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GOAT CARTING!

And so it has begun. A war of world's x 10,000
Here in the big F. Complete hysteria with 2, yes two, confirmed cases locally.
Just came from the store. And the scene was unreal.
No shopping carts in the stall, every parking space taken, cars cued up in the lanes, add hard rain, add Calif. Stupidity on the self locking shopping cart, and I fled from the place... before that I offered to help an old Lady....and she of course ( remember this is Fresno ) snapped at me.

This is going to get ugly....Quickly .

Is there anyone here who has no opinion about the Tiger incident and the Collier County Sheriff's Office?
If you type 'Collier County Sheriff's Office' into your Facebook search bar you can both listen to the audio from the 911 call, and also view the body cam footage from the lone deputy sent to check out a report of a tiger eating someone after hours at the town zoo.

For those that live in a cave and somehow missed this story.. A zoo in Florida had a super rare 8 year old Malayan tiger in a zoo park. After the zoo was closed for the night a contracted cleaning company came in every day to sweep the walkways, pick up trash in areas open to the public and clean the cafeteria area. They were not allowed in cages or behind areas closed to the public. Apparently these cleaners worked without much if any supervision. Yesterday, a young man working as one of the after hours cleaners decided it would be a cool thing to sneak over the fence that keeps visitors away from the fence of the tiger cage area and take a selfie of himself reaching through the bars to pet the tiger? What could go wrong with that idea?

Within a few minutes the local 911 call center received a phone call from someone screaming hysterically continuously with such a high pitched voice the dispatcher thought she was talking to a female. Something about a tiger eating his hand and later his arm pulling him into the cage. Darwin always wins and he loves those who get high while working or who are just incredibly stupid. You would think by now people would understand iif you enter a tiger or lion's cage you will be eaten. It is a rule of life on the order of, the sun comes up in the morning. The caller goes on screaming and begging for succor quite awhile. Every now and then if you listen closely (one minute 10 seconds is nice and clear) you can hear the sound of crunching bones and occasional happy whuffs from the tiger as he pulls more of his chew toy into the cage area. It must have been fun (don't drop it) to dial the phone one handed and talk into it while the tiger was biting off the tasty fingers of the other hand.

Then there is the body cam footage. The deputy meets the fire dept. and a night shift zoo employee who has no idea why the First Responders are at her zoo. It seems all the lights are out at night and the deputy has the only flashlight. So in the dark they go find the tiger cage. Not too surprisingly they soon hear some of the same screaming the 911 dispatcher is also recording and soon by the light of the flashlight realize there is nothing prank about this call. My PC setup is perfectly capable of frame by frame slow down of a YT or FB video, bracketing and enlarging a screen section and saving that image, and while watching I did of course do so. However I will not break CS rules by posting the images of the wound damage here. Suffice to say I think it is a miracle the man did not bleed out and I also doubt his arm can be saved. Go watch one of the video links to see that.

Very sadly IMO to save the man the Deputy chose to put his gun muzzle as close to the tiger's head as he dared approach and pull the trigger. At the shot the tiger released the man and ran away into the darkness where the flashlight did not reach. Later when more armed people arrived with more lights a cautious search determined the tiger had expired from the wound. The young man faces charges under the US Endangered Species Act as well as various State and local criminal charges.

One armed or not, I have ZERO sympathy for the young man who forced a needless execution of a caged, endangered, tiger. If you can't get Facebook you can still find a link to the Body Cam footage here.

"CURIOUS CHILD CAUSES BABOON FRACAS
A third grader on a school outing to the San Jose Zoo caused an ugly scene. His older brother told him not to throw rocks at the red-a** baboons, because when they throw them back, they don't miss. He wanted to see if it was true. George Simms picked up a rock, and threw it at the biggest baboon he could see. It whizzed past Bobo, dominant male in the zoo's troop of Hamadryas Baboons, and landed just behind him. Bobo noticed who had thrown the rock, and flew into a rage. He picked it up, and threw it back, hitting little George squarely in the forehead, knocking him out cold. The Baboon then proceeded to screech loudly, jumping up and down, showing his teeth.

A little girl, Susan Parker, yelled "You bad monkey!" and threw the rock a third time. This time it fell just short of an infant baboon. The entire troop became agitated, and started to fling rocks, dirt clods, mud, and their feces at the children, their teacher, and all other humans within sight, never once missing a target.

As children began to drop like flies, and adults began to panic, some chimpanzees in the display behind them thought flinging things looked like fun, so they joined in, completely surrounding the bewildered zoo patrons.

By the time the apes had nothing more to fling, Nine children and three adults lay unconscious, and many others were crying and moaning in pain, bleeding, and holding on to wounds. Those only needing first aid were treated at the zoo, and the rest were rushed to nearby hospitals. The young boy who started it all remains hospitalized in serious condition.

As little George Simms and all his classmates learned the hard way, it is not just a myth or an old wives tale. Don't throw rocks at the red-a** baboons. When they throw them back, they don't miss!" - caution unsecure site! no kidding dude!

It gives me great pleasure to announce the rediscovery of an animal believed to have been extinct for nearly a century and a half. Nonetheless, unconfirmed rumour in the 1930s was to the effect that a small population of the Cape Desert Warthog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus aethiopicus) might have survived. On strength of the old rumour a recent capture expedition was organized, but failed to locate the animal mentioned

Time delay cameras were left however, and a single photograph now displays the forgotten and unknown beast in full colour. The type still exists, thankfully. With locality in the Kalahari Desert now better defined, renewed efforts for captive breeding and eventual rehabilitation of the badly diminished population are being planned afresh

Peek in when you feel like a ringside nest view;

For your viewing pleasure...George Orwell's Animal Farm novella on video...Stephen King recognised the novella as a story about a political uprising of farm occupants much like the political rise of the Trump era in America regarding the working class...but careful what you wish for...there is a down ward spiral in regards to the treatment and collective equality on the farm...as they spiral into the abyss...truth is non-existent and power is the new king...submission to such demagoguery is paramount...in the end...the farm animals could no longer recognise the pigs from farmers or the farmers from the pigs...





Enjoy and beware....

Biden threatens the world with comment US is to have a female President soon , this can only be the savage or Pelosi . May all the Gods help us