Tuesday, April 08, 2008

Is This Olmert's Idea of Security?

Regarding the reports of weapons being removed from Yesha communities, restrictions on reimbursements for safeguarding one's car and other bad news, I was wondering, is this an example of the new security Olmert, backed by the US, has in store for us:-

Police: Chimp stole dart gun, lunged at police officer before he was shot | New details released on the fatal shooting of 17-year-old chimpanzee

A chimpanzee that had escaped from a Bastrop research center in March snatched a tranquilizer gun from an animal attendant, leapt from a truck bed and threatened a police officer by flailing its arms before being shot several times, according to documents released Friday.

On March 12, Tony, a 140-pound, 171/2-year-old chimpanzee got out of the play area by jumping more than 15 feet from a jungle gym and grabbing the top of a corral wall. Tranquilizer darts failed to subdue him. A University of Texas police officer eventually shot and killed the animal.

According to a memo from UT police to executives at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, which manages the Keeling Center for Comparative Medicine and Research, the officer who shot Tony watched the animal take a tranquilizer gun from an animal attendant who was trying to capture the animal according to university protocol.

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