Should the Chicago Police have Killed the Roscoe Village Cougar?
Should the Chicago Police have Killed the Roscoe Village Cougar? Tuesday April 15, 2008 A cougar running loose in the the 3400 block of North Hoyne in the Roscoe Village neighborhood was shot and killed Monday evening by the Chicago Police, according to the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times. Both papers and many witnesses were generally sympathetic to the police shooting, and I must say I agree. My first choice would be to safely contain the animal and return it to a habitat where it can thrive, but this one was on the loose, bounding 6-foot fences, probably hungry and scared. And, it also seems unreasonable for the public to expect the Chicago Police to carry with them the resources to subdue wild animals that are almost never found here. On the other hand, you might recall the Keystone cops scene last July
A cougar running loose in the the 3400 block of North Hoyne in the Roscoe Village neighborhood was shot and killed Monday evening by the Chicago Police, according to the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times. Both papers and many witnesses were generally sympathetic to the police shooting, and I must say I agree. My first choice would be to safely contain the animal and return it to a habitat where it can thrive, but this one was on the loose, bounding 6-foot fences, probably hungry and scared. And, it also seems unreasonable for the public to expect the Chicago Police to carry with them the resources to subdue wild animals that are almost never found here. On the other hand, you might recall the Keystone cops scene last July when the Chicago Police tried to capture a coyote running loose in Lincoln Park. It got
