Agent Followed Rules in Tiger Shoot, Panel Says
From Times Wire Reports
The state wildlife officer who shot to death a 600-pound escaped tiger pleaded for people to stop calling him an “animal murderer.”
Jesse Curtis Lee, 24, was identified as the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officer who shot the big cat twice in the head July 13 after a 26-hour search.
The commission released its review of the incident in Loxahatchee, concluding that Lee used sound judgment and complied with the agency’s guidelines when he shot the Bengal-Siberian tiger named Bobo.
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