I think someone has already posted the details. It was a teen trying to spice up her senior yearbook page by having her picture taken with a "tame" tiger. "But, Mom... all the kids are doing it."
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drbill:
That sort of thing is in the same league with showing off by driving too fast or skateboarding off the school roof. You take your chances and sometimes, you fall.
Iruka
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Apparently this was a designated "photo op" tiger, and had done this thousands of times with no incident. Obviously, it didn't happen that way THIS time.....I guess there's always a chance with "tame" wild animals that they can revert to form. But in this situation I wouldn't blame the girl, as she would not have expected any danger in doing this. If this was a "climb through the zoo bars to get the photo taken" incident, I would hold her to blame for it, as the animals in cages are not "advertised" as being safe to be around.
I dont think anyone is blaming the girl....she obviously thought it was a safe thing to do given the track record of the animal.
Every living creature is unpredictable.....I dont care how 'trained' it is. As humans we like to think that animals have trust etc and rationalize their actions as some of us do....whatever set this tiger off, it had a reason to do what it did. It shouldnt have been killed unless it was an immediate danger to other humans, as in charging them etc...if this was the case..fine.
You put a wild animal in an un-wild setting and you expect it to behave in a manner in which it has no way of understanding. When it does something natural for itself, then you kill it. Doesn't make sense to me.
Every living creature is unpredictable.....I dont care how 'trained' it is. As humans we like to think that animals have trust etc and rationalize their actions as some of us do....whatever set this tiger off, it had a reason to do what it did. It shouldnt have been killed unless it was an immediate danger to other humans, as in charging them etc...if this was the case..fine.
You put a wild animal in an un-wild setting and you expect it to behave in a manner in which it has no way of understanding. When it does something natural for itself, then you kill it. Doesn't make sense to me.
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just had to read this one!
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