Spokane County Sheriff Deputies Kill Cow-Stun Gun

[WaTcHeR]

04/14/2006 - Sheriff's deputies killed a cow that wandered into traffic near a shopping mall by repeatedly shocking it with a stun gun.

The animal escaped Wednesday from a field near the mall and eventually trotted onto a freeway ramp.

Deputies decided to stun the cow and tie its legs with a long leather strap ordinarily used to restrain people. But the cow quickly recovered from the initial electric shock, and deputies zapped it repeatedly.

"We're not cowboys. I don't believe we have any rodeo champions on staff," said Sgt. Dave Reagan, a spokesman for the Spokane County Sheriff's Department.

[WaTcHeR]

Little boys and their stun guns, if there isn't a person around a cow will do just as well.

[johnny]

Tough to blame them too much here...they had to get it out of the road, and I have to say that stunning it, tying its legs, & moving it that way probably seemed like a pretty good idea. A panicked cow can do some real damage to property and people.

[KC]

Basically what the article said about the cops not being "cowboys" is right on the mark! Police officers aren't hired for the "brains" they have.

I'm sorry but I grew up around cows. Cows are about the dumbest, laziest animals that walk the face of the Earth. Sure I can see a bunch of cops that haven't been around a cow their entire life and maybe even freaking out and not knowing how to handle the situation. How to get a "cow" isn't in some police book or learned at the police academy.

I wouldn't doubt one bit that some or all of the officers, were maybe a little scared or intimidated by the animal.

[KC]

Here's a video of a cow being shocked with a stun gun.

www.goyk.com/video.asp?path=562