Shame on the media. Shame on the public. The family must be going through an awful nightmare. How dare people point the finger at the victims. If you're going to keep a tiger in the zoo for the public to exhibit, you take full responsiblity. The zoo is fully responsible. End of story.
2007-12-28 18:02:21 · 16 answers · asked by math2 1 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
the walls of the enclosure were 3.5 ft lower than they are supposed to be. it is the zoo's fault
2007-12-28 18:10:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 4⤋
The Tiger Exhibit opened in 1940 and a tiger had never escaped that enclosure for over 67 years.
When the father of the young man who died called the two surviving brothers asking if they knew where his son was, they lied and told him that they did not know.
The surviving brothers refused to cooperate when police officers tried to get their names shortly after the attack.
The three men who were attacked had slingshots on them and a mostly empty bottle of vodka was found in their car.
Placing sole blame on the zoo is the equivalent of saying that a match manufacturer and candle maker should take full responsibility for a house fire caused by a lit candle.
If a person chooses to play with fire, they should take full responsibility if they get burned.
2008-01-01 20:44:51 · answer #2 · answered by χριστοφορος ▽ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have disagree it depends if these 3 young men were trying to provoke the tiger. Frankly the zoo is not the only one at fault. These 3 young men could have been at fault, not to mention the people that inspected the zoo and said the wall was fine. You have to think that that wall had been that high for a few decades and nothing like this ever happened. Ask yourself why a shoe print would be where its not suppose to be? Why are these young men being hostile towards the police who are just trying to find out exactly what happened? There were only 3 witness who saw what happened 1 is dead and others are not cooperating. If they did no wrong you think they would want to be as cooperative as possible so this can be prevented from ever happing again. Not to mentioned these two young men have a history of being hostile with the police and other offensives. They even lied to the father of the deceased young man when he called earlier that day to see if they knew where his son was, they said they didn’t know where he was when in fact he was with them.
2007-12-29 03:57:31 · answer #3 · answered by Spread Peace and Love 7 · 1⤊ 5⤋
i agree
if the tiger was teased like it is suggested , measures should be put in place to stop this happening before it happens
the zoo and 100% at fault for not being fully aware of the strength and capabilities the tiger has
unbeleivable that some people would bring up a persons criminal past . the zoo was totally at fault
2007-12-29 04:59:40 · answer #4 · answered by Karl 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
It's not quite that simple. Three years ago the zoo was inspected and although it was noted that the height of the wall was not quite as tall as required they passed the inspection. Having a lower wall gives a better view and they had never had problem with that before. In this case, there is a lot of evidence to support that the animal was provoked. The main argument is that the remaining survivors stories do not match and keep changing.
2007-12-29 04:56:08 · answer #5 · answered by ? 5 · 2⤊ 3⤋
If someone does something cruel and idiotic that causes them to get hurt, you can only blame the person that did the stupid thing. Sadly, in the US, "victims" never want to take responsibility for their own actions.
That wall was sufficient for 40 years of tigers, but something happened... three losers who were destined to a life of crime threw things at the tiger, taunted it, terrorized, tormented it and dangled legs over the edge. THAT was the deciding factor. THAT was what led to the attack.
I am sickened that an innocent animal was tortured and teased and then brutally shot multiple times for reacting the way any animal would. There are humans that would react the same way to teasing-by attacking.
Shame on those boys for tormenting that regal, rare animal. Shame on them for not respecting animals and their strength. Shame on them for disregarding zoo rules. Shame on them for staying after the zoo was closed to harass the animals. Shame on them for lying to the police. Shame on them for trying to get payment for their own stupid behavior. Shame on them for depriving the world of a rare and endangered tiger. Shame on them for trying to bankrupt the zoo. Shame on them for taking the zoo away from all of the responsible visitors. Shame on the parents for raising drug abusing troublemakers. Shame on the parents for not teaching their children respect and ethics.Those boys have stolen a tiger from ALL of us- every person in the world who doesn't want to see the animals go extinct. They stole from me. They stole from the people of San Francisco. They stole from every animal lover and wildlife conservationist in the world. They stole from the tigers' future. The boys that tormented that tiger to her death owe us all a huge debt because their immature, horrible behavior put the world one step closer to tiger extinction. They may lie and scam the zoo into paying them for their idiotic actions, but they will always be horrible people and the animal lovers of the world will know it.
2007-12-29 18:35:01 · answer #6 · answered by Trying to do the right thing 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
that's why places have signs that say the ___________ is not responsible for any lost/stolen articles, refunds, injuries, and escaped tiger attacks.
i agree with you. people seem to think it's either the victims' fault or the tiger's fault. it's not. it's all on the shoulders of the zoo staff, and even then only the ones responsible for tourist activity and animal control.
edit: i didn't know the victim had gazelle meat in his pocket. it shouldn't matter, but it does show that he was asking for trouble.
2007-12-29 02:10:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
I agree. It sounds horrible to say, but they should have twigged that the tiger was dangerous when it mauled it's keeper last year, and something should have been done.. the tiger should have been put to sleep. Horrible, I know but now someone is dead because the zoo did nothing.
another horrible fact of life is that zoo animals are taunted and provoked everyday. but do they kill every day, no, they don't. the tiger was vicious and out of control.
2007-12-29 05:29:53 · answer #8 · answered by jo 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
I agree. However, it appears a shoe print was found on the INSIDE of the railing, suggesting that someone stuck their leg in to taunt the tiger. So if this is true, that was not smart. We need to give this animals the respect they deserve. But......no matter how much taunting, the animal should have been properly confined. Again, I agree with you.
2007-12-29 02:11:45 · answer #9 · answered by Keep on Truckin' 4 · 3⤊ 3⤋
How about a little self control and not taunting the animals. I mean if a 5 year old will listen then there is no excuse for someone at the age of the victims not to listen.
2007-12-29 03:57:55 · answer #10 · answered by John S 2 · 3⤊ 4⤋
There is evidence they were teasing the animal when it attacked them. Also, there have been news reports that the two young men who survived the attack have been evasive and uncooperative with officials about what actually happened. They also have a history of criminal behavior. I'm sorry, but until more details come out, I will continue to feel more sympathetic towards the tiger than the men who apparently provoked the animal into attacking them.
2007-12-29 02:14:12 · answer #11 · answered by RoVale 7 · 5⤊ 5⤋