Poor Tiger

[edwards]

Today, I am mostly sad that a tiger was shot dead after attacking/mauling some people in a zoo. It seems silly that the animal couldn't be sedated. If i had been mauled by the animal, I'm somewhat worried that I'd be inclined to try and take the bullet for it :(

Tigers. They kill people. Big surprise. I can't help suspecting that three youths aged 19/20 were utterly innocent regarding getting a mauling...

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[edwards.livejournal.com]

They didn't put that bit in the reports in the UK. It has to be said that if I heard that 3 "youths" were mauled by a tiger here, I'd automatically assume they had managed to put themselves in a position whereby the tiger COULD maul them. Usually I credit Americans with more common sense, but I can't help wondering if those killed were in some way part of how it got out...

I know they're slow, I didn't have the information that the tiger was actually mauling someone when shot, but I still think it's terrible that they had to shoot it.

[hellsop.livejournal.com]

Completely reasonable assumption; that's what USUALLY happens to make someone get et. A nearby zoo lost a grizzly bear to a cage invasion, and the general opinion was that the police officer shot the wrong critter.

[edwards.livejournal.com]

Eeek. I think I'd rather share a cage with a tiger...