[HighlyOpinionated]

In an attempt to scare the young cougar away from residential areas, officials shot him with non-lethal bean bags and buck shots upon release, Churchill said.

That's what they meant by "spanking" but they could not have used BUCKSHOT, it would have killed him. They mean BIRDSHOT. People who are afraid of guns are clueless.

[GladesGuru]

Jenny means “rubber buckshot”.

Jenny really is protecting her job, nothing more. If people are killed by a cat she “spanked” instead of killed, she won’t lose one dollar, or a night’s sleep.

Have her fired, and the entire program shut down before some innocent person is killed and eaten.