White Tiger kills keeper at Zion

[Sniper]

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukp...Vw62yA_TjsLutg

And then they shoot the animal? Absolute bastards! They want to clean the enclosure, then move the tiger out or lock it up when it goes to bed. They should know that they are keeping a wild animal that doesnt sleep on your bed at night, so why shoot it for doing what it does best???? Silly prick shouldnt have been cleaning the cage in front of tourists anyway.

The story claims that its because the tiger didnt let the keepers body go, which I find odd because another artical states that he died on the way to hospital and yet another states that he got away from the animal and then died waiting for an ambulance.

That place should be shut down, appauling work by all involved.

[Grahameeboy]

I agree...still a wild animal and if you keep a wild animal in an enclosure and there is lack of overall care then tthis happens....the Tiger should not have been shot....typical of our society

[sinfull]

The cat should have been shot after the first incident, it had the taste !
Keeper was a fool to think that because he had befriended it prior to the first attack, that it would not have him !
I don't like the thought that the cat, as rare as it is, was taken out of the breeding program, but it would have been a seriously dangerous animal to be around ever again !
Don't agree with the comment of closing the place down, but unfortunately the only funding the park has is from tourists and that calls for interactive shows !

[Hemex]

Yeah its absolute fuckin bollocks! Trying to 'protect' a species and killing it for what it does best? what a load of shit... why cant they shoot the likes of William Bell and the Glassie homo's?? Pisses me off...

[Blackshear]

It really is disgusting.
I don't care if you can play hopscotch with the fucking tiger, a tiger is a goddamn tiger.
A massive ball of meat and killing instinct, with a vice jaw full of lung punturing teeth and a thousand pounds behind a swipe it might take.
I mean come the fuck on. If they kill the animal for doing what it was born to do, what the fuck does that mean?! Jesus Christ, Jim, that bird is FLYING. Kill it before it can do any more harm!

It's as bad as people that sleep with snakes, fucking loopy braindeads.

Man it's awesome having a bowl of rage for breakfast. Lumpy, needs more milk.

[ynot slow]

And the guy who knows the animals best is in employment court trying to get his job back.Who knows if he could have helped prevent it,but they are wild animals and unpredictable with it.

[Trudes]

I agree...still a wild animal and if you keep a wild animal in an enclosure and there is lack of overall care then tthis happens....the Tiger should not have been shot....typical of our society

My thoughts exactly.
Doesn't matter how much handling a wild animal like a tiger gets or how "tame" it may seem, at the end of the day it is still a wild animal that will do what comes naturally to it. Let's face it, if it wasn't for the gun the Tiger would be higher on the food chain than us so we deserve to be killed and eaten by them if they get the chance, so good on the Tiger.

[Winston001]

Have to agree with everyone. It is damned sad that a good man is dead and the tiger is now dead too.

A former Zion staff member spoke on TV last night saying that the manager (Craig Busch's mother) knows nothing about large cat control and procedures. It sounds like corners were cut to save money.

Tigers, lions, cheetahs etc are wild animals and potentially dangerous. Nevertheless they are worked with safely by trained people all over the world and this sort of tragedy is rare.

The guy who died was very experienced so maybe it was just one of those unpredictable things. It happens. Steve Irwin died in completely unexpected circumstances.

[blairh]

Absolutely disgusting that they shot the tiger. It was just doing what it is naturally meant to do. I saw somewhere that it wass actually a protected species, with only around 120 left in the world?? =(

Really awful from a place that is meant to be protecting the animals...

[BMWST?]

A guy on cambell who had worked with the keeper and the tiger said...."Shit happens" "you know the risks".The ONLY justification for shooting the WHITE BENGAL TIGER would have been if the keeper was still alive and the cat wouldnt release him which is prolly what happened.....Once they have got "the taste" you have to accept that they cannot be trusted. period.

[Blackshear]

This thread needs youtube video's.
Tiger swimming in a pool:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYi5V...eature=related

[Owl]

It's not like African's are an endangered species!

[EJK]

This thread needs youtube video's.
Tiger swimming in a pool:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYi5V...eature=related

The cat looks like a colourful hippo

[Lissa]

I am surprised that the Tiger was shot for basically doing what it does best... being a predator. Although it is extremely sad that the keeper lost his life doing his job, it really seems that the safety standards at the enclosure were lacking and lead to his death. I am sure that there are other methods of getting the cats out of the enclosure while its being cleaned rather than putting the keepers inside with them at the same time. It should be closed down and the cats relocated to more adequate zoos.

[Swoop]

Shooting the fucking tiger? FFS!

Ship it off to a wildlife park where it can roam freely without all the cuddly-crap going on.

Too late now though. Not as if the planet doesn't have enough humans and has an over-abundance of white tigers.

Tosser who shot cat = fail.