Tigers are vile and disgusting creatures [View All]

[mopaul]

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2005/August/theworld_August520.xml§ion=theworld


The Labette County Sheriff’s office identified the victim as Haley R. Hilderbrand, 17, of Altamont. A release said Hilderbrand was at the Lost Creek Animal Sanctuary posing for a photo with the 7-year-old tiger, which was being restrained by its handler, when the animal turned and attacked her.

Officers and handlers killed the animal. Emergency personnel were not able to revive Hilderbrand, who was later pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators have sent the tiger’s body to Kansas State University for dissection.

“This animal had been around people across the country and there’s never been a problem,” Sheriff William Blundell said in a telephone interview.

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people, i cannot stress this enough: tigers are killers, they kill for a living, and they cannot be domesticated or tamed, no matter how cute they were as cubs.

for millions of years men feared being eaten by tigers and bears and other monsters, and now we have removed them safely from our homes and fields and forests, eliminating one of our greatest fears and dangers. but now certain folks want wild animals introduced into the west.

i want to see the new movie 'grizzly man' by werner hertzog, a documentary about a documentary film maker obsessed with grizzlies, who eventually eat him and his girlfriend. hertzog says his point was to show that many people think of wild carnivores as kindred spirits or equals. but i won't get anywhere near a grizzly if i can help it.

i heard that there are about 10,000 pet lions, tigers and panthers in america. hard to believe huh?