Any thoughts on the tiger attack that took place at the San Francisco zoo? Are most zoos secure? Was the tiger teased by some of the visitors?
2007-12-27 09:31:44 · 30 answers · asked by pisces81blue 2 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
Millions of people visit zoos in the United States every year. This is the first time that such an attack has happened in a professionally accredited zoo in the US. It's important to realize that in the wild tigers are very shy animals and will run away from human beings. In captivity they lose that shyness because they have so much contact with the people who care for them. This makes them dangerous, as anyone who cares for big cats will attest. There has been some speculation that the man who lost his life was taunting this tiger, but that has yet to be confirmed. The other two men who were injured are in hospital and making slow steady recovery. I imagine that as soon as they're in reasonably good shape we'll get the details of everything that happened.
I am a San Franciscan who is very proud of our world-class zoo and I was deeply saddened by this tragedy. People have to realize that they can't tease or provoke wild animals.
2007-12-27 09:46:32 · answer #1 · answered by Richard B 7 · 6⤊ 2⤋
Anyone saying that the tigers are poor caged animals need to rethink were these animals come from. They are nearly extinct in their native land (thanks to the humans living there). Soon the only place we are going to be able to see these (and most animals) is in a zoo. So its either we go see them in a zoo or we read about them in the history books.
Now onto the tiger actually escaping. According to the msnbc article they found concrete under the animals claws showing that it actually climbed up the 12 foot concrete wall. What's to say that an extra 4 feet of concrete would have stoped a determined tiger to escape when angered? Anyway you look at it this animal could have possibly escaped anytime it wanted, so the question is what provoked it to leave its encolsure that particular night and attack the 3 men that just happened to be looking at it at that exact time?
To me all evidence so far points to the fact that the humans that were attacked were clearly 100% at fault for the animal escaping. There is just no way they were sitting there eating popcorn minding their own buisness. They should be charged with the cost of replacing a new tiger at the zoo.
2007-12-28 10:11:04 · answer #2 · answered by jeff j 1 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Tiger attack is a dangerous attack for the people as it attacks on neck. Most of the people visit in the zoo tease the tiger and play with the tiger in response they get attacked by the tiger in a bad way. So, in the zoo be aware of the tiger attacks and other animals also.
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2013-12-24 18:02:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think there should have been a more secure enclosure. If you are going to have humans around wild animals there should be more safe guards. I myself think wild animals belong in the wild I will NOT pay to go to a zoo. Don't you think that Tigers have had enough of the humans. THEY ARE PREDATORS. They Do Not belong in the cages. Yet people pay to see that. Sad Story. I feel for the family. The Zoo is responsible even if the teen teased the tigers. Why no cameras monitoring dangerous animals? I am a respector of Tigers....
2007-12-29 04:46:26 · answer #4 · answered by The JRTs will rule the world 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am stunned at how many people on here think that the victims of the tiger attack got their just deserts. Make no mistake about it, that tiger is dead because THE ZOO failed to properly separate it from the visitors. Did they tease the tigers? Maybe. Is taunting a caged animal immature and idiotic? Definitely. Does the responsibility of taking every conceivable measure to prevent this type of attack from even being possible fall on the shoulders of the zoo? Absolutely! I agree with one of the previous comments; a tiger being allowed to reach a human is totally unacceptable. The police shot and killed the tiger near two helpless victims begging for their lives. The tiger had already killed one boy, mauled two others, and had turned on the police officers who were trying to rescue the victims and prevent any more attacks. I thank the police officers for doing what had to be done and preventing any more tiger attacks that day. My heart goes out to the victims of the attack whether they were buffoonishly taunting the tiger or not. I hope that this leads to other zoos identifying hazards and resolving them before any more incidents happen. I scratch my head while trying to figure out people like this: http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Tiger-kills-one-San-Francisco-zoo/ss/events/us/122607tigersfzoo/s:/nm/20071228/ts_nm/usa_tiger_dc;_ylt=AkSkl7SJQvEitLDDqDtb66Ng.3QA/im:/071227/480/6bd8b95ff26d49f0bee6bd68e799ace9/
who feel that a tiger's life is worth more than a person's life. Yes, the tiger was just being a tiger. I don't blame the tiger. I blame the zoo. They have to be able to contain dangerous animals even if they are taunted and enraged. Those kids may have acted like idiots, but dangerous animal enclosures must be idiotproof.
2007-12-28 06:38:49 · answer #5 · answered by Fireball 3 · 3⤊ 2⤋
While I do feel sorry for the people who were injured and the family, I think its the people's own fault this happened. Tigers are WILD animals! not something that should be stuck in a cage! I do volunteer at the Fort Wayne childrens Zoo so its not like I think zoo's arnt good, sometimes they help! Like keeping some animals from becoming extinct, but I do think there is a line that shouldnt be crossed.
And im soooo pissed that they killed the tiger! she was just defending herself!
2007-12-28 05:16:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I dont believe a tiger can jump a 20 ft moat thing and then a fence of that high but thats my own personal opinion. Even zoo experts are amazed if that happened I have no sympathy of people who get hurt by animals who are messing with them.
It would be like someone walking up to a pitbull and chucking rocks at it and hitting it with a stick and of course it would be the pitbulls fault if it bite someone. I'd encourage the pitbull to attack.
I guess the teenagers were prolly some bullies and tried to mess with a tiger but the tigers ripped them apart.
I only feel bad for the tiger getting killed because it was being abused by some idiots so the tigers got pissed off and decided to teach them a lesson.
2007-12-28 05:51:37 · answer #7 · answered by Marshall 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Tigers are known to jump 30 feet while its an 18 foot moat ...
it dosent need teasing to jump over althouhg its very strange
blood and a shoe were found on the fence are so its very possible somone dangeled there body parts or sat on the moat in zoos tigers lose there fea rof humans but still have the istinct to kill things in there territory
2007-12-27 10:19:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
i don`t think it has been released yet about whether they were teased or not. Yeah most zoos are safe but there are always those "freak accidents" that happen. I am a zoo volunteer in the summer and we have never had an accident since i`ve been there. Please don`t let this detour you from visiting zoos. Zoos do provide the best care they can give animals in captivity, there are good reasons for animals in captivity one is: to protect animals that are endangered and to provide information to the public about the animals and their habitats.
2007-12-27 11:47:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Most zoos are secure and I don't know if the tiger was teased.
My thoughts are that if a zoo cannot keep visitors safe from tigers, how can we expect people who own pit bulls to keep their neighbors safe?
2007-12-27 09:42:01 · answer #10 · answered by Jennifer 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