Teen Mauled to Death by Tiger

It ain't a pussycat

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/08/18/tiger.attack.ap/index.html
from JoeUser Forums
A 17 year-old girl was posing for her high school graduation pictures with a Siberian tiger when the animal turned and attacked her. The handler was restraining it. She was pronounded dead at the scene. Officials are investigating the cause.

The cause? Well, let's see. Could it be............stupidity?

It was a family-run animal sancutary. Not even an actual zoo.

IT'S A FRICKIN' WILD ANIMAL, FOR CHRIST'S SAKE! A PREDATOR! A MEAT EATER! THEY CAN NOT BE TAMED!

It's really a shame that some people have to learn the hard way.
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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top


Yeah reminds me of when Pitbulls attack

Though this is more like sticking your head in a Lions mouth.
Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top
Eh...I'm inclined to blame the trainer. He should know the temperment of the animal before trying stupid crap.

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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top
Eh...I'm inclined to blame the trainer. He should know the temperment of the animal before trying stupid crap.


I don't know. They're unpredictable. At least the tiger should have been in a cage and the girl should have been outside the cage.
Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top
Ever see those vids where the Bears maul the person sitting still in front of them?
Note to Self - Stay well away from WILD animals
Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top
Ever see those vids where the Bears maul the person sitting still in front of them?Note to Self - Stay well away from WILD animals


Yeah, I've seen those. Even Roy Horn didn't see it coming.
Reply #6 from JoeUser Forums Top
I'm thinking this qualifies for an honorable mention from The Darwin Awards....
Reply #7 from JoeUser Forums Top
I'm thinking this qualifies for an honorable mention from The Darwin Awards....


No not for this one..
For all we know the poor girl was probably assured by the trainer and others that this was done all the time... blah blah blah

If the trainer had been giving "Tiger Rides" then yes Darwin Application needed
Reply #8 from JoeUser Forums Top
Well, we HAVE to blame SOMEONE, right?

Here's our choices:

a) dead girl
b) tiger trainer
c) owner of animal sanctuary
d) tiger
e) society that encourages people to interact with wild animals and put wild animals in unnatural settings and situations
f) photographer
g) dead girl's parents
h) god
i) the devil
j) legislators that haven't prevented these tragedies from occuring
k) law enforcement officers who didn't preven this from happening
l) medical professionals for failing to be on site where something so dangerous was taking place
m) the education system for not teaching any parties involved that this was not a good idea
n) dead girl's parents
o) President Bush
Reply #9 from JoeUser Forums Top
Bush then Owner of the santuary
Reply #10 from JoeUser Forums Top
hahaha...I accidentally put dead girl's parents twice. It must be an omen. I guess THEY'RE to blame.

Bush works too, though.
Reply #11 from JoeUser Forums Top
I'll choose a, b, c and g.
Reply #12 from JoeUser Forums Top

Reply By: IçonoçlastPosted: Friday, August 19, 2005
I'll choose a, b, c and g.

Ditto.

Reply #13 from JoeUser Forums Top
Tex, you forgot Bill Clinton.
Reply #14 from JoeUser Forums Top
What? Wild... animal? They don't really make those, do they? I know from the zoological materials we provide for our kids that only the bad ones are, and the good ones always triumph.

You should study it more. In Bambi you'll learn that the wilderness is paradise if not for hunters. The Lion King, hey, right there, see where it just destroys the wild animal myth? Fish are the witty foils of nasty French Chefs. Polar bears like to sled and drink Coke and stare happily at Christmas trees.

Animals are for feeling sorry for, or for witty line-tossing sidekicks, or to leap in at the end to bite the bad guy, or better yet, to pee on him. I don't know where this "Wild Animal" myth comes from. This must've been a bad tiger that the hero tiger and his squirrel sidekick hadn't dealt with yet.
Reply #15 from JoeUser Forums Top
Tex, you forgot Bill Clinton.


And Al Qaeda...

p) Bill Clinton
q) Al Qaeda
Reply #16 from JoeUser Forums Top

I'm thinking this qualifies for an honorable mention from The Darwin Awards....


At the very least.
Reply #17 from JoeUser Forums Top
For all we know the poor girl was probably assured by the trainer and others that this was done all the time


So? I don't care if the trainer told me the tiger was friendly as my kitten, I still wouldn't stand next to it. That chick has to assume some responsibility.
Reply #18 from JoeUser Forums Top
You forgot mascots, Baker.
Reply #19 from JoeUser Forums Top
Oh, yes. Tigers generally do cartwheels and yell into big bullhorns. This was obviously an evil tiger.
Reply #20 from JoeUser Forums Top
Oh, yes. Tigers generally do cartwheels and yell into big bullhorns. This was obviously an evil tiger.


Actually I was thinking of sports teams which have real animals for mascots.
Reply #21 from JoeUser Forums Top
This must've been a bad tiger that the hero tiger and his squirrel sidekick hadn't dealt with yet.


grrrrrrrreat! scuse me while i go defog my lenses. too funny
Reply #22 from JoeUser Forums Top
Yeah, sounds like a Darwin Award candidate to me!! ;~D

It reminds me of a situation in Southern Idaho where a couple of male lions escaped from a farmhouse. Of course it made all the papers and the people who owned the farm were charged for the expense of searching for, tranquilizing and moving the animals to a zoo. They were also fined for having illegal pets and causing a disturbance.

The interesting part was, that family had been keeping lions and other "exotic" pets there for decades and there was never a problem until the animals got out. If you ask me, blanket laws banning exotic pets are rediculous. This girl got killed, and that is a terrible tragedy that the trainer and owner should be held liable for... but why hold everyone responsible for the extremely few incidents that occur?
Reply #23 from JoeUser Forums Top

Tigers generally do cartwheels and yell into big bullhorns.

I like Tony the Tiger.

Reply #24 from JoeUser Forums Top
Until that day, anyone stupid enough to interact with them without taking adequate safety precautions deserves whatever happens to them.


Thank you! That's EXACTLY what I've been saying.
Reply #25 from JoeUser Forums Top
anyone stupid enough to interact with them without taking adequate safety precautions deserves whatever happens to them


The people in this case probably thought they were doing that.