Seriously, what in the world is wrong with people. While we still do not have all the facts, it appears that the Tiger that escaped from the S.F. Zoo did in fact leap out of the enclosure. The more important question is why it happened. Police and Zoo officials believe that the man who died was taunting the Tiger, which caused the Tiger to become agitated, which caused the Tiger to try and kill its prey. Well, guess what...the Tiger won. Who cares that the wall was 7 feet shy of what it should have been!!! The bottom line is that these men were egging-on a Tiger....A TIGER!! Look, I am no animal rights activist, but what good can come of taunting A TIGER? A good laugh? A great story to tell? Well they have their story now!
This is like the kid who played by the fire-ant hill, kicked it a few times and didn't understand why fire ants were all over his shoes biting him. Or how about the kid who kept poking the dog through a fence only to have the dog leap the fence and bite the kid...Animals are Animals and they are unpredictable.
Heck my 2 1/2 year old is unpredictable. Last night my wife was cooking pancakes in a skillet. My wife told her it was hot and if she touched it she would get burned. My daughter then just to miff my wife touched it and burned her finger. She'll never do that again! I bet the boy who poked the dog and the kid who got bit by ants won't do again what they did either.
I guess some of us have to learn our lessons the hard way. Yes, this man didn't deserve to die, nor did the other men deserved to get mauled, but it would have never have happened if there was a level of respect between man and beast. Again, it was A TIGER!
Wonder if this one will pop up in the Darwin Awards?
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