Every government bureaucrat involved should face the same consequences a private individual would face.
What idiot thought this was a good idea?
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The coyote angle was just the cover story for first article testing. My perfectly rational reasoning tells me that a ping from the right cell phone will set it off to kill the right target.
A few things that need clearing up -- first off, is the above even true to begin with. Second, who requested/permitted that this particular m44 be set up. Third, where was the boy that he might come in contact with the thing (ie was he trespassing). Finally, regardless of whether it was duly requested by a private citizen and of whether the kid was trespassing -- who the HELL ever decided it was a good idea to leave cyanide spouts laying around?
Perhaps the best way to deal with this is to educate the people of the area, especially the children, to its dangers.
People have been killed by predator bombs. There is a long list of non target animals at the link.
http://www.humanesociety.org/assets/pdfs/wildlife/predator-poison-factsheet.pdf
Booby traps are illegal precisely because they might hurt an innocent person. But I guess that reasoning doesn’t hold if it’s the government setting the traps... *SPIT!*
I have no words.
Nielsen said he intended to meet federal officials next week to “get to the bottom of this.”
WHY?? Just issue Arrest Warrants and PROSECUTE the Agents involved and their boss that gave the Order. That is YOUR JOB!!!!
What complete idiot conceived of pest control using a land mine that sprays cyanide?
I have a problem with government employees using poisons of any kind.
Three years ago our 9 year old black Maine Coon cat brought home a rat and left it on the back porch. The cat died the next day from the rat poison. Can’t they just use traps?
We have coyotes out here where we live. So far, they don’t
bother us and we don’t bother them. They’re very timid. If
they ever mix with regular dogs, the mix can be bolder. Our
dogs have always “talked” with the coyotes, both howling at
the top of their lungs. - A “cyanide bomb” would definitely
be a cure worse than the disease.
You know, animals can’t read. What’s wrong with posting metal signs along appropriate paths with pictures? And having it say right on top of the device “DANGER - POISON - KEEP AWAY” and a skull and crossbones? I mean if you’re going to have such a device any way. Or would that be too much trouble?
I’m from the gov’t and I am here to help.
I don’t like to be manipulated. It was not a bomb, the dog was not “covered”. etc.
Here is a video of the explosive potential of these devices:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlIg8N3uemA
These thing are better described as poison dispensers, not “land mines”.
Trying to manipulated me with lies loses my support. I hereby permit the use of these devices on private property, trespassers beware.
What dimly-lit thought this was a good idea? Reading from one of the posts, a lot of this happened during Clinton and escalated during Bowbama!
I thought Compound 1080 was banned years ago.
Or is this some new stuff.
Predator Control Manager: I know! We’ll plant poison landmines to kill the coyotes!
Manager Assistant Johnson: Isn’t that kind of dangerous, sir?
Predator Control Manager: It’s safer than my other plan.
Manager Assistant Johnson: What’s that?
Predator Control Manager: Claymores! Front Towards Enemy, Johnson.
Manager Assistant Johnson: Yeah, let’s go with the cyanide bombs, sir.
The US hasn’t signed the Ottawa treaty on landmines. So its use is probably legal.
If a human had done this, he would be in jail. The government bureaucrat who did it needs to be in jail.