APPREHENDED
A murderous illegal immigrant stag that had been stalking a rural N. Ft. Myers neighborhood has been apprehended.
The killer of gentle Rowdy, the miniature horse, was arrested by authorities Thursday night during a stakeout at the house of the fugitive stag's suspected aiders-and-abettors.
According to this top story in The News-Press:
KILLER TAUNTED VICTIM'S FAMILY[Catherine] Searle said the nightmare of watching the animal that slaughtered Rowdy, her pet horse, strut past her yard for the past few weeks could have been avoided.
HOMICIDAL HOMOSEXUAL?The tangled tale began early Saturday, Nov. 19, when the deer jumped Searle's fence and ultimately killed the 4-year-old horse. The deer was in rut, [investigator for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission Leonard] Barshinger said, and the animal could have been trying to mate with the horse.
KINDNESS WASTED ON "WILD," "ANIMAL" KILLERWhile people may have good intentions for feeding wild animals, [FWC spokesman Gary] Morse said the outcome is often negative. In Rowdy's case, it was fatal.
"The unfortunate thing is that animals don't understand kindness," he said. "The only thing they understand is eat, sleep and reproduce. As a result, it ends up becoming a nuisance."
In a midnight sentencing and deportation hearing, the European red stag was sent to an undisclosed facility in Charlotte County where it will serve out the rest of its natural life.
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Posted by: Mr. Bingley at December 10, 2005 05:48 PMRest in Peace, dear Rowdy.
I don't agree, though, that "animals don't understand kindness..."
SOME animals do, SOME animals don't, much same as us human ones.
The homicidal red stag didn't, obviously, understand much of anything.
Posted by: -S- at December 11, 2005 01:57 PMDespite the family's protest that they didn't own the stag, they had raised it with horses. They own a large number of exotic animals. It looks like they're going to get away with their stag killing the little horse.
Posted by: Donnah at December 12, 2005 12:32 PM