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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Police Monday shot and killed five buffaloes that escaped from a meatpacking plant.
Instead of fleeing, the buffalo began grazing in a yard and police fired at the buffalo with semiautomatic rifles as each charged officers one-by-one.
"If five of them would have charged at once, I'm not sure we would have had enough manpower to kill all of them," Colorado Springs police Lt. Larry Laxson said.
The buffalo managed to get out when a truck driver didn't properly park his truck in the delivery chute at the G & C Meatpacking Plant, said plant owner Frank Grindinger.
Two homes were evacuated and police cordoned off several blocks.
By the time all five animals were shot, at least 120 rounds had been fired, a few that hit empty houses and a nearby car, Laxson said. The first buffalo took several shots in the head and "didn't even flinch."
"It was not a good ending. We did whatever we could to try to capture the animals without killing them," Laxson said.
Nearby resident Martha Muehl said she felt bad for the animals, but added people are the main concern.
"It's horrible, but it would have been even more sad if they had killed a person," Muehl said.
Grindinger, the plant owner, said six buffalo escaped in December 2003. Three were also shot by police.
FIVE shots in the HEAD!!!! I guess the cops in this precinct should be issued some .338's or something!
Instead of fleeing, the buffalo began grazing in a yard and police fired at the buffalo with semiautomatic rifles as each charged officers one-by-one.
"If five of them would have charged at once, I'm not sure we would have had enough manpower to kill all of them," Colorado Springs police Lt. Larry Laxson said.
The buffalo managed to get out when a truck driver didn't properly park his truck in the delivery chute at the G & C Meatpacking Plant, said plant owner Frank Grindinger.
Two homes were evacuated and police cordoned off several blocks.
By the time all five animals were shot, at least 120 rounds had been fired, a few that hit empty houses and a nearby car, Laxson said. The first buffalo took several shots in the head and "didn't even flinch."
"It was not a good ending. We did whatever we could to try to capture the animals without killing them," Laxson said.
Nearby resident Martha Muehl said she felt bad for the animals, but added people are the main concern.
"It's horrible, but it would have been even more sad if they had killed a person," Muehl said.
Grindinger, the plant owner, said six buffalo escaped in December 2003. Three were also shot by police.
FIVE shots in the HEAD!!!! I guess the cops in this precinct should be issued some .338's or something!