well...if he thought it was rabid and didn't know how bad an effect the spray would have...
LadyLorraine Send a noteboard - 11/04/2011 02:48:17 PM
I'm finding it pretty hard to condemn his actions. For a baby squirrel to be chasing students is unusual enough that it's worth considering rabies. Losing fear of people to such a degree as this baby squirrel is a huge red flag for rabies in wild animals.
The best course of action would have been to contain the squirrel until animal control could get there. But rabies is a big deal folks. It's REALLY easy to brush it off because it's relatively rare for humans to get it, but if you do you're F*D up a creek without a paddle.
I do hate to say it because I'm sure I'm going to ballasted...but if I had to exchange a few minutes of pepper-spray pain in a baby squirrel for the life of any human (or other animal, for that matter), I wouldn't pick the squirrel.
This cop did not behave optimally, but I think it would be equally wrong to entirely condemn his actions as well.
The best course of action would have been to contain the squirrel until animal control could get there. But rabies is a big deal folks. It's REALLY easy to brush it off because it's relatively rare for humans to get it, but if you do you're F*D up a creek without a paddle.
I do hate to say it because I'm sure I'm going to ballasted...but if I had to exchange a few minutes of pepper-spray pain in a baby squirrel for the life of any human (or other animal, for that matter), I wouldn't pick the squirrel.
This cop did not behave optimally, but I think it would be equally wrong to entirely condemn his actions as well.
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Rampaging baby squirrel pepper sprayed by Texas cop
- 11/04/2011 06:01:33 AM
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What an idiot
- 11/04/2011 01:39:47 PM
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Yes because it's very easy to grab a squirrel 
- 11/04/2011 03:00:05 PM
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- 11/04/2011 03:00:05 PM
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The squirrel was running towards him, which simplifies matter a lot
- 11/04/2011 11:44:24 PM
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well...if he thought it was rabid and didn't know how bad an effect the spray would have...
- 11/04/2011 02:48:17 PM
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I am with you. If the the squirrel was bothering them enough for someone to call the police that is
- 11/04/2011 11:23:35 PM
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A Red Neck's opinion.
- 11/04/2011 11:51:11 PM
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I'm pretty sure that it's totally illegal to try to shoot a squirrel on a school campus *NM*
- 12/04/2011 01:44:01 AM
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- 12/04/2011 01:44:01 AM
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I totally missed the rabies thing
- 12/04/2011 12:01:04 AM
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yah, the big red flag for me was the ATTRACTION to humans
- 12/04/2011 01:53:27 AM
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Actually, that is not an uncommon behavior among juvenile squirrels
- 12/04/2011 11:18:52 AM
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Is that so uncommon among those aggressive grey squirrels you've got over there?
- 14/04/2011 09:44:03 PM
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I checked with my dog
- 12/04/2011 02:06:39 AM
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Probably makes them easier to catch 
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- 12/04/2011 02:33:53 AM
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- 12/04/2011 02:33:53 AM
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