On Wednesday morning, a good samaritan notified the local sheriff's at Alahua County office through a call that a dying deer was found on the road. Apparently it had been injured severely in a car accident. Under official policy, the police at that area were allowed to do humane killings on animals that are critically injured and suffering. A sheriff's deputy was dispatched to the scene and, in an great act of stupidity, shot the deer 17 times in the stomach, contrary to the seargent's instructions on the phone to shoot at the animal's heart. How the deputy could be this stupid is beyond me. Regardless of whether or not the deputy received the appropriate training for such a killing, he should've known that a head shot would kill the deer instantly instead going trigger happy with 17 shots in the stomach. In spite of this folly, the deputy received no action against him, but training in killing humane animals properly is now required for all officers.
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