I Knew They'd End Up Shooting It!

[Tilly2]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-41944467


Inevitable but very sad.

[emeritus]

Not sure why they couldn't tranquilize. Just a different weapon ?

[Tilly2]

That's what we're saying, Emeritus...:-(

[Prudie]

Mikey has already posted this but agree, it was a pathetic effort and could have been avoided.
https://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question1579187.html

[Tilly2]

Thank you, Prudie. I didn't see Mikey's thread.

[emmie]

what a terrible waste.

[Jackdaw33]

If you read Mikey's thread, see my post @ 07:06.

[woofgang]

yet another animal let down by the humans who were supposed to be caring for it

[Metaphysicalus]

A dart is shot from a gun - same as a bullet. I imagine if they said that it was killed humanely then a marksman would have been used to shoot it. It could also have been trapped with food, as I imagine it would probably have been hungry been kept penned up in the zoo, and was used to being fed. PETA, the animal rights organisation, advocates the humane killing of animals which are kept in captivity, because they maintain that the animal is better off dead than being unfree. I don't agree with that, although I agree with their other policies of ethical treatment for animals. It is a shame that the poor creature was killed.

[woofgang]

They tried food trapping. Darting is not just like using a bullet, the dart has to hit in the right place AND stay in the animal AND the injection mechanism has to activate AND the anaesthetic has to work before the animal gets away.

[jno]

the zoo people aren't happy, but if they're going to keep animals in captivity they should do it properly

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/nov/11/lilith-escaped-lynx-is-killed-over-growing-public-safety-fears

[237SJ]

I knew they would end up shooting it as well - poor animal. I was hoping it would manage to escape into the countryside like the black leopard that lived outside our village. It managed to live out it's whole life there (and it never attacked anyone)

[hereIam]

I knew they'd end up shooting it too. Poor bloody thing. The zoo should have made sure it couldn't have escaped in the first place, although what sort of life it had cooped up in a zoo is anybody's guess. RIP beautiful animal x

[murraymints]

all so sad..however....

[Mamyalynne]

Poor Lilleth, but when livestock are attacked the danger increases - so sad she couldn't have been caught alive.

[237SJ]

There is no proof that the linx attacked livestock. Just as there has never been any proof that big cats in the South West attacked sheep. Plenty of dead animals with their throats ripped out but no proof as to who the culprit was. And if the poor animal did attack livestock then the idea of releasing them into Scotland is ridiculous.

[mikey4444]

There are millions of sheep in Wales, but only a very few
Eurasian lynx.

[Mamyalynne]

I didn't realise the farmer's story had been disputed, apologies.

Still sad, if she'd been found earlier it would have been much better.

[dunnitall]

IMO any animal shouldn't be held in a zoo! They have to take their chance ...in life like all species do. Sorry if I sound hatch with my view....but what sort of existence does a captive animal have when far removed from its natural habitat...?

[dunnitall]

'Harsh' not hatch ... Apologies

[Tilly2]

I haven't been to a zoo since I was a child. I hate zoos.