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Police Kill Bear in Virginia Hospital Police Kill Bear in Virginia Hospital
AP via Yahoo ^ | 6/16/04

Posted on 06/16/2004 7:21:48 AM PDT by ZGuy

ROCKY MOUNT, Va. - Perhaps visiting hours were over. Police shot and killed a full-grown black bear that wandered into a hospital Tuesday.

The 300-pound male bear wandered in front of Carilion Franklin Memorial Hospital at about 9:10 p.m. and activated a sensor that opens the hospital's doors, police said.

The bear wandered down a few hallways and into a computer room, said Lt. Karl Martin of the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. Two police officers yanked the door shut behind it.

Officers planned to sedate the bear, but because the hospital was nearly full they worried about it getting loose. An officer shot the bear twice and killed it, Martin said.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: animalrights; bangbang; bear; bearkilledbearkilled; peta; wildlife
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To: Conspiracy Guy

I think that would be "seriesly killed" by a "hugh-caliber rifle."


21 posted on 06/16/2004 8:21:18 AM PDT by HenryLeeII (God blessed America when He gave us Ronald Reagan!)
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To: Howlin; Ed_NYC; MonroeDNA; widgysoft; Springman; Timesink; dubyaismypresident; Grani; coug97; ...
Just damn. Just damn.

Just damn.

If you want on the list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...

22 posted on 06/16/2004 8:23:35 AM PDT by mhking
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To: ZGuy

In related news, the Kerry campaign has blamed President Bush for the incident.

"It is because George Bush has not provided health care insurance to literally millions of carnivores that they are forced to paw their way into our hospitals. When I am President, there will be free veterinary coverage for all our fine, furry friends."


23 posted on 06/16/2004 8:24:58 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
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To: TomServo
What did they kill him twice for??

Violating HIPAA requirements.

24 posted on 06/16/2004 8:27:05 AM PDT by Spyder (Just another day in Paradise)
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To: HenryLeeII

Why don't bears get government medical insurance? /sarcasm


25 posted on 06/16/2004 8:31:48 AM PDT by bmwcyle (<a href="http://www.johnkerry.com/" target="_blank">miserable failure)
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To: HenryLeeII

I like that.


26 posted on 06/16/2004 8:42:23 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (I will never give up. So don't ask me.)
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To: All

That is not fair!

I paid good money to sit in a flimsy tree stand in Quebec for HOURS while getting eaten by mosquitos and "noseeums" to shoot a 300 lb bear. Those cops cheated.

(I'm gonna move to Virginia!)


27 posted on 06/16/2004 8:43:23 AM PDT by fawn796
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To: ZGuy

Once again, the right to arm bears is lacking.


28 posted on 06/16/2004 8:44:54 AM PDT by Monty22
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To: ZGuy


Show of hands . . . on reading the headline, who here thought of the elephant joke?
29 posted on 06/16/2004 8:46:01 AM PDT by Xenalyte (This dog bite me.)
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To: Xenalyte

Ha!

"Last night I dreamed I shot an elephant in my pajamas. What he was doing in them I will never know!"


30 posted on 06/16/2004 8:47:47 AM PDT by najida (Who said I could spell? My fingers are faster than my brain.)
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To: Verginius Rufus; Conspiracy Guy

"The bear wandered down a few hallways and into a computer room"

Hey Where's Conspiracy Guy this morning?


31 posted on 06/16/2004 8:50:02 AM PDT by bad company (God speed Dutch)
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To: ZGuy
Police Kill Bear in Virginia Hospital Police Kill Bear in Virginia Hospital

pinging the Department of Redundancy Department

32 posted on 06/16/2004 8:50:24 AM PDT by the_devils_advocate_666
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To: the_devils_advocate_666

It was an APB!


33 posted on 06/16/2004 8:51:57 AM PDT by ZGuy
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To: ICX

In Alaska, we have a support system for orphaned cubs.

http://www.adn.com/alaska/story/5198017p-5131001c.html


35 posted on 06/16/2004 8:53:29 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: the_devils_advocate_666
Police Kill Bear in Virginia Hospital Police Kill Bear in Virginia Hospital

The British are coming... The British are coming....!!

36 posted on 06/16/2004 8:54:10 AM PDT by Dick Vomer (liberals suck......... but it depends on what your definition of the word "suck" is.)
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To: SengirV
I'm pretty sure the drywall and flimsy computer room door would have contained an enraged bear. Well Billy, we're sorry your sick Granny was killed by a bear. Since the safety of a bear is more important than the safety of our patients, I'm sure you understand why we had to wait a couple hours until the proper capture and release personnel were available. But in the meantime, the bear got frustrated that he could not get out of the drywalled room he was in and simply went berzerk. Oh well, here's a lollipop to help you thru your loss. But be happy, the bear is safe and sound in his new habitat.

Lighten up, Francis.

I don't give a rat's ass about the bear's safety or well-being. My point is that those flimsy hospital walls are filled with things that don't react well to bullets. Furthermore, the article says nothing about the bear being "enraged", going "berserk" or trying to break out of the room and kill someone's sick grandmother. He might've just been in there raiding the IT guy's pick-a-nick basket.

I'm delighted that the threat was removed with relative ease, and I'm also very happy that the police did not accidentally cause a far greater catastrophe.

37 posted on 06/16/2004 9:00:02 AM PDT by Charles Martel ("Who put the Tribbles in the Quadrotriticale?")
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To: bad company

#16. I was slow and all the good puns were taken.


38 posted on 06/16/2004 9:04:23 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (I will never give up. So don't ask me.)
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To: Tijeras_Slim; iceskater; xyz123; Mudboy Slim; Corin Stormhands; jla; Flora McDonald; ...
When bears are killed tragically, do people put human dolls at impromptu shrines?

Heh...seriesly doubtful in Rocky Mount, Virginia. There you're more likely to encounter impromptu shine.

(Virginia ping)

39 posted on 06/16/2004 9:04:38 AM PDT by Corin Stormhands (Ronald Reagan on DU: "There's got to be a pony in there somewhere...")
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To: Corin Stormhands

ROFLMAO!!!!!!!

Since I don't know where Rocky Mount is (I only know Rocky Mount NC) I will take your word for it.


40 posted on 06/16/2004 9:07:46 AM PDT by Gabz (RIP President Ronald W. Reagan 1911-2004)
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