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By most accounts, some asshat was taunting a tiger, who then jumped out and mauled the guy. Officials seem fairly shocked that the tiger could jump out of the enclosure.
About three years ago I was talking with the Siberian Tiger Zoo Keeper at the Metro Toronto Zoo who said very simply that their two males could easily jump the barricade and escape, but because their territory is inside the enclosure, and the enclosure is the only world they've known, they are very unlikely to do so. He said that this extends so far that if they were to leave the enclosure gate open, it would probably take several days before the tigers would venture outside.
So while visiting zoos, be quiet observers, don't dangle limbs (food) at carnivores.
By most accounts, some asshat was taunting a tiger, who then jumped out and mauled the guy. Officials seem fairly shocked that the tiger could jump out of the enclosure.
About three years ago I was talking with the Siberian Tiger Zoo Keeper at the Metro Toronto Zoo who said very simply that their two males could easily jump the barricade and escape, but because their territory is inside the enclosure, and the enclosure is the only world they've known, they are very unlikely to do so. He said that this extends so far that if they were to leave the enclosure gate open, it would probably take several days before the tigers would venture outside.
So while visiting zoos, be quiet observers, don't dangle limbs (food) at carnivores.
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It's no wonder animal rights activists seem so damn irrational sometimes. Situations like this can't help. Tiger is minding her own business, fuckin' idiots come along and goad it, tiger does what comes naturally, tiger is killed. Stupid humans brought this on themselves, tiger has to pay the price, and we don't even blink about it.
Personally I think we should have kept the tiger alive and shot the other two stupid humans.
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It's hard to tell what really happened, given all the spin being put on it by various parties, though.
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That being said, while I can see the whole reluctance to "leave one's territory" (in the early days of me rescuing Wendigo, putting her on the balcony became a huge drama scene and she would have done anything, including clawing me to death, to go back inside ... and I figure wild animals are more territorial), I'm not sure I would use that as a safety measure.
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The boy who died was trying to lure the tiger away from his friend.
The enclosure was three feet below the minimum height it should have been.
The tiger in question had previously mauled one of its keepers.