 21:11

Jim Manion

Tony was forced to shoot. The ape decided it wanted a piece of him and charged. As I recall, its head stopped just at Tony's feet after the shot stopped the charge.

02 January 2008, 23:24

308Sako

So I guess that Tony is the only one who finds 350 LB Gorilla jokes not amusing?

Society must occasionally deal with reality, so my hat is off to Tony and his fellows.

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08 January 2008, 09:50

N E 450 No2

Actually I can say, with some authority, that a 350 lb Gorilla does pretty much anything he wants....

Till you shoot him in the head with a 458.

08 January 2008, 19:38

Steve

Here's a link to the story on CBS

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