boogie has some splaining to do 
Police have the unfortunate duty to put down animals quite often. It never looks pretty. (the outrageous part in that vid to me is the fact that they're taking shots at it with their pistols, which only prolongs the suffering, rather than getting a shotgun or rifle on scene and minimizing the suffering.)
Whenever police have to put down an animal, idiot civilians always rage about it.
Consider this Toronto police incident where they put down a deer:
http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1039365--deer-shot-by-police-after-being-struck-by-car-near-high-parkA deer that was shot and killed by police after it had been hit by a car near High Park on Sunday “had a chance to live,” according to a woman who tended to the injured creature for nearly four hours.
The deer was hit at around 7:38 a.m. on Coe Hill Dr., west of High Park. The driver was not injured, according to police.
“I’m sorry, I’m so upset that no one could come for it. It had a chance to live,” said a visibly emotional Trinity Hollis, minutes after police shot the deer.
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Hollis and Liz Dumas-Walker tended to the deer, gently pressing cool compresses on its bloodied eyes and stroking it.
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Police said they were advised to “dispatch” the deer after describing its condition to veterinarians.
The doe was shot twice in the chest, out of the public’s view, police said.
“We made several calls to several different facilities in order to assist the animal. Based on the responses that we got from these facilities, people that we spoke to, this was the best alternative for the animal to stop it from suffering,” said Sgt. Blain Young.
Dumas-Walker disagreed. “Just the easy way out,” she said.
Those monstrous police! Those two women with no medical background whatsoever said that the deer could live and didn't need to be shot! Why didn't the police listen to those women?!
http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1039900--lack-of-vets-kept-deer-in-painAt Coe Hill Dr. — just west of Grenadier Pond in High Park — the injured doe had severe head and internal injuries.
It needed to be tranquilized and relocated, and would probably require euthanasia.
Police and animal control wanted to transport the deer to euthanize it in a more humane and controlled environment. But that would require tranquilization, which can only be administered by a licensed vet.
The officer on scene was trying to find a vet. Toronto Animal Services' two full-time and two part-time vets do not work weekends.
The Toronto Wildlife Centre employs a vet three days a week. The Toronto Zoo had one, but he was tied up in surgery and would be at least another two hours.
No others were available.
The animal had no chance of survival. There are no organizations in Ontario, let alone the GTA, that can rehabilitate injured adult deer. Even if there were such an outlet for the animal, its injuries from the car accident may still have proved fatal.
In short, while it is indeed tragic when police officers put down animals, I have no patience for the distinguished mentally-challenged hysteria that civilians always kick up when it happens.
