Goodbye Tatiana

Comment #13

jarasan — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:59:44 GMT

Jerks. Shame they didn't run into Jeffrey Dahlmer first. There are more vicious predatory animals walking around the streets here and everywhere on this planet, than in zoos, they are called humans. These humans are worse than any tiger, lion, bear etc.. Just like the animals that get early release and go out and rape and murder someone. How do you idiot proof that? How did they get out of their cage? Stupid is as stupid does, I saw those F#@^ng jerks, they looked like guilty ass gang bangers, these people are stupid and like violence. Shame the tiger didn't get the other two.... [ More ]

Comment #12

Tenaj — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:35:47 GMT

Wild killer animals are suppose to be secure where nobody can provoke it to break out of a cage. There should be security were visitors can not jump over a fence to pet a tiger or stick their hand inside the cage of a wild animal, go into a restricted area or provoke a tiger long enough without being noticed to make it break out a cage and kill somebody. You don't need any more details. That tiger was not suppose to be able to get out of that cage and those men were not suppose... [ More ]

Comment #11

justxploring — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 02:02:33 GMT

In Oakland someone jumped over a fence and tried to pet a tiger. I guess it wasn't secure enough. However, I grew up going to the zoo all the time. It was called Franklin Park Zoo. I never would have thought about sticking my hand inside the cage of a wild animal even when I was 10 years old. I guess now we need to protect people from their own foolishness.

Comment #10

Tenaj — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 23:57:03 GMT

But I don't love animals if they are killers. And if they are killers in a zoo cage, they should not be able to break the cage from excessive taunting from zoo visitors. Regardless of how they did it - whether the visitors were drunk, threw sticks at it, in an area where they were not suppose to be, climbed the wall, whether they were liars, have DUI's on probation or whatever. I still love people better than a killer animal. Zoo security was suppose to be on those young men and protec... [ More ]

Comment #9

justxploring — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:12:31 GMT

I agree with you in part, Think. Unfortunately, once an animal is in captivity, it loses a lot of its natural instincts. Obviously, this cat had some fight left in her, but it doesn't mean she'd be equally competitive in the wild against beasts who are used to running & hunting for several miles a day. Also, the wild seems to be disappearing. I don't know what the law is in CA, but the boy who was killed was a minor in some states, so the man who was 24 might be responsible for him. I also just realized that, being under 21, the 24 year old violated Federal law, didn't he? You can't buy alcohol for a minor. They were probably all pals, but it's a thought. One reason I posted this blog was that the 2 survivors lied so much to the police because of money. Then the evidence showed that they had been harassing the tiger and were climbing on the wall or fence.... [ More ]

Comment #8

Think — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 03:21:35 GMT

It is just too bad we cant feed the keepers and inspectors to the kitties.

Comment #7

Coin Toss — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 23:07:28 GMT

I'm with spy153 on this one.

Comment #6

justxploring — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:34:35 GMT

You have a right to your opinion which I always welcome here. However, I don't think this sad incident would have happened had they not provoked the animal. Also, I definitely believe they were a danger to society. So many families have been destroyed and all 3 of them were under the influence, which means that there was no designated driver. The tiger could have killed an innocent bystander too, but something they did caused this animal to tear its claws and go through pain to do it.

Comment #5

justxploring — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:02:01 GMT

True. No human being should experience that. Agree that past crimes should not have any influence of this matter. However, in answer to your other comment, the zoo did protect people from danger and a special needs person would not have been hanging around the zoo by himself after dark after everyone had left. Most special needs people are very kind to animals. BTW, it wasn't Christmas, it was Christmas Eve, in the cold after dark. They were not animal lovers and went to th... [ More ]

Comment #4

Tenaj — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:35:51 GMT

My sympathy goes out to the young man and his family. I'm sure many of us have done some crazy s**t while lit up and looked back at it and thought wow I could have gotten hurt or killed or hurt others. The tiger was a dangerous animal who would attacked and killed me without being provoked and should have not been exposed to humans without proper safety. What if a special needs person had taunted the animal or a child on the same level of those guys. What if it ha... [ More ]

Comment #3

pacattack05 — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:31:30 GMT

I've always hated zoos. It's just not right to keep animals caged up like that. My old roommate's wife kept a fighting fish in a bowl. I also don't like fish kept in tanks in people's houses. They have feelings too and probably want the heck out of the place.

Comment #2

emilyg — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:15:50 GMT

Me, too.

Comment #1

spy153 — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:50:13 GMT

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