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Wisconsin DNR removes Facebook page amid national outcry over SWAT-style takedown of fawn
Observers criticize use of taxpayer resources in heavy-handed raid
Kristian Knutsen on Saturday 08/03/2013 9:04 am
Wisconsin DNR removes Facebook page amid national outcry over SWAT-style takedown of fawn
Observers criticize use of taxpayer resources in heavy-handed raid
Public relations flacks are notorious for trying to bury embarrassing news in Friday evening press releases, but that time of day turns out to be a favored time for squelching public feedback as well. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, in the face of an online maelstrom of criticism over a SWAT-style raid on an animal shelter near Kenosha that ended with the killing of a fawn, shut down its Facebook page just as the weekend was starting.
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Jesus Malverde
(10,274 posts)Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a fatal nervous system disease known to naturally infect white-tailed deer, mule deer, moose and elk. Though it shares features with diseases like mad cow disease in cattle and scrapie in sheep, it is a distinct disease known to only affect members of the deer family. CWD has been discovered in wild deer, elk, or moose in 17 states, including Wisconsin. Deer that are taken into captivity in areas of the state where CWD has been discovered are required to be euthanized. There are no licensed rehabilitation facilities in the state which are authorized to rehab deer in a CWD zone. State and federal laws prohibit the movement of deer taken from the wild and held in captivity illegally from being transferred to a rehab facility out of state without authorization. Learn more about CWD on our website here: http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/wildlifehabitat/wildlifehealth.html
Always fun to read the comments.
One that sums it up:
"Your spokesperson's statement is even more worrying, "If a sheriffs department is going in to do a search warrant on a drug bust, they don't call them and ask them to voluntarily surrender their marijuana or whatever drug that they have before they show up." The fact that WIDNR thinks that an animal shelter housing a baby deer merits the same law enforcement response as a an illegal drug operation is a recipe for disaster."
Seems like all of law enforcement has been polluted with the military mindset.
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)Teams and tasers, whatever it takes, 'cause we all know how dangerous those two demographics are.
Did it occur to any of those morons that baby animals are often taken to shelters where they are raised until they are old enough to release into the wild? How many more shelters are the planning to raid?
Those shelters usually have Vets to give them shots and check for any illnesses.
Shameful, cowardly and no, there are no excuses.
Jesus Malverde
(10,274 posts)Seems they used the full panoply of police state regalia.
1. Concerned citizen informant calls DNR
2. Airborn and Terrestrial surveillance
3. Multi-jurisdictional SWAT Team
4. Citizens held at gun point.
5. Target is destroyed.
6. Target is removed in Human Body Bag.
7. Agency blames victim- compares them to drug dealers.
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)Logical
(22,457 posts)life long demo
(1,113 posts)Who knows Bambi might have had a exploding vest on or maybe an AK47. Just wondering!!!
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Logical
(22,457 posts)glinda
(14,807 posts)Downwinder
(12,869 posts)How about a rerelease of "Bambi?"
Rex
(65,616 posts)A single person could have easily retrieved the fawn. DSR should be a little embarrassed. A game warden was a simple solution to this issue.
Release The Hounds
(467 posts)RobertEarl
(13,685 posts)So stop saying that.
His goons killed Bambi.