Why Tigers Attack

Sounds to me like you are the sick one, hatethetigers. You want to blame the only being in the story who had absolutely no choice but to be where she was. Unfortunately, this is the price we pay for thinking it is okay to treat animals the way that we do. We need to start realizing that they are not here to amuse us, but are fellow beings with whom we share a planet.

I wonder if the animal could have been fed drugs, maybe a piece of meat like a burger from the cafe- with something in it. The victims or maybe someone else entirely wanted to see what would happen- you hear about people doing amazing things on drugs. I hope they necropsy the cat. Too bad there were no security cameras. The other possibility is some peta nut let it out on Christmas day some way- maybe it was actually trying to get back to it's pen. I wonder what the two living victims will say.

I find elnino comment about how you love it every time a wild animal attacts a human deeply disturbing. Shouldn't we value all forms of life instead of sacrificing one for another? To think that a mass killing of people from a tiger would help a cause is just as bad as a terrorist killing masses of innocent people for their cause. I hurt every time a see an animal killed for doing something that is nature to them. A properly run zoo is a good thing for society. The people who work at most public zoos often start out as volunteers who genuinely love these animals and to share their love by teaching other people. Zoos are a safe harbor for animals close to extinction and in dangerous areas of the world where people hunt them for profit. Most zoos also post information at exhibits explaining the habitat and threats against the animal. I know my local zoo also goes as far as to informing people what industries are detrimental to the animals and their habitat. I in turn take my children to the zoo to not only show and teach them about the animals but to better explain why we as a family boycott certain items that directly or indirectly harm them. They understand better and hopefully will grow up and pass on the same values to their children. That's better than telling them we should love it every time an animal attacts a human being.

I find elnino comment about how you love it every time a wild animal attacts a human deeply disturbing. Shouldn't we value all forms of life instead of sacrificing one for another? To think that a mass killing of people from a tiger would help a cause is just as bad as a terrorist killing masses of innocent people for their cause. I hurt every time a see an animal killed for doing something that is nature to them. A properly run zoo is a good thing for society. The people who work at most public zoos often start out as volunteers who genuinely love these animals and to share their love by teaching other people. Zoos are a safe harbor for animals close to extinction and in dangerous areas of the world where people hunt them for profit. Most zoos also post information at exhibits explaining the habitat and threats against the animal. I know my local zoo also goes as far as to informing people what industries are detrimental to the animals and their habitat. I in turn take my children to the zoo to not only show and teach them about the animals but to better explain why we as a family boycott certain items that directly or indirectly harm them. They understand better and hopefully will grow up and pass on the same values to their children. That's better than telling them we should love it every time an animal attacts a human being.

I think that this will eventually be found to have been caused by human error. Whoever is responsible should be prosecuted, not just for what happened to the humans, but for the death of one of the most impressive animals nature has ever contrived. I feel for the people who were hurt and their families, but the real crime was allowing the tiger to escape. The cat was doing what comes naturally to a cat.

This forum is to discuss the events at hand and post opinions, hopefully backing them up with facts. hatethetigers, where are your facts that 80% of your opposition belongs to PETA? And def_scorpion, What exactly are you trying to say? I tried very hard to pick apart your comment and understand it. Could you try to repeat your views intelligently and rationally without singling someone out for something entirely unrelated to the topic at hand? I'd like to hear your response if possible.

I love it every time a wild animal attacts a human. This is what we get for taking the poor animal out of its natural habitat. I don't understand the purpose of having wild animals caged up just for our viewing pleasure. It is very selfish and very sad. It's too bad the tiger did not kill a lot more people so that maybe zoos could disapear all together!

Wasn't the young man who was killed right near the exhibit while his friends were about 300 yards away? It doesn't sound right that this animal just happened to get out on it's own. I can't imagine there are no cameras, for security or just keeping an eye on the animals well being, that didn't capture what really happened. Either someone made a mistake allowing this animal to get loose or this was part of some prank gone bad.

