Me too!
Posted on 01/16/2012 3:04:51 PM PST by WOBBLY BOB
FOREST LAKE, Minn. - A Forest Lake homeowner says he is livid about an "outrageous, unnecessary ending to a great wildlife story" after a police officer came onto his property at about 7 a.m. on Saturday and shot two orphaned fawns that often slept in the dog house at close range without warning. Jeff Carpenter contacted FOX 9 News about the weekend shooting, saying an officer "brutally gunned down" the twin, 6-month-old fawns his family had come to love thirty yards from his home. Carpenter said he was working in the home office when he was startled by a shotgun blast just outside the garage. At first, he thought frost may have cracked the concrete because of the cold, but he heard another shot ring out a few minutes later near the deck area.
(Excerpt) Read more at myfoxtwincities.com ...
I wonder, is legal to shoot wolves in this state?
Police shot and killed two young deer Saturday in the Forest Lake yard where they had spent more than seven months, infuriating the homeowner who had taken the animals in.
The sentence makes it sound like the deer spent seven months infuriating the homeowner. Where do they find these writers?!
There’s a pic of the man with one of the fawns when it wasn’t very old at his YouTube of the incident here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c6ZceLVtqE
The guy has 10 acres. This has to be about showing the ‘little people’ who’s boss.
Okay, the humans are stupid for putting collars on the deer. They are not pets and can’t be kept as such, practically or legally.
Whether it needed to be handled exactly this way is very much open to debate. But in a state where deer are pretty much long-legged vermin, how much effort must be expended to deal with them ?
Those two deer in question had collars and were obviously adults. The two fawns were not collared and clearly killed without reason and by a grievous mistake in orders............
I try to believe that if I was in that cops position, I would have questioned the orders several times as well as confirmation that these two fawns were the intended target......
With that being said, I would have requested a replacement because I couldn't have done it......
I wonder if anyone would get in trouble if they went to the cop’s yard and discharged a shotgun.
Reread the article, the two deer in question were collared.......the fawns were not. This was a case of the cops not listening to their instructions.......
If the Homeowner had shot the fawns because they were orphaned, the DNR would be seizing his house...
There is nothing in the story that says the fawns were collared, in fact quite the opposite......
The release from the DNR says that an officer nearly struck two deer with his squad near Carpenter's home and saw the two were wearing collars. The officer then used his department-issued shogun to shoot the first fawn about 10 yards away from the road. The second deer was followed and then shot.
>>Why don’t you just go kill your dog like creatures? <<
Look, I think the cop was dead wrong for shooting these babies but they are NOT dogs. They are wild animals and when they get older, if hand fed by humans, will have no fear of them. Not everyone is nice and we need to call sanctuaries for orphaned animals, not say it’s a pet.
People don’t get the idea that there is a difference between domesticated and not domesticated.
I posted both quotes from TWO articles with pictures that says they were. Read?
Of COURSE that’s what the story is about: property rights. Not about orphaned fawns in cold weather that haven’t yet been taught to forage by a parent. Property rights.
Me too!
What was this family going to do as the deer got older?
I’ve seen your posts before, in fact, I believe I’ve responded to you, as well. I’ve always respected your opinion. It appears we more or less agree about the cowardly act of these police officers. I was just responding to what I felt was a very callous remark. I’m an animal lover and I realize there are a lot of people on FR (not you) who don’t agree with me. I respect their right (not the their opinion)to say that. But I’m going to stand up for what I believe. God bless you.
Interesting how the worm turns, isn’t it? One of these fawns could’ve sent one his kids to the ER, and FReepers would be falling over themselves calling him a lib do-gooder idiot. For now, he’s a “tea party hero.”
“If Private property rights are not vigorously defended then they will be stolen away by the state.”
Uh, we’re talking about Minnesota, better known as the People’s Socialist Republic of Minnesota. What’s also sad is illinois (where I presently reside, but only for the next four years, after which I’ll be retired and out of here) is not far behind.
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