Posted on 06/21/2016 3:37:03 PM PDT by BenLurkin
A jaguar featured at an Olympic torch ceremony was shot dead by a soldier shortly after the event in the Brazilian Amazon city of Manaus as the animal escaped from its handlers, an army statement said.
The jaguar was killed on Monday at a zoo attached to a military training center when a soldier fired a single pistol shot after the animal, despite being tranquilized, approached the soldier, the army said.
We made a mistake in permitting the Olympic torch, a symbol of peace and unity, to be exhibited alongside a chained wild animal. This image goes against our beliefs and our values, the local organizing committee Rio 2016 said in a statement, adding: "We guarantee that there will be no more such incidents at Rio 2016.
A smiling yellow jaguar known as Ginga is the mascot of the Brazilian Olympic team.
The shooting caused uproar among animal rights groups, which questioned why the animal was involved in the Olympic event.
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Headline should have been “Gunga Done!”
Favalas and the red line.
Look it up. Ain’t no way in he*l I’d go having to run that 13 mile gauntlet.
Jeez...”Ginga Done”
apologies to Kipling...
Can you hear the producers talking it out ...
"I don't know ... how about the guy kneeling with the lit torch"
"Hmmmm ... need some background, some flavor"
"OK ... how a militasry platoon or something?"
"Yeah that might be OK, but it's missing something ..."
"An elephant ... or an American eagle ... or .... HEY, I GOT IT !!!"
"What about a live jaguar ?!"
"By JOVE, I think you've GOT TIT ! "
or Phil the Groundhog.
So many options to choose from to get the three.
1) Run to the car 2) fastest to load and rack 3) first to unload the firearm 4) fastest car race against the police 5) fastest footrace.
I'm sure there are more, but how do you choose just 3?
Jaguars can kill by biting into their prey’s skull. Can’t blame the person who did the shooting, since the tranquilizer wasn’t working fast enough.
I bet they will dedicate the Olympics to the jaguar.
Imagine all of the new shooting events they could have held, all without building any new venues.
when all it really needed was more cowbell!
Poor thing
Was an assault weapon used/sarc
They still might.
Then a cop would have taken more than a single shot to kill a dog.
From what I’ve read, due to the way cops in Chicago believe they’ve been (mis)treated by the politicians there, and the feral population, they are all but on strike. Why risk life and limb for that? I wouldn’t, would you?
“Summer Olympics could have gone to Chicago”
You’re just begging for somebody to post this link, aren’t you?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsvLr5YFgHE
mmmm, let’s put a wild animal near fire... What a bunch of dipsh!ts
Hell no!
Either the fat-ass politicians will prosecute you for "brutality," under pressure from the thug culture, or the thug culture will kill you directly, or sue you into permanent unemployed poverty.
Lose-lose-lose.
Let the dysfunctional gibesmedat thugs police themselves.
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