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Attacks & Accidents in zoos and facilities
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Attacks & Accidents in zoos and facilities
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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: http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news...67420.aspx 
This incident is viral on social media, The boy was considered to be mental. Also the security guard arrived at very late. The boy was also behaving like a prey and this wake up the hunting behavior of tiger.
If he have stand up tall and had made some noises, chances are tiger had run away since it was a zoo tiger. You can see in video tiger was hesitating at beginning 
Here is the video beginning:
Warning, its graphic https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=523...=2&theater From what I see, the tiger is investigating this obviously mentally disturbed young man, He was not sure what to do with him, as he took a couple of harmless investigative swats at him, It wasn't till he started getting pelted by rocks did he decide to take this unknown thing off to further decide its fate. Unfortunately, when a massive tiger investigates, its the same as a shark taking a investigative bite. Its usually a death sentence. I think if people would of not thrown rocks and forced the tiger to take the man away from that area, it may have ended differently. Maybe the tiger looses interest may be he doesn't. Either way, that poor man should of never jumped there and obviously they need better protection if its that easy for a person to climb the fence. But its hard to stop somebody who wants to hurt themselves.   (09-26-2014, 09:33 PM)'perrault' Wrote: Very sad indeed . More sad news Sad news, but neglegence once again is to blame. When will these keepers stop being so casual with "locks". At least Baikal was 19 years old and had lived a full life. TFS 
Unfortunate events back to back.
Very sorry for the man, no one was at full fault here. Though, the zoo should have darts at closer range. I read somewhere that the man was warned twice, by that point, shouldn't one remove him from the premises? This "Baikal" was the smaller one, correct?
Correct . I saw him at Toronto zoo some years ago . 500 lb. tiger in his prime .
 (09-24-2014, 08:50 PM)'sanjay' Wrote: This incident is viral on social media, The boy was considered to be mental. Also the security guard arrived at very late. The boy was also behaving like a prey and this wake up the hunting behavior of tiger. And some idiots want tigers & lions as pets. Some reports say the guy was drunk. As usual the stupid Indian media hiding the facts & putting the entire blame on zoo authorities, what could anyone do when someone is suicidal?  *This image is copyright of its original author  (09-26-2014, 09:33 PM)'perrault' Wrote: Very sad indeed . More sad newsQuestion, is this the "giant" Baikal that all of us know? If that is the case, then it is a real tragedy for all of us. [img]images/smilies/huh.gif[/img]
No this is a different baikal . A nice specimen when he was in his prime but no giant . Baikal is a popular name for Amur zoo tigers .
 (10-11-2014, 05:36 AM)'tigerluver' Wrote: Child falls into jaguar enclosure in Little Rock, AR. The parents should be prosecuted for such inexscusable negligence. How could that possibly happen? 
http://wfla.com/2016/05/28/17-year-old-g...re-at-zoo/
CINCINNATI (WCMH)– A child is in the hospital after he got into the gorilla enclosure at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens, and a gorilla is dead.  *This image is copyright of its original author Harambe arrived at the Cincinnati Zoo in September 2014, according to the Zoo website. CREDIT: Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical GardenNBC affiliate WLWT reported the 3-year-old boy was taken to the hospital after somehow entering the caged gorilla area and getting into the moat. Director Thayne Maynard said that the silverback gorilla picked the boy up and dragged him around for about 10 minutes. Zoo staff shot and killed the gorilla, 17-year-old Harambe, and recovered the boy safely. WLWT reports he is at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. “It’s a sad day all around,” Maynard said to WLWT. “The right choice was made. It was a difficult choice.” Maynard said a tranquilizer would not have taken effect immediately, and the gorilla may have become agitated and harm the boy further if Zoo staff had used that method. Earlier reports did indicate that staff tranquilized the primate. Police were dispatched to the Zoo at around 4 p.m. The Zoo had just celebrated Harambe’s birthday on Friday. |
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