Posted on 04/13/2018 12:51:12 PM PDT by rey
(Full title: Donkey running on Highway 101 shot and killed by Mendocino County Animal Control officers)
An aggressive 40-year-old donkey loose on Highway 101 in Hopland was shot and killed by Mendocino County Animal Control officers Wednesday at the request of the animal’s owner.
The 500-pound donkey was reported running on the highway around 3:30 p.m. prompting a response from the CHP, Caltrans, the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office and animal control, authorities said.
The donkey posed a threat to drivers coming around a blind corner on Highway 101, the Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. A driver was injured after striking a horse March 26 near the location of the loose donkey.
Officers chased the donkey off the highway and up a small hill, but the animal attempted to get back on the roadway, the Sheriff’s Office said. The donkey was known to be very aggressive and had injured and killed other animals on the farm it lived on about a mile away.
Animal control officers did not have the drugs needed to tranquilize a large animal, the Sheriff’s Office said. Its owner, who had fallen and suffered minor injuries while trying to keep the donkey off the highway, asked animal control officers to put down the animal.
Officers shot and wounded the animal, which moved up the hill away from the highway, the Sheriff’s Office said. The donkey was removed by the owner on a small flatbed trailer after it was finally put down.
What an ass!
He was shot for being an ass...
there are still a lot of crazy donkeys running around in DC that need to be treated the same way
Even a 40 year old donkey is a target when armed LEOs are around. Sad way for the animal to go, and probably unnecessary, but expedient. Cops are ALWAYS expedient where shooting someone or some thing is concerned.
Signs of the times...
Shot in the Ass; literally!
Let the braying and wailing and gnashing of teeth begin.
Jackass impeding progress gets jackbooted.
Film at 11.
Maybe it was a tiger or a raccoon.
Now this makes me mad. The owner knew the donkey was dangerous and aggressive, but wouldn’t take responsibility for the husbandry of his own animals and put the darn thing down. Now some occifer has to have nightmares about killing an ass while another walks free.
“...aggressive 40-year-old donkey ...”
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Impressive, they had the b/c of this ass yet were unable to show WTP the b/c of the won ASS who actually needed one.
Now some occifer has to have nightmares about killing an ass
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Why would he have nightmares?
That was Donkey Hodie!
If you live in Ukiah i’m not surprised at all.
The animal was wanted for murder.
“The donkey was known to be very aggressive and had injured and killed other animals on the farm it lived on about a mile away.”
If we did that here, in Mohave County AZ the BLM would arrest us.
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