Why Tigers Attack

I believe that Mollinedo and the staff of the Zoo where the tiger escaped are the ones culpable for their negligence and for their incompetence in running a Zoo business.

In a number of provinces in India they know how to handle man-eating tigers. they hunt them down and kill them!! For all you animal lovers out there, don't forget..................it's survival of the fittest! If man is just an animal, on equal footing with the tiger, than too bad for the tiger. Don't say "poor tiger", it wouldn't for you! Remember, we are just another animal trying to survive. Do not give man any moral reasonging to show the tiger mercy,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,why should we? We are all just animals; some a little smarter than others.

By the way, going on safari next week to shoot wild game! Will plug a few tigers when no one is looking.

Anyone who truly believes that this tiger should have been killed is an idiot to their very core. The animal is a predator, a killer. Taken out of his natural habitat in the name of "entertainment and money." So he got loose, and did what is within the natural order of things for him to do. He preyed and he killed. Of course, it's not natural to you or I, but we are not wild animals, either. I am sorry for the families of those touched by this tragedy, but people....1 plus 2 equals 3. It is as simple as that. The real guilty parties are the humans who locked up this beautiful creature to begin with. So they walk away? Why?? They are at the very core of the reason this happened.

Anyone who truly believes that this tiger should have been killed is an idiot to their very core. The animal is a predator, a killer. Taken out of his natural habitat in the name of "entertainment and money." So he got loose, and did what is within the natural order of things for him to do. He preyed and he killed. Of course, it's not natural to you or I, but we are not wild animals, either. I am sorry for the families of those touched by this tragedy, but people....1 plus 2 equals 3. It is as simple as that. The real guilty parties are the humans who locked up this beautiful creature to begin with. So they walk away? Why?? They are at the very core of the reason this happened.

All zoos shoud be shut down. Wild animals belong in the wild, not in cages for the amusement of selfish humans. If you want to see a wild animal, then Google one on the internet. I hope the zoo is mega-sued and shut down along with every other zoo in the world. I feel for that poor tiger.

All zoos shoud be shut down. Wild animals belong in the wild, not in cages for the amusement of selfish humans. If you want to see a wild animal, then Google one on the internet. I hope the zoo is mega-sued and shut down along with every other zoo in the world. I feel for that poor tiger.

This animal never should have been killed. It was man's fault in the very first place for trying to lock up a wild animal and take him out of his natural habitat in an attempt at entertainment and money. I am sorry that these innocent people were killed, but the persons responsible this accident are the people who put a wild animal in a locked cage to begin with. Idiots to the core.

"Why Tigers Attack". Uh, gee I dunno, maybe because they're tigers. It sounds like these kids might have been asking for it.

That's a really mean thing to say. The tiger did absolutely nothing wrong and never asked to be in a zoo in the first place. Humans have choices, but we deny them to animals, then we kill them. This animal did absolutely nothing to deserve to be shot.

I am very glad the tiger was killed......................three cheers for the cops!! Most of the people that have posted here are insane! Give me a break "it is always the animal who suffers", are some of you freaking idots for real! I can only hope that with some kind of poetic justice that the human victim was a member of PETA! I hope that the people who are more concerned with tigers than humans volunteer to feed these little kitties at the San Francisco Zoo. If you are really concerned, maybe you can offer yourselves as human sacrafice for these poor, suffering, misunderstood animals.

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I think it is really unfortunate that the tiger had to be killed. No matter who is truly at fault, it is always the animal who suffers.

In reviewing my previous comment in light of these sensitive times - wish to clarify my previous comment by stating that I feel no one should be harmed- my comment that the designers of the tigers area should have been shot instead of the tigers is meant facetiously. No one should be hurt, expecially people. Just trying to make a point. I love people and tigers.

This zoo did have an emergency crew from my understanding for when an animal escapes they could be called and could tranquilize animals that have escaped so that they are not killed and can be put back in their exhibits without being killed. Because the zoo was so caotic I herd they had to call the police to come. THe cat turned and started walking towards the police men who did not open fire and try to kill the cat when they first saw it. They waited unitl the cat showed agressive behavior and the police officers lives were in danger. If you were a police officer and you were at the scene of the crime, I think you would have killed the cat as well. It is unfortunate that an endangered animal had to be killed, but nder the circumstances, I dont think that anything else could have been done.

This zoo did have an emergency crew from my understanding for when an animal escapes they could be called and could tranquilize animals that have escaped so that they are not killed and can be put back in their exhibits without being killed. Because the zoo was so caotic I herd they had to call the police to come. THe cat turned and started walking towards the police men who did not open fire and try to kill the cat when they first saw it. They waited unitl the cat showed agressive behavior and the police officers lives were in danger. If you were a police officer and you were at the scene of the crime, I think you would have killed the cat as well. It is unfortunate that an endangered animal had to be killed, but nder the circumstances, I dont think that anything else could have been done.

To Pauly: I don't think they declaw tigers in big well-equiped Zoos: endangered animals are usually not treated as pets. Plus, those wounds the victims suffered could be a proof.

If there was a tree, why she or other tigers didn't escape before?

Howeveer', I'd consider the "tiger-on-tiger " hypothesis, and taunting as well: when they got mad their power mulitplies. I presume, they feed cats after Zoo closed, so she mightve been hungry too!

RUSSO