Artemis I mission is scrubbed
The verbal scuffle was over a mountain lion that was rushed to the zoo after being shot Friday morning by Hollister police.
With a gunshot wound, the lion jumped over a neighboring fence in the 1400 block of Diablo Drive, and Fish and Wildlife was then able to tranquilize him, and bring him to the zoo's veterinary hospital for emergency surgery."This is the 20th mountain lion to come to Oakland Zoo in need of help as another victim of human-wildlife conflict,"In response, the Hollister Police Department took aim at the zoo for seeming to point fingers at them for the lion's death.
However, Hollister police also said that rangers tried to dart the animal twice with tranquilizers, but it didn't work. In a phone interview on Sunday, Hollister Police Sgt. Don Pershall said his department didn't like the zoo's post because he felt "their post was presented in a way that we were not doing everything we could to capture the animal safely."
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Hollister police defend fatal shooting of mountain lion after criticismThe Hollister Police Department is calling out the Oakland Zoo and defending how officers responded to a wayward mountain lion on Friday.
Read more »
Oakland Zoo responds after police defend fatal shooting of mountain lionHollister police called the zoo's post 'careless' and 'misleading,' as they say it failed to mention that the mountain lion charged at an officer after wildlife officials tried several times to tranquilize it.
Read more »
Mountain lion dies in surgery after being shot by police in CaliforniaA young mountain lion shot by police died in surgery at a California zoo on Friday, a zoo spokesperson said, after the animal was startled by a tranquilizer dart and jumped at an officer in a suburban neighborhood.
Read more »