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Re: i'm not sure, fragmentation bullets is the term the article used. Brian Send a noteboard - 28/11/2009 04:32:37 PM
all i know is the result was lots of little bits of metal that made it dangerous for the veterinarians to do surgery on the bear.

I just don't understand why the hell a tranq gun wasn't available/used. The only reason I can think of why it wouldn't was if for some strange reason the police were closer to the bear than a keeper, vet, or available tranq. Which doesn't make sense to me unless the zoo has in-house policemen patrolling.

Ahh, gotcha. I hadn't really heard them called fragmentation bullets before. I guess it's just an example of the news people dumbing terms down as much as possible for their articles.

As for the rest, that's exactly what I thought as well. It makes no sense to me why a police officer would be there before the zookepers. And if they had an inhouse policeman, then why did he not either carry a tranquilizer gun, or have easy access to one? The situation just kinda stinks and seems like it really should have been avoidable if people had been doing their jobs properly.
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Idiots at Zoos make me feel bad for the animals. - 27/11/2009 06:36:01 PM 595 Views
By fragmentation bullets do you mean hollow points? - 27/11/2009 06:47:59 PM 544 Views
i'm not sure, fragmentation bullets is the term the article used. - 27/11/2009 09:56:50 PM 378 Views
Re: i'm not sure, fragmentation bullets is the term the article used. - 28/11/2009 04:32:37 PM 330 Views
What are you saying? - 27/11/2009 07:16:52 PM 466 Views
I think it's pretty obvious - 27/11/2009 08:06:48 PM 472 Views
well, I am sorry that makes her feel bad - 27/11/2009 08:15:41 PM 422 Views
of course - 27/11/2009 10:40:30 PM 382 Views
I do not know about other zoos - 27/11/2009 09:48:12 PM 340 Views
I disagree - 27/11/2009 10:48:40 PM 437 Views
My thoughts exactly. - 28/11/2009 12:19:55 AM 456 Views
out of curiousity - 28/11/2009 02:22:32 AM 381 Views
Re: out of curiousity - 28/11/2009 11:59:48 AM 400 Views
Hm. - 28/11/2009 04:44:08 PM 458 Views
"As long as they act reasonably." - 28/11/2009 04:52:30 PM 363 Views
So a situation that is "fun" for a bear but leaves a person dead is better than both surviving? - 27/11/2009 07:48:00 PM 411 Views
"fun" indeed. - 27/11/2009 09:51:14 PM 394 Views
It would have been a real shame if the policeman had "missed" once. *NM* - 28/11/2009 04:20:28 AM 158 Views
oh yes, a real horrible shame *NM* - 28/11/2009 06:20:42 AM 180 Views
me too. - 28/11/2009 05:29:42 PM 379 Views

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