One zoo I worked at(7 years) had this fella jump into dangerous animals cages, in an apparent attempt to kill himself.



So the zoo reacted by forming a HIT SQUAD. And yes, I was a proud member of that hit squad. The zoo purchased a number of high powered rifles. I loved the rugers. We would target practice once a month on zoo time. How good does that get. All we did was target practice. In the desert. again, how good does it get.



Our job was, if a person jumped in or fell in an enclosue that held a dangerous animal. They use a siren to inform us and we would go and UNLOCK the hidden cabinet that held the guns, load them, go to the exhibit and shoot the animals in the exclosure. That was our instructions and training.



This would be great fun and we would be paid to have this fun. Life is good. But, unknown to the zoo, we made a pact(all but one) to accidently(hehehehe) miss the animal and hit the jumper. Accidents do happen. Lucky for all involved, that jumper never returned. Maybe he found a better way to off himself. Sir, the above is the absolute truth. Cheers

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