I thought that
But it was a big thing in Kidderminster, where the park is. The area was highly infected anyway, I guess somehow the monkeys got some form of it.

*shrugs* all I know is they shot them all, and foot and mouth was the reason. Maybe it was all one big cover up to get rid of the little fuckers
( SugarSpunSister Yeah, whatever, Fri 4 Jun 2010, 12:15, 1 reply)

"Shot" them?
I'm pretty sure that vets don't shoot animals any more......
( 100% Cock Raw like carrots., Fri 4 Jun 2010, 13:32, closed)

Actually, shooting is a relatively common way of killing animals not destined for consumption.
Farmers shoot unwanted livestock (like male dairy calves) all the time.

Most of the cows put down during the foot-and-arse outbreak will have been shot, since the equipment for the more conventional stun/cut-throat method is generally only found in slaughterhouses and the whole point of the cull was to keep the infected animals away from the human food chain.

Shooting monkeys seems wrong somehow, although it does seem like a reasonable way of killing them. I bet the person doing it went through a Clint Eastwood or Samuel L Jackson routine first though.

"I double dare you motherfucker, say 'what' again!"
(Mr T, Fri 4 Jun 2010, 14:36, closed)

Apparently they do
This was 10 years or so ago, things are slightly less barbaric now.

Plus have you ever tried to catch a monkey?
( SugarSpunSister Yeah, whatever, Fri 4 Jun 2010, 16:04, closed)

I believe "softly softly" is the traditional technique.
(TalkbackStuck making obscene phonecalls since, Fri 4 Jun 2010, 23:13, closed)

ha ha!!
(Tighthead, Sat 5 Jun 2010, 9:15, closed)