Wow, what a bunch of A-Holes, and the point of killing it was?? They said they had no choice, why? Was it strapped with an AK-47? They had animal control, there is no point in killing it, especially when they have the resources to tranq it. I think it's very careless of the police to be shooting in public like that, especially when the animal was doing no harm, you don't know how many bullets went through someones home, or bounced off of something, there could have been some one walking where they were shooting.
I find it funny that everyone freaks out like it's some huge terrorist or something, OMG an ANIMAL, wow!! Granted, it is a large cat, and it's not normal to be in the city parts, but still.. they over reacted big time.
I'm not trying to get all animal rights over here, but it really erks me because there was no reason to kill it at all, it was scared because it was lost, it's being shot at and being chased, what would you do if you were in some place you never been and you're being chased by a bunch of creatures.. .I know I'd run like a bat out of ****, I'd want to get the heck out of there. The cougar wasn't hurting anyone or anything like that, the only reason it'd be attacking people is because it feels threatened and if you corner it, hence, what they were doing.
Anyways, I think it could have been handled more professionally, they make it sound like the cougar was eating people and robbing a bank.