Fatal shooting of chimp haunts police officer

[~~whimsy~~]

Everybody here knew Travis the Chimp, whose owners drove him around in a tow truck, and Police Officer Frank Chiafari, on the job for 25 years, remembered playing with him when their paths would cross.

"When I saw him, he was small and cute and friendly — he’d wave at you," Officer Chiafari recalled. "Who would have ever thought when we were playing together, we’d have this incident 15 years later?"

It has been a little over a year since Travis, the 14-year-old, 200-pound pet of Sandra Herold, 71, mauled a family friend in Ms. Herold’s driveway. Officer Chiafari and another officer were the first to respond to Ms. Herold’s 911 call, and after the chimpanzee attacked his vehicle and opened the driver-side door in the driveway, Officer Chiafari fatally shot Travis.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35577688/ns/us_news-the_new_york_times/

This is why having a chimp for a pet is a bad idea. Not only are they wildly dangerous animals to have. They also give cops nightmares and haunts them.

 

[bearwresler]

i think i would have had fun shooting the chimp after what he did

 

[PirateKing]

i think i would have had fun shooting the chimp after what he did

I agree. Fuck that chimp. Boohoo you poor cop. would you rather he tore your face off too?

 

[Marlo Manson]

I think that would haunt me as well. I am an animal lover, and I would have hated too have killed a chimp, he should've never been somebodies pet, he was just a victim of greed, his owners greed, of his love, his being unique, and being different from most, a chimp for a pet is NOT very common, so I am sure that's what the OWNERS were seeking when they got a pet chimp, originality, something unique and different.

Anyway, I would have hate too have to kill ANY kind of animal, when you shoot a gun, its either too protect / save a life, yours or a loved ones, or some cases a strangers, but I would not want the guilt on my conscious either. :dunno::2 cents:

 

[Ceska]

:dunno:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wZc9Ol5q2U

 

[Petra]

Oh no...now that this is back in the news we're going to get another political cartoon that everyone will be up in arms about...

 

[HELLRAISER]

 

[D-rock]

He realizes the thing is just an animal and isn't a person,...right?

I'd feel bad about the person it attacked.

 

[tartanterrier]

That must be the reason why Micheal Jackson bought Bubbles.To keep
the cops away while he was fannying about in Neverland.

 

[Mauser98k]

He realizes the thing is just an animal and isn't a person,...right?

I'd feel bad about the person it attacked.

what makes people's lives more valuable than an animals? "nothing" is the correct answer.

anyway, i can see the officer's reason for feeling bad. i think it'd be easier to kill a person who's attacking you rather than an animal who's doing it because they're scared. (not to say i wouldn't have shot the chimp myself in that situation)

it's not a good idea to own chimps because they can go fucking crazy. the only one blamable for what happened was the owner. chimps should stay in Africa or behind huge fences at zoos.

 

[mrtrebus]

The cop should be shot

 

[Mauser98k]

The cop should be shot

that's either a joke or the dumbest statement i've ever heard

 

[mrtrebus]

that's either a joke or the dumbest statement i've ever heard

:nono:
Neither