Deputy learns Taser not effective on wild boars

[Kentuck]

10-15) 13:09 PDT Brooksville, Fla. (AP) --

While normally effective on people, a Hernando deputy learned the hard way that Taser stun guns do not work very well on wild boars.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?...7.DTL&tsp=1

 

[Lurediver]

I don't even know why officers carry pistols anymore. Taser?

 

[PIGIG]

guess he missed that day at the academy

 

[Speckmisser]

I love the line about how the boar "flashed his tusks at onlookers" so the officer felt he had to take action. How does a big boar NOT flash his tusks?

Isn't that like saying a buck "flashed his antlers" at you?

 

[Cold1nhand]

And I have a hard time believing that the boar was "450 pounds"

 

[bmtoth]

"He quickly found a 450-pound boar rooting up shrubbery and threatening a water fountain."

How does a wild pig threaten a water fountain?

 

[SDHNTR]

It never ceases to amaze me how clueless the general public is when it comes to wild things. Do people ever leave concrete?