Comments on: Neosho Black Panther: A Leopard

By: Shane Durgee

Shane Durgee — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:33:22 +0000

Sad story all around, beginning with this poor creature being mutilated by its owner.

By: NightFlight

NightFlight — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:48:25 +0000

Joppa: I whole-heartedly agree.

Had the owner, who went throught he expense of de-clawing this magnificent animal, just put a collar with a vaccination tag on the cat. I truly believe that the law enforcement professional would have held fire to ascertain ownership. It obviously wasn’t large enough to cause major problems for the officer and I still believe that he shot it because of the suspicion of rabies. Rabies ain’t pretty, people, nor are the vaccines one has to get after being bitten by a rabid animal.

By: shumway10973

shumway10973 — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:20:26 +0000

look, I may not be the one drugging the animals on wild kingdom (Robin Williams reference), but to me it is logical that upon hearing about a large cat–a bloody steak laced with some sleeping pills might be in order. As cats go (all cats to my knowledge) simply pull up, possibly make some noise and while the animal is coming for you-toss the steak at them. First the motion of something will intrigue them, and then the smell will stop them in their tracks. Once drugged you can determine so much about it. Heck, if it takes animal control longer than you like, hand cuff it. But the point is that just because there’s a call about a large animal seeming to attack people doesn’t mean it will kill anyone. True, be careful, but let’s not act like total idiots.

By: bill green

bill green — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:04:24 +0000

panthers & wildlife & sasquatch creatures must be moveing to safer parts of forests becouse the severe weather therefore they might be seen more often now. thanks bill green

By: joppa

joppa — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:38:40 +0000

Certainly it was a pet. Shame on the coward that won’t admit that he/she let it escape.