Man in Milwaukee shoots dog after mistaking it for lion
Source: CBS News
MILWAUKEE -- It's been a rough 24 hours for a dog now being called Simba. The dog was wandering on a street in Milwaukee when animal control says a person mistook him for a mountain lion, pulled out a gun and shot him, reports CBS affiliate WDJT.
"The bullet went through his leg, fractured his bone," said Karen Sparapani, executive director of the Milwaukee Area Domestic Animal Control Commission.
Milwaukee police said a woman reported seeing a lion Monday afternoon in her north side neighborhood. Police Chief Edward Flynn said his officers were given cellphone video of an animal that appeared to be a "lion-ish creature."
"It's true that they're more afraid of us than we are of them. They just want to eat their food and make their babies," Sparapani said.
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riversedge
(70,047 posts)someone takes a gun a shoots. I fear this.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)no excuse to shoot a big white dog.
onehandle
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newfie11
(8,159 posts)Or a lobotomy!
cstanleytech
(26,223 posts)newfie11
(8,159 posts)peacebird
(14,195 posts)Has he been charged for discharging his weapon with out a clear idea of what he was shooting? Or shooting in city limits?or just plain being stoopid?
onehandle
(51,122 posts)He'll probably just get an 'atta boy' from the NRA.
friendly_iconoclast
(15,333 posts)7962
(11,841 posts)Nihil
(13,508 posts)... that the shooter in this story is criminally incompetent to possess a gun
then maybe you should hand your own guns in too?
Let me guess: he was just another "good guy with a gun"?
"Lion" ... FFS ...
friendly_iconoclast
(15,333 posts)...(I don't, btw) is not for you to decide.
Moralizing prohibitionists need to get over themselves...
Aerows
(39,961 posts)Looking for an excuse to shoot something moving does in no way inoculate you from culpability if you shoot somebody's dog, or worse, someone's child.
But that seems to be the opinion of many gunbearers. "Oops, I thought it was a yeti (after shooting a 5 year old.)"
"Oops, I thought it was a mountain lion (after shooting someone's dog)."
This hair-triggered shit needs to stop. If you are too irresponsible to check and verify your target, you are in no way responsible enough to use a gun.
friendly_iconoclast
(15,333 posts)If that means nabbing those like the fuckwit that shot the dog only *after* they've
done wrong, then so be it
JudyM
(29,185 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)Aerows
(39,961 posts)Goodness gracious. Clean your glasses, they don't even have the same gait.
Have mercy - just itching to shoot something.
RKP5637
(67,084 posts)Charles de Gaudless
(102 posts)jalan48
(13,839 posts)liberal N proud
(60,332 posts)then it would have been a fair fight!
Jimbo S
(2,958 posts)TexasProgresive
(12,154 posts)but because of idiots who "sound" shoot or shot at movement that we don't allow it. An idiot with a gun is a damn dangerous idiot.
alphafemale
(18,497 posts)A rifle bullet can travel a long ass way.
I think hunters that injure or kill people should be held legally responsible.
And financially liable for property damage
On edit, I am not at all against responsible hunting.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)assholes even give the minor thought to collateral damage. You can't say "Oops" when you shoot somebody's kid anymore than you can say "Oops, ran over your kid."
Yet somehow, they seem to think that the kid shouldn't have been there at that day and time, while absolving themselves of all personal responsibility for their own actions.
Like, don't tote a damn firearm if you can't be bothered to see what you are shooting at, or don't drive a damn car if you are intoxicated.
Please get right in my face and explain to me how it is any different driving drunk than it is shooting without knowing what on earth your target is.
alphafemale
(18,497 posts)Rhere is nothing at all weong with hunting.
But yes people that are irresponsible need to be accountable.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)Rifles are also needed in rural areas.
Rifles and handguns are not needed in the hands of people that are unaware of the damage they can do by shooting before verifying a target and people irresponsible enough that they accidentally shoot people in grocery stores, at weddings and in churches.
And people who have little kids and don't have the sense to lock up their firearms so the kids cannot get to them, I must add!
truebrit71
(20,805 posts)Can't tell the difference between a dog and a lion? NO GUNS FOR YOU!!!
turbinetree
(24,683 posts)to have identifications cards to distinguish a puma from a canine prior to discharging a weapon.
And just think he has gun----------------presto
sarisataka
(18,472 posts)Outrage!!!!
Family of five murdered, a child is in critical condition.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141154568
Meh
friendly_iconoclast
(15,333 posts)peacebird
(14,195 posts)Aerows
(39,961 posts)and are damned sick of it visiting our communities for no good reason.
Oh wait - Yep. I am tired of gun violence being committed by people that have no business owning a fire arm in the first place.
YOU ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE ENOUGH TO USE A GUN IF YOU FUCKING MISTAKE A DOG FOR A MOUNTAIN LION.
I hope you heard that.
friendly_iconoclast
(15,333 posts)Aerows
(39,961 posts)until it is proven that they will murder with impunity."
That's not very sane policy.
friendly_iconoclast
(15,333 posts)...unless and until a Department of Precrime is established
friendly_iconoclast
(15,333 posts)...or the notion of 'precrime'
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shenmue
(38,506 posts)7962
(11,841 posts)That dog looks like A DOG.
matt819
(10,749 posts)Was the dog the animal seen on that brief video?
Or is that animal in the photo still unfound?
Oh, and this - Scared, stupid, and armed. What can go wrong?
magical thyme
(14,881 posts)the catlike creature has been spotted and reported numerous times and pumas are native to the state, so it is possible a puma is in the area.
oldandhappy
(6,719 posts)Javaman
(62,497 posts)Milwaukee man forgets glasses but remembers gun.
Solly Mack
(90,758 posts)magical thyme
(14,881 posts)lucky for him the jerk with a gun is also a crappy shot.
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)Warpy
(111,123 posts)Poor Simba in no way resembles a mountain lion.
pansypoo53219
(20,952 posts)Eugene
(61,805 posts)The shooter needs to have their eyes checked.
question everything
(47,425 posts)Thus a man got to do what a man got to do..
dougolat
(716 posts)maxsolomon
(33,232 posts)that lion-dog could have MAULED HIM. :
even if it was a cougar, WTF are you shooting it for?
dembotoz
(16,784 posts)what is bothersome is that the homicide rate in milwaukee is thru the roof
but the dog gets the press
goldent
(1,582 posts)LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)mistaken for deer, so....
yellowcanine
(35,693 posts)yellowcanine
(35,693 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)all the fines and pound time and fees city charges to get dog back add up to a couple hundred dollars easy.
herding cats
(19,558 posts)It breaks my heart though. My sweetie got out and was injured. It cost me in total more than $400 to get her back to good. I happily paid the vet for the treatment to my beloved Lady, well, because I love her.
Ramen isn't just for college students you know. It was winter at the time. Icy and horrible weather. I didn't use heat except to keep my pipes thawed. I was lucky to be able to make those choices. I realize that.
Before anyone judges me. I do budget my pets annual care. Once in a while it exceeds my expectations and I make do as best I can. They are loved, and not in anyway neglected or untended. Actually, they get better medical care than I do for the money.
I my vet.