Reminds me of the time that a dairy cow got loose in Dryden NY and was menacing the high school and a police officer, showing a lack of good judgement, emptied his pistol into it with insufficient effect and had to call a farmer to finish the animal off with a shotgun.
I had a neighbor whose dogs had cornered an opossum in the back yard. The small town police officer that responded decided that since no animal control could respond, he would take care of it. He fired from < 10' away 3 times to put this small animal down. It was then that I became aware of just how untrained with weapons cops really are.
