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Threats issued after tiger's death
the news and observer | july 21 2004 | Associated press

Posted on 07/22/2004 2:56:07 PM PDT by Charlespg

Nation

,Threats issued after tiger's death Wildlife agency alters dress code

THE ASSOCIATED.PRESS LOXAHATCHEE. Fla. ... The agency responsible for fatally shooting an escaped 600-pound tiger has received at least five death t;hreats and is urging some employees to wear street clothes instead of uniforms. The directive Tuesday came a week after an officer with the state Fish and Wildlife Conser­vation Commission shot Bobo the tiger when the big cat lunged at him during a hunt that lasted 26 hours. The shooting set off a public outcry, including criticism from the tiger's owner, former Tarzan actor Steve Sipek. Willie Puz, spokesman for the commission, said there have been at least five death threats since the l shooting, including one Monday from a woman who said Puz I should be hanged, he said. "She said someone should I shoot you for defending the of­ficer and lying to the public [and] that I should be hanging from a tree," Puz said. Although agency law enforcment officers will continue to wear their uniforms, all other employees, from fishery experts I to scientists, have been told to I wear street clothes, Puz said. I "Law enforcement officers! have the ability to arrest some- body," Puz said. "Those biologists or field staff don't." Puz said he has fielded 600 I e-mail messages and telephone calls from people nationwide, with about 95 percent of it criti­cal of the agency's actions.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: animalrights; bunnyhuggers; kooks; peta; tiger

1 posted on 07/22/2004 2:56:14 PM PDT by Charlespg
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To: Charlespg
PETA at its finest.
2 posted on 07/22/2004 3:02:28 PM PDT by newgeezer (Just my opinion, of course. Your mileage may vary. You have the right to be wrong.)
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To: Charlespg

evading any armed government agency for over three eight hour shifts guarantees that when they do find you you lunged for them or posed some risk to the public, deserving the entire clip. No creature runs up an overtime bill that big without paying the price.


3 posted on 07/22/2004 3:03:27 PM PDT by blackdog (I feed the sheep the coyotes eat)
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To: Charlespg

So it would of been better if the tiger killed the guy. Would that of made the people happier. or would the death threats be going to the tiger. HMMMM.


4 posted on 07/22/2004 3:03:30 PM PDT by wing84th
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To: Charlespg

The animal rights wackos would be happy if a human being were killed and eaten by the beast. That's how twisted these people are. If its a choice between human lives and that of a tiger's, I will protect human life every time. People have lost sight of the fact that man is created in the image of God and the lesser creatures are just not on the same plane.


5 posted on 07/22/2004 3:05:36 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: Charlespg
including criticism from the tiger's owner, former Tarzan actor Steve Sipek.

I was always curious-

Did Mr. Sipek bestir himself to assist in the hunt for the tiger, or did he just stay home and wait for it to be found?

6 posted on 07/22/2004 3:12:47 PM PDT by MamaTexan (Liberals are just communists in metro-sexual clothing)
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To: goldstategop
Protect human life every time?

Not sure that I would deprive a hungry critter from having a PETAsnack. :)

7 posted on 07/22/2004 3:13:18 PM PDT by Free Trapper (ALF & ELF - Future Bog People)
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To: newgeezer
PETA at its finest.

It's not PETA. It's the local residents. They're nuts. Next time a tiger or lion gets loose in that neighborhood, the game officers should refuse to help

8 posted on 07/22/2004 3:17:01 PM PDT by Moonman62
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To: MamaTexan
Did Mr. Sipek bestir himself to assist in the hunt for the tiger, or did he just stay home and wait for it to be found?

Bowl of milk on the front porch?

9 posted on 07/22/2004 3:32:48 PM PDT by randog
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To: Moonman62
You obviously haven't heard of ALF or the Earth First'ers.
10 posted on 07/22/2004 4:45:13 PM PDT by JoJo Gunn (Intellectuals exist only if you believe they do. ©)
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To: JoJo Gunn

They may have joined in, but it's being led by the locals. There must be something rotten in the water.


11 posted on 07/22/2004 4:48:36 PM PDT by Moonman62
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To: Charlespg

THEY SHOT BOBO!?


12 posted on 07/22/2004 4:52:46 PM PDT by Piranha
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To: MamaTexan
I don't think he did diddysquat,at least he should have showed some responsibly and gone and helped look for his animal.
13 posted on 07/22/2004 5:19:00 PM PDT by Charlespg (Civilization and freedom are only worthy of those who defend or support defending It)
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