Why can’t these problem dogs be tranquilized instead of shot dead?
You hear this thing all the time and while I can understand a charging dog is a problem for cops trying to defend, seems they always just want to pull out their guns and shoot.
I’ll tell you this, though I cannot imagine a scenario where this would happen, if anyone shot my dog for barking at them I’d have to get my gun and shoot THEM!
It’s what dogs do! But the cops....they keep shooting them.
There’s no saner solution?
“Why can’t these problem dogs be tranquilized instead of shot dead?”
Tranquilizer guns require some knowledge and experience to use properly, while any goober can be trained to use a firearm. I wouldn’t trust a cop to dispense pharmaceuticals, especially not at high velocities.
Why can’t these problem dogs be tranquilized instead of shot dead?
Why can’t they be tazed? Cops love to use their tazers on people, are we to believe that they are less effective on dogs? Or do the cops just enjoy shooting something they have very little chance of being sued over? And eight hits? I wonder how many magazines these sharpshooters went through.