Not fit for man or beast

This is just sad. It seems these three young guys are driving down the road in Colorado and find a half-dead wild cat in the middle of the road. So being humane souls, they stop and rescue the poor thing and it's big - 65 lbs according to the account. In good faith they drive into town and flag down a sherriff.

What's the sherriff's first reaction? In a fit of sympathy for a dying animal, he arrests the kids for possession of marijuana. He looks in the Jeep, says Yep, you boys got yourself a mountain lion in there. Gonna hafta call in wildlife control and by the way, what's that smell?

Even worse, the poor mountain lion, which was only about four months old was too badly injured and had to be put down. But the sherriff gave them a break. He didn't arrest them for illegal possession of wildlife because they were acting in good faith.

Disgusting. And you wonder why people are afraid to get involved anymore. Hat tip to Tammara Halphen who notes, "No good deed goes unpunished."