By: barbara blake

barbara blake — Wed, 05 May 2010 00:42:37 +0000

Hi Gary
I was appalled, actually traumatized, following last night’s news, which showed the young deer being shot (ineptly, at that) in an Oakland neighborhood by Oakland police. After they chased it with a lasso it ran into someone’s yard. They then cordoned off the yard, evacuated the surrounding houses, and shot at it 4! times with a high caliber rifle, finally killing the poor suffering animal. In my opinion they created a much greater risk to the public than this little deer possibly could.
In response to the neighbors’ shocked complaints the police said they had to shoot it because it “looked confused and was in the city, and that no one in Alameda has the training to tranquilize a deer”. How safe are any of us who might find ourselves confused on the wrong block in Oakland? I can still hear the loud rifle fire in my head, recorded by one of the neighbors on video and given to KABC and FOXnews. The scene looked like a SWAT team. One of the fathers asked, “What do I say to my children? They think the police just killed Bambi.”
Can you please write something about this in yopur column? Does your column appear in the Chronicle or any Oakland papers? How do we educate these ignorant macho police?
I have been crying off and on all morning. I called Contra Costa Animal Control and they assured me that they would never shoot a wild deer, and they do have the training to use tranquilizers in the rare occasions in which they might be needed. I am thinking about calling Mayor Dellums’ office as well as the Lindsay Museum.
Thank you”!

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