Attacks & Accidents in zoos and facilities

[peter]

There is the circus, there are rescue centres and there are breeding centres. And then there are zoos.

When someone is attacked in the circus, it usually is the cagehand, the trainer or someone working in the circus and helping out. At times, relatives are attacked. When someone is attacked in a facility or a rescue centre, it usually is the keeper or the one cleaning the cage. The only place where an ordinary visitor has a decent chance to be attacked by a wild animal is the zoo. 

In Brazil, quite recently, a boy was badly mauled by a tiger in a zoo. There was a video posted. The reason? There was a cage and a warning, but there were no caretakers and there was no distance between the visitors and the animals. Young people in general like to touch dangerous animals when they can. The boy in Brazil touched the male lion first without problems, but the male tiger wasn't that accomodating. 

There are many zoos where visitors are able to get real close to dangerous animals. South-East Asia in general, the Middle East, Africa, South- and Central-America often feature, but I also saw bad examples in Europe. Zoos as well as rescue facilities. There is no control and at times things go wrong.

This happened in India. For some reason, the man ended up in the home of the white tiger. A big male at that. The tiger was not amused and the poor man didn't survive the encounter:      

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