"[She's] a wild animal. Fairly big, fairly large,"

Kirstie Alley vacationing up north for the holiday, eh?

The TASER'S what ended its run?
What crazy Canadian fun!
If that happened here,
The end of that deer
Would surely have come from a gun.

Bet you a loonie the cop apologized profusely to the twitching deer.

And they say nothing exciting ever happens in Toronto.

/they'll be talking about this for months.

STOP RESISTING!!!!!

Probably just homeless and went downtown hoping to get a couple bucks.

Now I have a taste for venison

Dirty buskers.

Your love is like bad venison
Bad venison is what I need (oh)

112Error: Your love is like bad venison
Bad venison is what I need (oh)

boo!

Deer, not the smartest animals:

112Error: Your love is like bad venison
Bad venison is what I need (oh)

Lord...

Rolleyes while chuckling.

Nice video right?

It wouldn't have been an 'hours long standoff,' but we're talking about the canadians here. They heard police action was required to apprehend a fugitive and sprang into action by fleeing the area.

When the bravest of them returned several hours later, they complicated the situation by first asking the deer to leave. By law, demands of this sort can only be delivered French, and unfortunately it appears this was not a Quebecois deer, as it didn't appear to understand.

It is a miracle they didn't eventually request aid from neighboring countries, but they were probably spurred on by the thought that if they strung it out any longer, they'd be forced to drink awful Tim Horton's coffee, and eat their mealy doughnuts.

/ doesn't hate canadians
// just amused.

rytheran: Deer, not the smartest animals:

Running into a lawn ornament killed it? I've seen deer run off after getting hit by cars.

/or hitting cars
//not the smartest animals is an understatement

I often hear that Toronto and Chicago are similar cities. Similar size, both on a great lake, nice people...

But in Chitown, the CPD would have shot the deer on sight and some animal activist would have tried to burn down the mayor's summer home in retribution, but would have failed and burned down his neighbor's house instead.

So, no... we're nothing like Toronto.

Tasers work on deer.

That's handy know.

Hmmmmm, electrifried deer.

+1 subby

LeroyBourne: STOP RESISTING!!!!!

+1

phlegmmo: Probably just homeless and went downtown hoping to get a couple bucks.

Ha!

Ok,

Doe
A deer
A female deer
(Taser) Ray....

In a quick decision to take down the 90-kilogram animal, one officer took a decidedly Toronto approach - the deer was tasered. She dropped immediately to the ground, twitching as the taser continued to crackle. Soon after, she was limp and officers moved in to secure her.



This reminds me of a thread about a news story where some officers were out looking for a bob cat or mountain lion or something and they tried to tase something they thought was it. Then the thread got full of expert animal tasers saying that it would just make them mad and animals nervous systems don't work that way and many other things being pulled out of their arses.

Doh!

phlegmmo 2009-11-25 11:46:20 AM
Probably just homeless and went downtown hoping to get blow a couple bucks.

Ooops, dart in your neck

/RIP Captain Murphy

Crushinator: I often hear that Toronto and Chicago are similar cities. Similar size, both on a great lake, nice people...

But in Chitown, the CPD would have shot the deer on sight and some animal activist would have tried to burn down the mayor's summer home in retribution, but would have failed and burned down his neighbor's house instead.

So, no... we're nothing like Toronto.

Toronto and Chicago are identical cities except we have 70 murders a year instead of 500.

/I was trying to post the pic too...

Just because I know you're all worrying about what Twitterers thought about all of this, there was much outrage from the Twittersphere that they tasered the deer instead of disabling it in an even more peaceful way.

"OMG, was that seriously necessary? They couldn't have tackled it or something?"

And more ignorant stupidity along those lines. So there, now you know you're never missing anything by not being on Twitter.

And don't hate me- I cover technology and have to use it for work. I don't even carry a cell phone, and after 5 or on weekends, Twitter doesn't exist to me. It's definitely interesting, but it's little stories like this deer thing that expose it for what it truly is: the useless blathering of people who don't know nothin about nothin, but like to hear themselves speak anyway.

you have pee hands: rytheran: Deer, not the smartest animals:

Running into a lawn ornament killed it? I've seen deer run off after getting hit by cars.

/or hitting cars
//not the smartest animals is an understatement

I stood just a few feet away from a young deer while it repeatedly jumped as hard as it could direcly into a chain link fence, head first. Mom was leading a couple fawns (?) and she hopped right over the fence. One of the younger ones tried, but didn't clear it. Poor thing must've jumped into the fence ten times. I thought it was going to break its neck.

+1 subby, great headline.

whats wrong with tranquilizers?

sens:
"OMG, was that seriously necessary? They couldn't have tackled it or something?"

i>

Yeah I'd like to see one of them tackle a full grown deer and get kicked ALL TO HELL. It's their primary predatory defense just like a horse. If a 150lb deer can jump over a 6 foot fence with ease, just think about what one of those hard hooves could do to your nutsack.