Wasn't the young man who was killed right near the exhibit while his friends were about 300 yards away? It doesn't sound right that this animal just happened to get out on it's own. I can't imagine there are no cameras, for security or just keeping an eye on the animals well being, that didn't capture what really happened. Either someone made a mistake allowing this animal to get loose or this was part of some prank gone bad.

I, for one, am suprised something like this hasn't happened sooner. Big cats are not meant to be confined to small enclosures. The cat house at my zoo is a sad place, where animals that are meant to run and play in the wild are confined to 20x20 enclosures. Anyone who has ever owned a cat knows that they are very smart and get bored easily. I do not believe that this tiger was doing anything out of the ordinary. I bet the tiger had been watching its "care takers" for a long time, waiting patiently for a chance to strike. My cats do it with mice, and amazingly enough, its the females that stalk, play with and eventually kill their prey. The lesson here should be one for us humans: big cats need bigger enclosures, enrichment and play to prevent boredom and definitely higher walls around the place. Duh! Who in their right mind would think a big cat wouldn't be able to jump 20 vertical feet, if it really wanted to? One more thing - all these zoos that think hand raising big cats is a bad idea should think of this: if you are never planning on releasing the animal to the wild, what's the point of keeping it wild? Close contact with humans from an early age will acclimate the big cats to humans and keep us out of the "prey" category. It would be better for everyone if zoos would change their stance from entertainment complexes for humans to homes for animals that have no place else to go. If the needs of the tiger, in this situation, had been met, this may never have happened. I am sorry for the loss of a human life, but its the zoo's fault, not the tiger's.

I am with that expert, there is something fishy going on here. How did this anmal get out!? One clue...the wire mesh put in over the bars. My father used to tease animals at the zoo when I was growing up (not promoting it, it was cruel ), and the big cats would get VERY ticked VERY quickly. So making a HUGE leap, IF that first victim had been teasing the tiger, it could have been very motivated to get out. I wonder where this steel mesh was located. Seems like a perfect type of curtain for a big cat to climb. I have not seen this enclosure but I wonder if it could have given the cat a way out.
As for killing it, imagine the scene, it's dark, quiet, there is already one dead body, these cops were soiling themselves when they saw that tiger. Especially when it was ripping another person apart, then it turns toward them. People have nightmares tamer than that situation.

After the major law suits, they will have to close the zoo and I couldn't agree more. If you don;t know how to run it properly and staff it properly, close it!!!!!! Shame on you,

when domestic dogs go bad and kill people, they are destroyed. When a bear, in the wild, tracks and kills a hiker they are hunted and killed. We cannot afford to take a chance that the animal will not do so again! I for one would not have felt good about seeing an animal that had killed a human being, and I am even more certain that if the victim had been realted to me, I would personally be happy to put the animal down myself!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I say we take all the wild animals from the zoos and release them to an area where all the bleeding-heart animal lovers can care for them. If the human race is lucky, the animals will do what comes natural and rid the country of weaklings.

The only reason these nuts can say "poor tiger" is because the victims are not their son, brother, friend, or neighbor. The other reason is becasue 80% of them belong to a PETA chapter and know each other, but don't tell anyone!

I think it is a sad thing that the tiger was killed. If it had been possible to recapture it without killing it, it should have been done. From what I read the tiger was still over one of the victims and when the police approached it went towards them. i understand their need to protect themselves, and the victim. i also know the police are not trained or equiped to capture a tiger and feel they had no choice but to put it down in order to protect themselves and the victim. I am glad no one else was injured.
As for the bleeding hearts that so strongly put down the zoo and blame the people who run them. You are showing your ignorance for all to see. Tigers are endandered for a reason and it is not zoos. Mostly loss of their natural habitat. Zoos are the reason some animals have not gone extinct and work hard to provide the animals the best care possible.
I just wonder if the people who so strongly disagree with the tiger being killed would have felt the same way if they were the person on the ground with the tiger standing over them.