Two or three days ago I saw a news report about some lions released in a wildlife park in Arkansas.Apparently someone was raising these lions illegally,and for whatever reason couldn't take care of them any more.Of course the guy didn't release them in the lion section of the park,so now they're wandering around Arkansas.I saw an update on the news report today,and it turns out that these lions are all being shot upon being spotted.I have to say,I'm not some crazy green-peace fanatic,but having worked for a humane society for a while,and caring for animals all my life,I do not agree with this.I realize that it's not exactly safe to have lions running around out of their habitat,but they do make these amazing things called tranquilizer darts that are used quite frequently and seem to work pretty good too.It's not thwe fault of these lions that some dumb a55 bought them off the black market and then figured out that...(news flash)...these things grow,and they don't seem to act very much like my old cat fluffy.If I was walking through the woods,and saw a lion about to pounce on me,sure I'd shoot it,but there are quite a few people in the world that specialize in the tranquilization and relocation of large wild animals,so why not give a few of them a call.I'm sure there's a zoo somewhere that could use a few extra lions(which by the way nobody has any idea how many of them were released by this person).I tried to find a web site with this story,but haven't had any luck yet.If I find something,I'll add it to this post.In the mean time,how do you feel about this,and do you think this could be resolved in a more professional manor?

Found a link.Not a very detailed description of the story,but it's something.
http://www.katv.com/showstory.hrb?f=n&s=57203&f1=loc