Lion shot after door left open by zookeeper

A 150-pound mountain lion that escaped from a central Kansas zoo enclosure before being killed by police went through a door left open by a zookeeper, zoo officials said.

[marlin]

This is the Unites States, STOP with other
measures of distance!
Annoying trying to read this with extra,
useless information!

[chris]

20 minutes too long to wait for a vet? Who has a short attention span? Today's youth or today's cops?

[WTF]

Why doesn't the zoo have tranquilizer guns ready for such an emergency....what a wasted life of the poor cat.

[Jason Lee]

marlin wrote:

This is the Unites States, STOP with other
measures of distance!
Annoying trying to read this with extra,
useless information!

Actually this is the internet - where readers can be from all over the world and thus some are certainly more familiar with the metric system.

[fed up to all boo hoorers]

if want to read about us, then let them translate it for themselves.

[fed up to all boo hoorers]

This is the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY DAMNED and we speak english, and measure in feet and gallons. If you don't like to long ride on a short pier.

[Jason Lee]

fed up to all boo hoorers wrote:

This is the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY DAMNED and we speak english, and measure in feet and gallons.

Do we really?

It seems to me that we Americans use a crazy hodge-podge of both the English System and the Metric System.

For instance:

We measure the gas we put in our cars by the gallon, BUT then we the measure engine size of the same cars by liters.

and

We measure the milk we drink by the gallon carton. BUT then we measure the soda we drink by the 2 liter bottle.

and

While most of our rulers give us length by inches, most of the very same rulers also give us length by centemeters.

etc.

etc.

[marlin]

Jason Lee wrote:

<quoted text>
Actually this is the internet - where readers can be from all over the world and thus some are certainly more familiar with the metric system.

You are probably right, but I'm not even
a little interested in 3rd world shit
holes like, oh say PAKISTAN, INDIA, IRAQ IRAN, or North Korea.

[yep]

Jason Lee wrote:

<quoted text>
Do we really?
It seems to me that we Americans use a crazy hodge-podge of both the English System and the Metric System.
For instance:
We measure the gas we put in our cars by the gallon, BUT then we the measure engine size of the same cars by liters.
and
We measure the milk we drink by the gallon carton. BUT then we measure the soda we drink by the 2 liter bottle.
and
While most of our rulers give us length by inches, most of the very same rulers also give us length by centemeters.
etc.
etc.

You are correct. But look on those 2 liter bottles and you will find measure ment in ounces. And all the U.S. made cars also have a measurement of Cubic Inches (in the manual). Harley Davidson still uses Cubic Inches too. But I dont care either way. I thought this was about a mountain lion,(cougar, puma) whatever anybody wants to call it, getting shot? not about measurements

[Jason Lee]

yep wrote:

<quoted text>
You are correct. But look on those 2 liter bottles and you will find measure ment in ounces. And all the U.S. made cars also have a measurement of Cubic Inches (in the manual). Harley Davidson still uses Cubic Inches too. But I dont care either way. I thought this was about a mountain lion,(cougar, puma) whatever anybody wants to call it, getting shot? not about measurements

One thing just led to another ... lol.