QUOTE (southsideirish71 @ Oct 19, 2011 -> 07:29 PM)
These are Lions, Tigers, Bears, and other nasties. This is not a coyote in your neighborhood picking off a poodle. These animals can and will kill people. The police's number one priority is to protect the people first. They dont issue Tranq guns to the local police officers. So as much as seeing the Lion get killed is sad. It would be worse the Lion picked off a few 4 year olds while they waited to get the non-lethal weapons. So as gruesome as it is this was the wise decision. The bad guy here was the mope who offed himself and let the beasties out.
Oh my!