animal control carries guns?!

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Considering animal control in our area are cops who also deal with wanna be thugs and their pitbulls, this doesn't surprise me.

[mominatrix]

I'm actually not surprised.

Feral animals are not creatures I'd want to deal with without the option of a firearm, and I'm pretty anti-gun.

[ringstrue]

huh. I guess it makes sense if the animal starts attacking or acts like it have rabies or whatnot.

[meshaliuknits]

Some cities animal control officers have full police powers, so they pack heat, run stings and work under cover. In some cities they get catch poles, tasers and police backup.

[IIOY]

My H's cousin is a police officer and gets called out to deal with wild animals because his neck of the woods has no animal control. Based upon the stories he tells, I would think it might be foolish *not* to carry a gun into some of those situations.

[meshaliuknits]

Nah. You just don't watch enough Animal Cops on Animal Planet.

[luckyval]

Sept 18, 2012 10:21:47 GMT -5 meshaliuknits said:

Nah. You just don't watch enough Animal Cops on Animal Planet.

God, I love that show

[Chirp]

Yeah, doesn't surprise me either. They deal with a lot more than picking up stray dogs.

Animal control is usually called for large roadkill (deer, etc). Sometimes the animal isn't dead when they get there so they do a mercy shot.

Andplusalso, idiots who are reported for neglecting their animals aren't always keen to have "the law" invading their property and taking their animals away.

[laurenpetro]

are you sure it's not a tranquilizer gun?

[copzgirl1171]

Our dog warden/animal control is actually one of our deputies who was trained to specialize in dog warden duties.

He carries a service weapon.

[mominatrix]

I'm sure it's a real gun.

Honest and for true, I'd be a beat cop without a gun before I'd be an animal control officer without one.

[laurenpetro]

Sept 18, 2012 10:28:17 GMT -5 @majorwife said:

it looked like a handgun but i didn't want to stare. i always feel that looking at someones gun is like starting at their tits, in this case.

lol. FWIW, they're cool about answering questions like that. i ask cops about their sidearms all the time. mainly because i don't know anything about them.

i'd bet it's a real gun but it wouldn't shock me to hear it was a tranquilizer gun, either. we have a shitton of bears up here and they usually knock them out rather than kill them.

[pescalita]

1) animals are dangerous

2) people with animals are dangerous

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lol major. you're so funny.

why wouldn't they carry guns? Its the animal control department, not the ooh puppies patrol.

[ringstrue]

You'd not want to pick up an animal who you thought had rabies. I mean, it would be obvious to you. There are a lot of just normal stray animals and there are a lot nasty mofos out there too.

[racegrrl714]

Sept 18, 2012 9:59:45 GMT -5 @habbsies said:

Considering animal control in our area are cops who also deal with wanna be thugs and their pitbulls, this doesn't surprise me.

Yes, this... lol

[racegrrl714]

Sept 18, 2012 10:23:16 GMT -5 luckyval said:

Sept 18, 2012 10:21:47 GMT -5 meshaliuknits said:

Nah. You just don't watch enough Animal Cops on Animal Planet.

God, I love that show

Haha, me too. I watched it every day when I was SAH.