Man in Milwaukee shoots dog after mistaking it for lion

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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]

1. Worse is waiting to happen--like kids playing in bushes etc and

someone takes a gun a shoots. I fear this.

[Sunlei]

2. I kind of thought that blurry video looked like a dog, really to blurry to tell. Man with gun has,

no excuse to shoot a big white dog.

[onehandle]

3. Good to know that gun culture is out there ready to shoot anything that moves. The 'Lion' --->

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[newfie11]

7. Maybe the idiot needs glasses

Or a lobotomy!

[cstanleytech]

23. Wait, dont you first need to have a brain to get a lobotomy?

[newfie11]

45. Lol yes your right

[peacebird]

10. Lion? Even mountain lion? Not even close. Looks like a freaking white dog.

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]

11. The Second Amendment tragic pro-gun corporation ruling makes gunplay above the law.

He'll probably just get an 'atta boy' from the NRA.

[friendly_iconoclast]

16. That's two emotion-laden, evidence-challenged posts. Will you complete the trifecta?

[7962]

17. HA!

[Nihil]

41. If you believe that the (admittedly emotion-laden) photograph in .3 isn't "evidence" ...

... 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]

46. That is evidence *one* person is a thoughtless idiot, and whether or not I own guns...

...(I don't, btw) is not for you to decide.

Moralizing prohibitionists need to get over themselves...

[Aerows]

51. It's a *DOG*

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]

58. Fortunately, theories of precrime are not actionable

If that means nabbing those like the fuckwit that shot the dog only *after* they've
done wrong, then so be it

[JudyM]

34. Really. I mean c'mon, what is wrong with him? Nt

[freshwest]

40. Where has he been all his life? Clearly that's a dog! FFS! n/t

[Aerows]

50. This? This was mistaken for a mountain lion?

Goodness gracious. Clean your glasses, they don't even have the same gait.

Have mercy - just itching to shoot something.

[RKP5637]

54. Yep, ain't no IQ test required to go getta gun! Damn fool idiot! n/t

[Charles de Gaudless]

4. Walker supporter, I presume

[jalan48]

5. Gun nuttery gone wild.

[liberal N proud]

6. The dog/lion should have had a gun...

then it would have been a fair fight!

[Jimbo S]

8. "Lions, tigers and bears. Oh, my!"

[TexasProgresive]

9. We are not against hunting on my family's land

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]

39. They also need to be sure there is nothing behind what they are shooting.

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]

52. None of these itchy-trigger-finger

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]

56. I was taught to shoot from a young age but also what a terrible thing it could be.

Rhere is nothing at all weong with hunting.

But yes people that are irresponsible need to be accountable.

[Aerows]

57. Absolutely nothing wrong with hunting.

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]

12. Sounds to me like someone needs to have their guns removed...

Can't tell the difference between a dog and a lion? NO GUNS FOR YOU!!!

[turbinetree]

13. Sounds like someone needs..............

to have identifications cards to distinguish a puma from a canine prior to discharging a weapon.
And just think he has gun----------------presto

[sarisataka]

14. Idiot shoots dog

Outrage!!!!

Family of five murdered, a child is in critical condition.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141154568
Meh

[friendly_iconoclast]

20. Some only care about violent crime that involves guns.

[peacebird]

22. I care about violent crime that hurts innocent creatures.

[Aerows]

53. Some care about violent crime

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]

59. This doesn't make the case for prior restraint

[Aerows]

61. "Everyone should be allowed to murder with impunity

until it is proven that they will murder with impunity."

That's not very sane policy.

[friendly_iconoclast]

62. Criminals are generally punished *after* they've committed a crime,...

...unless and until a Department of Precrime is established

[friendly_iconoclast]

60. Violent criminals need to do time- but that does not validate prior restraint...

...or the notion of 'precrime'

[shenmue]

18. Poor squee fella

[7962]

19. OK this guy HAS to be charged for at least some sort of idiocy.

That dog looks like A DOG.

[matt819]

21. Unclear

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]

27. the "catlike animal" in the video is still unconfirmed/unfound

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]

24. Figured it would be something like this.

[Javaman]

25. In other news...

Milwaukee man forgets glasses but remembers gun.

[Solly Mack]

26. Idiot. Fucker. Asshole.

[magical thyme]

28. poor puppy. I hope he finds a loving home

lucky for him the jerk with a gun is also a crappy shot.

[Liberal_in_LA]

48. me too. poor puppy

[Warpy]

29. Dumb bastard is too blind to own a gun

Poor Simba in no way resembles a mountain lion.

[pansypoo53219]

30. i bet the big cat is a pet lion. drug kingpin pet.

[Eugene]

31. Not even close. That dog clearly looks like a dog.

The shooter needs to have their eyes checked.

[question everything]

32. Didn't Walker cut the number of DNR personnerl?

Thus a man got to do what a man got to do..

[dougolat]

33. It follows that HE could be mistaken for bigfoot. ...nt

[maxsolomon]

35. Just another DGU.

that lion-dog could have MAULED HIM. :

even if it was a cougar, WTF are you shooting it for?

[dembotoz]

36. next will be a kid with a Hello Kitty back pack

what is bothersome is that the homicide rate in milwaukee is thru the roof
but the dog gets the press

[goldent]

37. Yep, if dogs were being shot at the rate people are, there would be protests in the streets.

[LiberalElite]

38. Well, people have been

mistaken for deer, so....

[yellowcanine]

42. cellphone video of an animal that appeared to be a "lion-ish creature."

Well we have "truthiness", why not "lionish." No one would accuse my dog of looking lionish.

[yellowcanine]

43. Well at least he didn't shoot a hole in a sidewalk "defending" military recruiters.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=1155545

[Sunlei]

44. Nice looking dog, he's someones pet out of the yard. They probably will not come foward because

all the fines and pound time and fees city charges to get dog back add up to a couple hundred dollars easy.

[herding cats]

47. You may be right

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.

[olddad56]

49. Just look at the photo, that is clearly an alligator.

[RKP5637]

55. Idiot - I hope there are none of these around!