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Thank you Nazi! I didn't think it looked right. DOH

Originally posted by Beowulf:

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Will Farrell? Is killing him humane?

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No, but I hear that Ricky Bobby is pretty dangerous!

It's a dog... who cares... cry me a river.

Second Chinese city orders mass dog slaughter

China is going to kill 500,000 more dogs. It seems like they would give the dogs rabies vaccines.

I don't think anyone mentioned that they clubbed the dogs instead of shooting them because it would have cost a lot more money.

It happens here too, if on a smaller scale. The zoo should have refused to kill the animals and forced the child to take responsibility for her actions. The bad parents are teaching her bad lessons in responsibility.

Zoo Meerkats Killed, Test Negative For Rabies

(WCCO) Apple Valley, Minn. Five Minnesota Zoo meerkats that were destroyed after a girl was bitten when she reached into the animals' exhibit tested negative for rabies the zoo said Friday.

The two adult meerkats and their three offspring had been vaccinated for rabies, but the state Department of Health ordered them killed and tested because the girl's parents didn't want her to have to undergo rabies shots if they weren't necessary.

"It's unfortunate," said zoo collections manager Tony Fisher. "But we understand we have to do that. We want to make sure that people are safe."

He said there was little to no chance that any of the animals carried the disease, but the zoo had to destroy them all because it couldn't determine which one bit the girl.

Meerkats are a relative of the mongoose and are native to the African desert. They have been on display at the zoo for about four years. The animals are popular in zoos because they are curious and bold -- but they are not tame.

"They shouldn't have died," Gerodie Tangen, 9, said. "Just look at them and take pictures if you have a camera, pretty much."

But they are wild animals, as one animal keeper reminded everyone.

"We handle them with thick leather gloves," Fisher said. "They're not pets."

The 9-year-old girl had climbed atop rock outcropping on Wednesday and reached over a glass barrier when she was bitten. The girl and her parents were not identified.

"It's our job as parents to make sure the kids stay where they should and they don't climb over partitions where they shouldn't go," Susan Tangen of Inver Grove Heights, Minn. said

Others agreed with the mom.

"It's terrible she was bitten but I think it's the responsibility of the adult to watch them," Apple Valley, Minn. resident Kim Meisinger said.

The exhibit is now closed while zoo workers lower the outcropping so other children won't be able to reach into the exhibit. A second group of meerkats will be moved into the outdoor exhibit from an indoor one once the modifications are finished.

"People want to have contact with these animals when they shouldn't," Fisher said. "It's just not safe. Don't try to push the barriers and touch the animals because it's the animal that ultimately suffers."