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Ok..I guess if a tranquilizer was out of the question --then I agree they would have to shoot it...... I was mostly responding to the people who said that the tiger should of been dead already because of last years incident. Tigers are caged for a reason..... because they are not people friendly.
On the other hand, if I find out that this kid who the tiger was standing over let the tiger out then I might change my mind.

I agree that if we find out these kids definitely were involved in taunting the tiger, my sympathies for them and the tiger will be even more conflicted.

But just because a situation is emotionally complex doesn’t mean we have to try very hard to stay firmly rooted in reality. Cops don’t have as much time to react as you just had in reading this post.

They had to shoot it. It’s not the cops fault the tiger was loose, but that’s the situation they were called to solve.

Ok..I guess if a tranquilizer was out of the question --then I agree they would have to shoot it......

I take a leap (no pun intended)and guess the cops involved don't normal carry tranquilzers and are not trained in their use.

Even if they were, tranquilers take time to work and a big cat like that would be very hyped up after chasing down down prey. Tranquilizers don't work well with excited animals...heck trranqs don't work very well on excited humans either.

Adrenline counteracts the drowzing effects and you would have to use multiple shots to put the animal to sleep. And then you would have given the poor beast an overdose and probally killed it anyway.

And remember you are watching the victim under the tigerliterally bleeding to death as you wait for the drugs to take effect..

So no go on the tranqs....