Tiger goes on rampage

Zefan · 26 Dec 2007 at 17:41

Silent-Lucidity said:
Serves em right for keeping animals they can't manage to look after properly. No sympathy here.

No sympathy for the people that were killed?

I certainly expect a zoo to keep all their animals securely locked in, especially the ones that could rip me into pieces!

PurpleDinosaur · 26 Dec 2007 at 17:42

Silent-Lucidity said:
Serves em right for keeping animals they can't manage to look after properly. No sympathy here.

Article said:
All of the victims were visitors to the zoo

Yeah really serves them right. :rolleyes:

Can people start reading the article before coming out with scathing comments please?

cheets64 · 26 Dec 2007 at 17:43

Now now everyone, no need to get so catty...

malfunkshun · 26 Dec 2007 at 17:43

Doohickey said:
Yeah I heard about that, and expected that it would have been put down before reading it, and guess what, it was

It's a tiger ffs.

While I dont agree with killing such an amazing animal unnecessarily, in this situation what were they to do?

"Now Tatiana, you hurry up and finish your snack, then it's back to the enclosure for you! you naughty, naughty Tiger!"

I dont think that would quite do the job tbf.

Mephisto · 26 Dec 2007 at 17:48

I actually had a dream about this this morning. I fell asleep with the news on and they we reading out this story. It must have influenced my dream because in my dream there was a tiger going around attacking people, but then I became friends with it and we cuddled

Arsey · 26 Dec 2007 at 17:50

The same tiger attacked somebody last year through the cage, so they built a better enclosure and now it escapes! Unbelievable

FrostedNipple · 26 Dec 2007 at 17:58

Poor little tiger, just doing what it does best! This is why zoos are a bad idea!

Shame those visitors were in the wrong place at the wrong time as well!

note to self -- don't go to San Francisco zoo near closing time

Raumarik · 26 Dec 2007 at 17:59

Its starting to sound like the people in charge of the animals had been drinking and the person in charge of the enclosure had been high on drugs and claiming "some of the animals might get loose later" 3 hours before the tiger "escaped".

PurpleDinosaur · 26 Dec 2007 at 18:01

Kami said:
Its starting to sound like the people in charge of the animals had been drinking and the person in charge of the enclosure had been high on drugs and claiming "some of the animals might get loose later" 3 hours before the tiger "escaped".

Source?

Tefal · 26 Dec 2007 at 18:02

BlackDragon said:
I always find it quite sad when animals in reserves or zoos have to be put down because some idiot thinks that a carniverous animal won't attack them just because it is in a protected area. Or in this case just because it attacked a human it had to be put down. What did they expect tigers to eat...cabbages?

it escaped and was charging the cops just after they had seen it attack some guy in cafe, them or it. not like it was their choice to be there.

Tefal · 26 Dec 2007 at 18:04

FrostedNipple said:
Shame those visitors were in the wrong place at the wrong time as well!

shame for visiting a zoo?

You ever go to the zoo or take your kids there?

the shame!

Clipsey · 26 Dec 2007 at 18:04

Why was it not just tranquilized? That to me makes more sense! It's not like it was shot for punishment or justice, just to stop the frenzy and for people's safety.

Tefal · 26 Dec 2007 at 18:05

Clipsey said:
Why was it not just tranquilized? That to me makes more sense! It's not like it was shot for punishment or justice, just to stop the frenzy and for people's safety.

because it was police not animal control and a tranq wont stop it instantly a bullet will, well it was probably severally bullets.

You've just seen some tiger eat a guy then it starts coming at you what would you do?

Azagoth · 26 Dec 2007 at 18:05

Clipsey said:
Why was it not just tranquilized?

Because American police don't carry tranquillisers! Anyway, by the time the tranquilliser had taken effect another person may be dead.

ethan · 26 Dec 2007 at 18:05

I've not had chance to look at this in any depth but a safer enclosure would have helped. One where the public view the animals 15 feet above and one in which resources and keepers would have to descend or be lowered viz a viz a lift or other system.

Clipsey · 26 Dec 2007 at 18:08

because it was police not animal control and a tranq wont stop it instantly a bullet will

Fair enough then, still you would have thought that they would have tranquilizers around a place like that - why did they have to wait for the police to arrive. It's escaped so shoot it straight away with some tranq's. Sounds unorganized to me.

Tefal · 26 Dec 2007 at 18:10

ethan said:
I've not had chance to look at this in any depth but a safer enclosure would have helped. One where the public view the animals 15 feet above and one in which resources and keepers would have to descend or be lowered viz a viz a lift or other system.

not really that's just more cruel for the animal, here the just have a 20ft fence, putting them in a pit is just harsh.

FrostedNipple · 26 Dec 2007 at 18:12

Clipsey said:
Sounds unorganized to me.

the tiger did escape

FrostedNipple · 26 Dec 2007 at 18:13

Tefal said:
shame for visiting a zoo?

You ever go to the zoo or take your kids there?

the shame!

i don't know why your being anti to my post, those visitors could have easily been elsewhere in the zoo, and the police tranquilize it and everything be happy ever after!

JBuk · 26 Dec 2007 at 18:14

Clipsey said:
Fair enough then, still you would have thought that they would have tranquilizers around a place like that - why did they have to wait for the police to arrive. It's escaped so shoot it straight away with some tranq's. Sounds unorganized to me.

do they have animal tranquilizer swat teams at the ready?

c`mon its just a zoo, they dont expect the animals to escape and go on a rampage, and with members of the public all around they can hardly risk going about shooting can they