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Candlelight Vigil Held For Elk Killed By Police Officer In Boulder (Colorado)
CBS News Denver ^ | January 6, 2013

Posted on 01/06/2013 10:55:19 PM PST by Zakeet

A candlelight vigil was held in Boulder Sunday evening for an elk that was shot by a police officer last Tuesday.

The vigil was held on Mountain View Road near where the incident occurred. Some residents say the elk was considered a friend and even a guardian. They created a memorial at a tree in the area.

Two police officers who were involved in the incident have been placed on administrative leave while the Boulder Police Department investigates.

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Several neighbors told CBS4 they feel there was no reason to kill the animal, and they are encouraging others to complain about what happened.

“He was just a majestic being and it’s so sad that it came down to this, it’s heartbreaking,” neighbor Jennifer Centeno said.

Mark Rourke, a postal carrier who delivers mail to the Mapleton Hill neighborhood, told CBS4 the elk had been seen in the neighborhood over the past week or two, and that although it once cornered him on a porch, it didn’t deserve to die.

“I think it was just being defensive. I scared it when I walked through the gate,” he said. “It makes me sick, it just makes me sick. It was a beautiful animal.”

One person at the vigil called the elk a wonderful visitor to the neighborhood and he truly loved the elk.

“I cried; outraged; I lost a very dear friend,” resident Marcus O’Bryon said. “I know that’s hard for some people to believe, but he was an incredible, magnificent creature.”

(Excerpt) Read more at denver.cbslocal.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: animalwhackos; colorado; environmentalism; leo; liberalism; protest; wildlife
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To: Zakeet

The forest animals are laughing at these people.


41 posted on 01/07/2013 2:06:54 AM PST by Tainan (Cogito, ergo conservatus sum -- "The Taliban is inside the building")
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To: TigersEye

Penguins For Ethical Treatment of Animals objects!


42 posted on 01/07/2013 2:11:57 AM PST by count-your-change (You don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
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To: elkfersupper

elkfersupper


43 posted on 01/07/2013 2:50:40 AM PST by null and void (The world is full of Maple Streets.)
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To: Zakeet

Note to California...

...we found your missing hippies.


44 posted on 01/07/2013 2:51:31 AM PST by null and void (The world is full of Maple Streets.)
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To: Zakeet
As far as I'm concerned, these ridiculous "candle light vigils" are nothing more than an attempt by the participants to get their faces on the television......

And as for those memorial spots at the scene of whatever where people put the stuffed animals, flowers and cards, they end up as nothing more than a trash dump after the first heavy rainfall that somebody has to clean up.......

And if I were to be killed, the last place my family would be is standing around in the front yard crying with the neighbors, waiting for the news crew to arrive..........

OK, rant is over.....

45 posted on 01/07/2013 2:51:56 AM PST by Hot Tabasco (Jab her with a harpoon.....)
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To: Zakeet

Cop might’ve mistaken it for somebody’s dog.

This vigil would make for a really great South Park episode.

I had an elk burger once. I liked it; tasted like beef.


46 posted on 01/07/2013 3:04:01 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Happy New Year!)
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To: Zakeet

Perhaps the moose bit the officer’s sister?


47 posted on 01/07/2013 3:08:20 AM PST by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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To: BookmanTheJanitor
How many ants are being murdered by the people in that picture? :o)

Better to ask how many joints are being murdered in that picture?

I remember when I was a kid, I wantonly slaughtered an defenseless ant, and a little girl went off on me about how it had a life and I took it away.

My education in liberalism started at a young age.

48 posted on 01/07/2013 3:15:44 AM PST by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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To: Zakeet
I lost a very dear friend,” resident Marcus O’Bryon said.

Either a brilliant pun, or this dolt has no life whatsoever.

49 posted on 01/07/2013 3:36:35 AM PST by Teacher317 ('Tis time to fear when tyrants seem to kiss.)
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To: Zakeet

These people have too much free time. This how people become when they have no trials or tribulations in their life. Humans need some sort of ‘cause.’ If all the normal needs like food, shelter, clothing, entertainment, etc. are taken care of then people tend to do stupid things like this. I’m not saying these people are stupid. I’m saying the only reason they have time to even worry about this sort of thing is because all of their real needs are met and probably have always been met as long as they have lived.


50 posted on 01/07/2013 3:46:44 AM PST by servo1969
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To: Zakeet
although it once cornered him on a porch, it didn’t deserve to die.

A VERY large wild animal with formidable weapons... while I think the cop acted improperly, the residents are also moon-eyed morons. Go "be one" with a grizzly bear, kids.

51 posted on 01/07/2013 3:52:49 AM PST by Teacher317 ('Tis time to fear when tyrants seem to kiss.)
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To: All

They need Cartman and his hippie drill..


52 posted on 01/07/2013 3:57:46 AM PST by newnhdad (Our new motto: USA, it was fun while it lasted.)
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

Entire generations of hard working slime mold colonies are being slaughtered within every square inch sat upon.

Will they hold another vigil?


53 posted on 01/07/2013 4:12:38 AM PST by Salamander (Nothing says 'Welcome to my home!' like snakes.)
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To: BookmanTheJanitor
How many ants are being murdered by the people in that picture?

I don't know but allowing morons to play with fire is never a good idea.

54 posted on 01/07/2013 4:20:34 AM PST by liberalh8ter (If Barack has a memory like a steel trap, why can't he remember what the Constitution says?)
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To: Zakeet

After reading this “article” I think I’m going to hurl.

This is what we have come to in today’s society...holding candlelight vigils for dead animals and worse yet, it making national news.


55 posted on 01/07/2013 4:31:08 AM PST by DH (Once the tainted finger of government touches anything the rot begins)
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To: Paleo Conservative
9th and Mapleton

That is a residential area and the size of the Elk makes me think the action taken was correct for public safety.

56 posted on 01/07/2013 4:31:12 AM PST by the_daug
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To: Zakeet

Geez - I hope there are no slaughter houses in Colorado. This bunch would be suicidal.


57 posted on 01/07/2013 4:41:54 AM PST by JudyinCanada
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To: Zakeet

And people wonder how Obama got reelected. Our nation is filled with madness. We have truly lost the ability to reason and have collapsed into raw emotionalism. Notice how many females are in this picture. The vaunted female who's collective emotions now trump everything in society.

This is what we now all must bow down to, female emotion. It's in every commercial. It's in every sitcom. In every form of pop culture and politics. We are doomed.

58 posted on 01/07/2013 5:04:40 AM PST by Obadiah (Flirtin' with Disaster)
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To: the_daug

59 posted on 01/07/2013 5:13:02 AM PST by Paleo Conservative (Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not really out to get you.)
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To: Obadiah

Has anybody notice a few things that don’t look right here.

In the picture with the officer and elk theres snow on the ground, he’s wearing heacy winter gear and all the grass is brown.

Now compare it to the picture of the vigil that was later.

Lush green grass, some in shorts most in t-shirts. Gang the temps in boulder at that time were running in the low teens.


60 posted on 01/07/2013 5:19:22 AM PST by Dusty Road
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