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Wow! That is so brutal. I think you're right about the lack of response to an obvious emergency. You would think they would have measures in place in case a person falls in or whatever. That is a shame.
That's what gets me about it though. They did.
They had plenty of time to use them too.
Apparently, they just didn't give enough of a shit to use them. Pretty messed up, if you ask me.
Yeah, you really can't blame the animal. He was just doing what comes naturally to him. He may not have even meant to kill the guy.
That's true. You can tell from the video that it didn't even really know what to do.
It was toying with him more than anything else.
Well, I wonder who dropped the ball then? I can't see them just "letting" this happen when they know that it's a zoo with families and children in attendance. Geez, talk about a traumatizing day at the zoo for the kiddies!!! Did they even know it was happening? I'm thinking someone was "napping" on the job or something.
Yup, I don't blame the tiger at all. He might have thought that guy was a toy for him to play with. He didn't seem to keen on eating him.
I dunno. It might've simply been the case that they were more worried about hurting the tiger with the darts than saving the man.
According to the report I saw, there was a shed with tranquilizer guns just a few hundred feet away. The tiger also spent almost twenty minutes just staring at the guy before it actually attacked.
Somebody must have known what was going on.
Doesn't mean it was safe to go in to the enclosure.
I've rehabbed bobcats and cougars. Chances are, the tiger viewed the body as half-eaten prey. No way would I go in under these circumstances.
Besides, the damage was done. I would not agree with risking more lives just to drag out remains.
That's why they have tranq guns. The tiger doesn't seem to have ever left open ground, so they easily could have hit it.
Again, what I'm betting happened here is that the greedy fucks weren't willing to risk overdosing the cat with tranquilizer and losing their precious tourist attraction, so they just stood-by and let this guy die.
Very possibly true but I doubt it would be that cold blooded a decision.