dangerous cow, anyone thinks this is not rediculous?
 

Pigs and cows don't get along.. It's a known fact.

It looks rediculouse but we don't know what the cow (bull) was doing before the start of the video.
The cops wouldn't do that without a proper reason.

Common, that wasn't a bull, it wasn't even fully grown cow, it was a calf(i'll admit ,it wasn't a small baby calf).

It's a typical runaway cow, little bit overexited and frisky..
It's not a bacon eating predator, so those pigs had nothing to worry about if they stayed behind the squad car..

If it was a real bull, they would have been dead cause it would have charged after being shot with a weak 9mm.
Little common sense goes a lot further then shooting a cow with a 9.

I can't imagine a good reason to shoot a cow like that, don't they have animal control in the area? Tranquilizer gun??

Cowboy cops!

LOL! Yeah, they never do anything without the proper reason.
They saw an excuse to play with their guns and didn't want to pass it up.
I grew up on a farm and we had dozens of cattle at any one time - hundreds over the years. Never saw a reason to shoot one unless we were going to eat it. If you put that many cop cars with lights flashing near almost any animal it's going to freak out. They should have turned of their lights, gone back to the donut shop and let someone who knew what they were doing deal with the cow.

Exactly. Anyone with even a little livestock experience could have had that animal under control in minutes. The only dangerous thing in that video is those morons driving around and popping off rounds. They should all be embarrassed.

What an idiotic reaction by the police.

It's easy to push around a unarmed animal
 

The old "shoot first and ask questions later" western, shoot on a local back-road near you. No animal or human should be treated in that manner. But arming our livestock is not the answer, hopefully the local news picked up the story and the commander now has to explain this stupid act! It's easy to push around a unarmed animal; I hope those officers never run into someone who has and can use a firearm with a level of skill! This is not India, but killing a unarmed cow is still bad karma.:(
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"If you put that many cop cars with lights flashing near almost any animal it's going to freak out."

Hell Pat, can't blame him, I'd of freaked out too!!!! I wonder about the law sometimes.:(

.......UFB.........this REALLY bothers me. I was raised on a cattle farm. My father was a livestock broker (primarily) who's business it was to buy/hold/sell cattle for human consumption. This video scene is re-G*dd*anm-iculous. That animal is a young steer and to shoot it multiple times with a .38 or what ever they were using is beyond cruel.

I could not finish watching. To be clear here there is a humane way to kill animals for slaughter. It is done everyday with one large shot to the brain so as to be quick, efficient with the least amount of trauma to the living animal

Quebec PD shot two cows that escaped on the way to the slaughterhouse.

Could have been handled better.

I just love how many are bashing the police. Once police are called and are on site, they become responsible for neutralizing the threat of injury to people. If they just packed up and left it alone, then the poor innocent cow trampled a child, you same posters would be calling for the chief's head the same way you are now.
Don't let a 3 minute video be your only source of info. Take a deep breath.

I don't especially like the shooting but I don't have all the info, either.

I agree, the cops were shot happy. Poor form IMO. As for humane ways to kill, that slug to the head merely stuns them, the blade to the throat and the ensuing exsanguination is what kills them. I have witnessed it many times. Slaughter houses are not humane by any means but they are better than multiple stab wounds (think bull fighting) or several rounds that don't provide a quicker death.

Death in any form is not humane but a man has to eat...

In the case of a cow wandering around, or a burning building, or a large number of other situations that would mean getting the people into a secure place and letting someone competent take care of the threat.

When did neutralize become synonymous with shoot and kill?

Mike,

Have to question your statement here. I agree there is a lot of evidence that the processing lines do not always take the time/care to do it right.
Having done it, I can attest a properly placed shot to the head (or even a sledge hammer blow) will dispatch a bovine up to and including a 3 year old bull.

Didn't watch the video. The comments were enough to sicken me.
We have a neighbor who, three decades ago was dangerous around stock, having learned from his alcoholic father. My FIL "had a talk" to him one day after his actions caused the loss of one of our animals and his methods have been vastly improved in the past two decades.

Most people though, having no experience, don't understand how food motivated most bovines are.

When you compare this issue with the treatment of human beings in many countries, it kind of falls off the radar.

Best
Les

Ok, maybe this is how it went down...

Remote location, nearest animal control ~4 hours away, police on site for nearly 3 hours so far. Owner on site as well, tells police "Cow's not right. Been getting more and more aggressive over the last week. He's worries me." As a crowd ( 20 people ) gathers in this small, close knit town, owner says "Hell, just shoot the damn thing." Police access the area and possible threat of injury to onlookers, they go with owner's recommendation.

Nah, not sexy enough. That story will NEVER get any kind of irrational, emotional response. We'll just go with supposition, speculation and condemnation of law enforcement.

so after 3 hrs on scene, that is the best they can come up with?
Owner did not have a weapon capable of doing the job?
I think that they may want to sit down and formulate a plan for the next time,so they can save those twenty people.....

So, what number of hours would satisfy you? Make the 3 a 30, I don't mind. Still doesn't change the intent of the story. It's a speculative account of the incident.
No, the owner did not, this happened in Kali.
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