I'd read that the trainer was feeding her incorrectly and the tiger basically thought her arm was food.
We have to see the chimp playing hockey! That's hilarious! The ice is so slippery, and, and monkeys are all irrational. We have to see this!
Anya ,'Bring On The Night'
Natter 56: ...we need the writers.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Trudy Booth - Jan 18, 2008 11:08:43 am PST #4078 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
tommyrot - Jan 18, 2008 11:13:46 am PST #4079 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
the tiger basically thought her arm was food.
In a way, it is....
Jesse - Jan 18, 2008 11:24:09 am PST #4080 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I did the couple of things I had forgotten I had to do today, but it's still not even 4:30? Argh.
Stephanie - Jan 18, 2008 11:26:52 am PST #4081 of 10001
Trust my rage
I feel bad that the tiger paid with her life for the stupidity of a bunch of dumb, drunk, high kids. I guess I feel bad that the one kid also paid for his stupidity with his life, but at least it was his *own* stupidity and not someone else's.
hippocampus - Jan 18, 2008 11:27:10 am PST #4082 of 10001
not your mom's socks.
As long as it took me to go pee.
oy, owen. give your mom a break.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 18, 2008 11:33:34 am PST #4083 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I suppose it also has to be looked at from the angle that the tiger doesn't necessarily know the difference between drunken fools taunting it and, say, a small child throwing a noisy attention-attracting tantrum near its enclosure. Which could easily happen almost any day.
This not being Tatiana's first attack on a human being does say to me that putting her down was most likely for the best.
tommyrot - Jan 18, 2008 11:34:30 am PST #4084 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I feel bad that the tiger paid with her life for the stupidity of a bunch of dumb, drunk, high kids. I guess I feel bad that the one kid also paid for his stupidity with his life, but at least it was his *own* stupidity and not someone else's.
Wasn't the kid who died the kid who wasn't tormenting the tiger? and who tried to get the tiger to stop attacking the other kids when it turned on him?
Not really sure if that's the case....
Tom Scola - Jan 18, 2008 11:34:58 am PST #4085 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
What are people doing this weekend?
Stephanie - Jan 18, 2008 11:43:07 am PST #4086 of 10001
Trust my rage
tommy, I think you are right. I mean, I think the kid that died was there, but I'm not sure he was the main tormentor. I guess I see this as a situation with three parties - the kids, the zoo, and the tiger. Of the three, the tiger was acting appropriately for who she was. The zoo and the kids were wrong but the tiger was the one that got killed for acting according to her instincts.
I think the officers that shot the tiger did the right thing and really had no choice. It just bugs me how the tiger paid for the lapses/dumb decisions of others.
Stephanie - Jan 18, 2008 11:43:44 am PST #4087 of 10001
Trust my rage
Tomorrow, Joe, Ellie, and I are headed to the beach, a birthday party, and packing. SUnday, Ellie and I are flying to see my parents.