NorCalLos: I stood just a few feet away from a young deer while it repeatedly jumped as hard as it could direcly into a chain link fence, head first. Mom was leading a couple fawns (?) and she hopped right over the fence. One of the younger ones tried, but didn't clear it. Poor thing must've jumped into the fence ten times. I thought it was going to break its neck.

That reminds me of my cat. I bought a small, one-man tent and set it up for the first time in my house to seal the seams. Apparently the cat can't see the fine mesh used for tent "windows". He tried to hop into the tent, went face-first into the mesh, and slid down the side of the tent. After standing there for a bit (obviously trying to figure out what just happened) he tried it again. And again.

Wait, this wasn't a story about relocation of a homeless? I thought they were just calling it a doe as in a "john doe". Now I am mad. They should have put some food out for it!

I submitted this yesterday with exactly the same headline.

/WTF

thereisnospoon: whats wrong with tranquilizers?

They did shoot it first with a tranquilizer dart, but apparently if they take off, they can go for up to a mile before it kicks in and puts them down. Not good when you're in a super-busy downtown area. So the cops were standing there with a net, (which, by the way, looked like a badminton or volleyball net they pulled out of their recreation closet), and once the deer had laughed at it and their ridiculous perimeter of yellow police tape and easily cleared them both, that's when they tased it.

Running through the streets in fear
the poor lonely female deer
With an electric stun
instead of a gun
they got that biatch into the clear

//Trying too hard.

I said halt!

Oh dear.

sens: thereisnospoon: whats wrong with tranquilizers?

They did shoot it first with a tranquilizer dart, but apparently if they take off, they can go for up to a mile before it kicks in and puts them down. Not good when you're in a super-busy downtown area. So the cops were standing there with a net, (which, by the way, looked like a badminton or volleyball net they pulled out of their recreation closet), and once the deer had laughed at it and their ridiculous perimeter of yellow police tape and easily cleared them both, that's when they tased it.

If they got the deer to smoke that PCP, it would work faster.

Ha ! I thought the exact same thing as the headline when I first read it. Good jorb.

Set tasers to stun.


/She'll be alright. Inform Lord Vader we have a prisoner.

//Seemed oblig at the time.

wtf is up with this comment?


"I think the Toronto police 10 cruiser, 20 officers on full time, On Toronto ZOO vet $102.000 annually, wild life officers and any others who assisted the take down, did a tremendous job. They didn't have to shoot her, which is wonderful.Good work guys....


NOW the really BAD NEWS:

Your Stupidity would cost us Toronto Taxpayers. $900.000 million dollars and a 5.2% budget increase in 2010.

Maybe those who are leaving their opinions have not realize who much we are paying for this services.

Maybe in the 905 region , They deal differently than in Toronto. Shot and kill deers on the prawl."

SpamBot

Great minds think alike, I did this yesterday too...

Fish in a Barrel: NorCalLos: I stood just a few feet away from a young deer while it repeatedly jumped as hard as it could direcly into a chain link fence, head first. Mom was leading a couple fawns (?) and she hopped right over the fence. One of the younger ones tried, but didn't clear it. Poor thing must've jumped into the fence ten times. I thought it was going to break its neck.

That reminds me of my cat. I bought a small, one-man tent and set it up for the first time in my house to seal the seams. Apparently the cat can't see the fine mesh used for tent "windows". He tried to hop into the tent, went face-first into the mesh, and slid down the side of the tent. After standing there for a bit (obviously trying to figure out what just happened) he tried it again. And again.

Funny thing about my deer story is my 74 year old grandpa's first instinct was to run for his camcorder.

Dovienya
wtf is up with this comment?

incoherence deleted

I blame Scarborough.

MaxxLarge FTW

So, I always wondered... are there any farkers or hunters down in Canada's underpants who use like AR-15s to hunt deer? I am pretty sure that the ETF guys up here had their Remington 700s pointed at it.

Just asking. Bolt action rifle would be my choice and probably not in the .22 centrefire category, but I am willing to try.

that'll do, submitter. that'll do.

sens 2009-11-25 01:07:47 PM
thereisnospoon: whats wrong with tranquilizers?

They did shoot it first with a tranquilizer dart, but apparently if they take off, they can go for up to a mile before it kicks in and puts them down. Not good when you're in a super-busy downtown area. So the cops were standing there with a net, (which, by the way, looked like a badminton or volleyball net they pulled out of their recreation closet), and once the deer had laughed at it and their ridiculous perimeter of yellow police tape and easily cleared them both, that's when they tased it.

fair enough. thank you sir. I did not RTFA.

SpamBot: I submitted this yesterday with exactly the same headline.

Yeah, but i sent WIE along with my headline.