The deputies, who saw many other animals standing outside their cages and others that had escaped past the fencing surrounding the property, began shooting them on sight.

Does it make me a bad person that I would have no problem with any deputy who shot an animal "standing outside [its] cage" being shot? Seriously. What the fuck. Some irresponsible asshole lets animals out of their cages before committing suicide so now, for the terrible crime of being scary and dangerous, the animals are being summarily shot? Dollars to donuts cars have killed more children than exotic animals in that town -- maybe deputies should start shooting cars parked outside their garages on sight?

I also hate the fucking euphemisms. What the hell does "destroyed" mean in the context of killing something? It sounds more obliterative than it probably is. . .