Teen Mauled to Death by Tiger

It ain't a pussycat

Published on August 19, 2005 By Ionolast In Current Events

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.

Comments (Page 2)

drmiler

on Aug 19, 2005

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

At the very least.

dharmagrl

on Aug 19, 2005

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.

Ionolast

on Aug 19, 2005

You forgot mascots, Baker.

bakerstreet

on Aug 19, 2005

Oh, yes. Tigers generally do cartwheels and yell into big bullhorns. This was obviously an evil tiger.

Ionolast

on Aug 20, 2005

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.

kingbee

on Aug 20, 2005

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

ParaTed2k

on Aug 20, 2005

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?

Dr Guy

on Aug 20, 2005

Tigers generally do cartwheels and yell into big bullhorns.

I like Tony the Tiger.

dharmagrl

on Aug 20, 2005

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.

Ionolast

on Aug 20, 2005

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.

Dr Guy

on Aug 20, 2005

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

The world is full of so called experts that think they know, when in fact they dont know.

ParaTed2k

on Aug 20, 2005

Animals like this do not belong anywhere but in the jungles and other natural habitats from whence they came. They do not belong in zoos, circuses, SeaWorld or Las Vegas lounge acts. Rescue-schmescue, it should be totally illegal to own them and they should be destroyed upon discovery.

SO much for education in zoology as far as your concerned....

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