re: #27 darthstar

As I understand it, the animals were loose but still within the fence line of the property. Having been caged most, if not all, their lives, most would likely have gone back to their cages around feeding time.

Exactly. I was called on to fetch an adult male African lion from a Pasadena (TX) park once that had wandered off from a “collector.” I have big problems with people keeping such animals but, that said, I didn’t hesitate to take care of the beastie. He rode in the back of my gov. station wagon chomping on a roast I bought on the way.