Unless they had hurt or were threatening to hurt someone, there was no reason to start executing them by the dozens.
Face it, this was just a bunch of hick cops getting their jollies off killing everything that moved, and using their badge as an excuse.
The police can't sweep the woods killing every wild animal they see for public safety.
Do you have African lions, leopards, cheetahs and Bengal tigers roaming a populated area of Texas? When you do, and you’ve gotten over your cop hatred, get back to me.
These animals had been caged which is a whole other ballgame. You can’t possibly know the situation unless you are there yourself. I really doubt the “hicks” as you call them wanted to kill the animals for fun.
We have bears in the wildlife preserve here that are brought here for breeding but if they leave the preserve they are killed. That is the rule because once they leave the “safe” environment where they are accustomed they become predictors.
I would hate for some HUMAN/HUMANS to be mauled to death just because it upsets you to have exotic animals put down because they are a danger to people and other animals in the area.
While mountain lions are rather common in the trans pecos area and south TX, saying the woods are filled with them is a bit of a stretch. The reports of black bear come mainly from far west TX and are extremely rare. According to Texas Parks and Wildlife there are no known wolf populations in TX. One more thing a mountain lion and a cougar are the same critter and if you call the area's the inhabit woods, then you can't be much taller than a chigger.