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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.