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  Hate this. Hope the worst for the shooters.
context: When workers saw the rhino break through the main enclosure and run toward cypress trees, park owner Jordan Munn gave the order to shoot, the report said. The rhino was hit several times but managed to escape the trees. Workers followed the dying rhino for ⅓ mile and kept shooting the animal until it fell and died, the report said. Based on shell casings, investigators found 15 rounds were fired.
  
  So fucked up; the park was clearly unprepared for the rhino not adjusting to living in their tourist trap right away.
  Perhaps private parks like this are not the best curators for endangered species after all? >
  
  This is so disgusting. The USA needs more stringent regulations for private wildlife parks and exotic animal ownership. >
  
  Clearly, the rhino should’ve pulled himself up by his bootstraps, to make sure that it was not in a situation that could get him killed. 
  He should have just complied. >
  
  
  The report said no action was taken against the park.
  
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  Out of fear that helicopters would spot the rhino, workers buried the animal in a hole leaving a portion of his head exposed, the report said. Investigators with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission took no further action, according to the September report.
  
  Something isn't right here, why would you do this if the situation warranted the shooting? and no action taken against the park, wtf! >
  
  Animals are property and may be killed at any time so long as it is not cruel or abusive. Same as any cow, chicken, or horse. So there isn't anything to be done about it legally. I'm not taking a side or start any kind of pissing match, but that is how it works with animal ownership. >
  
  Cows, chickens, (some horses); domesticated. 
  They rely on us almost as much as we rely on them. Livestock is a mutualistic relationship. 
  Rhinos are wild and we shouldn't have anything to do with them besides trying to preserve them. And this park was not doing that. The takeaway is that this rhino should not have ever been there.
  Legally, you're right. But more importantly, the park is ethically wrong. >
  
  You can get mad at me about it if you really just need to be mad at somebody. As soon as it's in a pen it's property, hence no fines or jail for killing it humanely. Have a nice day. >
  
  Not mad but sorry if I bothered you, buddy. >
  
  Nice, sorry if I read you wrong. Knew I'd get flack and downvoted for answering the question, as if I have any influence. >
  
  The animal is wild.  It's implied that it will do unpredictable things.  Fucking Florida.  Someone please take it off our hands.  Does the EU want it?  We'd sell it for a bottle of good French wine. >
  
  The only way to strangle these types of parks is to make it clear to all other parks not to send animals there. >
  
  I know whomever sent this poor rhino there must be devastated. 🦏😥 >
  
  "That tiger didn't go crazy, that tiger went tiger!" >
  
  Rhino poaching is a serious conservation issue, as populations of rhinos have declined significantly due to poaching and habitat loss. In recent years, there have been several high-profile cases of rhinos being killed for their horns, which are highly valued in some cultures for their perceived medicinal properties and as status symbols. >
  
  I thought the whole point was that they were wild and we were supposed to respect that. >
  
  What constitutes "acting wild" in Florida? >
  
  So some rich guy wasn’t rich enough to hunt rhino in Africa, so they get hunted rhino in Florida? 
  Cool… >
  
  Wow, a rhino acting wild in a park. Karen: "I feel threatebed."  Park: boom.
  This is going to be the template for the last few rhinos in all world parks. >
  
  Sounds like cover for a canned hunt. >
  
  Exactly.
  Parks like these should be entirely fenced.  Just clear the woods, reroute your helicopters ,and let the animal calm down.  It would eventually stop freaking out, they don't have infinite endurance.
  This is just pure negligence if nobody was in actual danger.
  They were just scared of losing out on a bit of money by having to shut down an area of the park until they could rebuild the enclosure or send the animal to another zoo or park. >
  
  We deserve climate change >
  
  They need something tamer than a rhino. Maybe a dairy cow. Stuffed. Taxidermy dairy cows. They might get two or three people a week paying to see them. >
  
  This is the Florida way. If you think something acts in a manner you find "unnatural," do away with it. >
  
  Oh.  The title makes it sound like a future  trump/desantis dispute. >
  
  Slightly surprised it wasn't a Black Rhino tbh... >
  
  There was a terribly ghastly silence.
  There was a terribly ghastly noise.
  There was a terribly ghastly silence.