Brazilian army shoot Olympic Mascot.

[8den]

Between, Zika, Pollution fears, murders while clearing out Slums, the cost, the empty stadiums in the middle of nowhere, and now this, it does not augur well for the Games.

Following the event, Juma was taken to a zoo that’s part of a military base in the city. She apparently escaped an enclosure but was not at risk of leaving the confines of the zoo. Military officials said Juma was hit with four tranquilizer darts, but they didn’t slow her down. Once the cat turned on a veterinarian, a soldier was forced to take her down with bullets.


“It escaped and ran off as it was being moved from one area to another in the zoo,” Colonel Luiz Gustavo Evelyn told the press. “To protect the handler, it was sacrificed.”

http://gizmodo.com/brazil-just-shot-and-killed-its-own-olympic-mascot-1782414344

 

[Spymaster]

Why the fuck would they have a live wild animal as a mascot?

Stupid fucking idiots.

 

[trabuquera]

that's cruelty to endangered big cats, that is. even before they shot it dead

 

[8den]

Why the fuck would they have a live wild animal as a mascot?

Stupid fucking idiots.

The Mascot is called Juma, it's a cartoon Jaguar, someone along the line thought it'd be a good idea to bring a live jaguar to a Olympic torch event.

 

[bi0boy]

The actual Olympic mascot is Vinicius, who is "a mixture of all the Brazilian animals"

 

[8den]

The actual Olympic mascot is Vinicius, who is "a mixture of all the Brazilian animals"

And a chilling reminder of what will happen if we don't regulate genetic modification? WTF?!?

 

[trabuquera]

The actual Olympic mascot is Vinicius, who is "a mixture of all the Brazilian animals"

bit like feijoada then? (sorry)

 

[cantsin]

Between, Zika, Pollution fears, murders while clearing out Slums, the cost, the empty stadiums in the middle of nowhere, and now this, it does not augur well for the Games.

http://gizmodo.com/brazil-just-shot-and-killed-its-own-olympic-mascot-1782414344

fuck the corrupt, shitty olympics and the animal murdering army scumbags