Phunkydiabetic
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Fewer than 10,000 tigers left in the world.
While that number is depressing in its own right, the tiger thst was shot and killed was one of only 300 Malayan tigers left in the world...
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Florida man pets tiger at zoo. You'll never guess what happens next.
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While that number is depressing in its own right, the tiger thst was shot and killed was one of only 300 Malayan tigers left in the world...
Agent_Nobody
Member
Company that employed that guy should be sued out of existance.
Soltype
Member
WATCH: Graphic Video Shows Florida Man Mauled By Tiger After Sticking Arm in Cage, Tiger Being Shot By Deputy
An endangered Malayan tiger is dead and a 26-year-old man horrifically injured after he put his arm inside the tiger's cage at the Naples Zoo.
www.mediaite.com
This guy is lucky, uncensored footage on the page
GymWolf
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BigBooper
Member
Eh, guy is a utter moron and now will probably be living on the taxpayer's dime for his stupidity, but we don't typically sentence people to death because of stupidity. How many drug ODs are rescued or wreckless drivers are rescued despite their stupidity or carelessness?
Shame about the tiger though. Wonder if they tried scaring it away with close proximity shots or a shot in the paw first.
Shame about the tiger though. Wonder if they tried scaring it away with close proximity shots or a shot in the paw first.
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VenomousCoffee
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"Oh I was just making shit up" sums up the internet pretty well.
IntentionalPun
Ask me about my wife's perfect butthole
lol, I did google it.
I try not to do that for real, but I was curious and google led me astray.
Bad Pun
(both me, and the use of "a stray")
Spaceman292
Banned
Tiger Bites Arm of Man Reaching Into Enclosure at Florida Zoo, Officials Say (Published 2021)
The man, who worked for a cleaning service, had entered a restricted area at the Naples Zoo, the authorities said. The tiger was shot and killed.www.nytimes.com
RIP you magnificent beast.
I wonder if it'll affect that guy's career. Do you need two arms to scrub toilets?
Putonahappyface
Gold Member
Not even a warning shot. ☹
Tams
Member
Should have just let him die. Idiot.
But that officer seems to have straight up shot the tiger in the head. There appeared to be no attempted to find a good angle to shoot a less lethal body part to shoot. If so, of course it died.
And it's not like a shot antagonising the tiger could have caused the man much more harm, he was already fucked up.
But that officer seems to have straight up shot the tiger in the head. There appeared to be no attempted to find a good angle to shoot a less lethal body part to shoot. If so, of course it died.
And it's not like a shot antagonising the tiger could have caused the man much more harm, he was already fucked up.
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DeepBreath87
Banned
Probably thinking he wanted to end the animal’s suffering quickly.
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Kev Kev
Member
I believe once an animal has attacked a human they have to put it down, but I’m not 100% sure in that. So shooting it in the paw would have just caused it more suffering before they killed it anyway.
Wasn’t that the whole debate with Harambe or whatever that gorilla was? And in the end it was just pretty standard to euthanize an animal that attacks a human bc that means they can’t tame them anymore… or something like that? I dunno I remember that being part of the conversation and ultimately why they euthanized but I’m not sure, maybe someone else can help me out.
Wasn’t that the whole debate with Harambe or whatever that gorilla was? And in the end it was just pretty standard to euthanize an animal that attacks a human bc that means they can’t tame them anymore… or something like that? I dunno I remember that being part of the conversation and ultimately why they euthanized but I’m not sure, maybe someone else can help me out.
Tams
Member
But he's still alive, just likely less one arm.
That's not a police officers job though.
Kev Kev
Member
so you blame the officer?
Tams
Member
DeepBreath87
Banned
Generally, it’s considered merciful the end an animal’s suffering as quickly as possible. Particularly on the case of the tiger. Let’s saw you shoot it in the leg. First there is no guarantee the tiger lets go. Second, whether it let go or not, you have a wounded tiger now that is even more dangerous than it was before. Once they decided to save the man, I don’t see how there was a better option. Maybe some kind of tranquilizer but the cop asked about it in the video and it doesn’t seem like they could do it.
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trikster40
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I wouldn’t have shot the tiger, that dumbass deserves to go through life with one less arm.
Why are we so quick to forget that we are not the top predator in the food chain? We are right above cows and pigs.
Why are we so quick to forget that we are not the top predator in the food chain? We are right above cows and pigs.
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Kev Kev
Member
the officer did what he had to do.
in that situation he knew he could end the whole affair with one pull of the trigger straight to the tigers head, which he did. he didnt know what would have happened had he fired a warning shot or just hit him in the paw. for all he knew it could have made the situation worse, caused the tiger needless pain and suffering, caused the man more pain and suffering or death. there were too many variables. the only 100% sure way to stop the situation and save the mans life (which despite how you feel is absolutely the officers job in that moment), was to neutralize the tiger and go from there.
the officer did a fine job and blaming him for anything in this situation is naive and shortsighted
in that situation he knew he could end the whole affair with one pull of the trigger straight to the tigers head, which he did. he didnt know what would have happened had he fired a warning shot or just hit him in the paw. for all he knew it could have made the situation worse, caused the tiger needless pain and suffering, caused the man more pain and suffering or death. there were too many variables. the only 100% sure way to stop the situation and save the mans life (which despite how you feel is absolutely the officers job in that moment), was to neutralize the tiger and go from there.
the officer did a fine job and blaming him for anything in this situation is naive and shortsighted
Agent_Nobody
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I don’t think the officer is in the wrong. Firing a warning shot probably would have been the best initial response; it’s loud enough that it might have actually startled it enough to get him loose (if you google how to survive a tiger attack making noise like that is one of the first things suggested). But hindsight is 20/20, it’s not a situation they train police for, and it’s a situation that required a quick response, so I can’t blame him for not pulling out his phone and googling the best way to handle it.
Agent_Nobody
Member
With the way the cage was with the grid bars he had to have offered the tiger his hand to have gotten stuck like that. To the tiger that‘s like they were just offered an interesting squeaky toy (and boy did that fucker squeak). The tiger is basically acting like any normal cat playing with anything that acts like prey…and in that case it was likely the hand and not the actual person that set it off. It wasn’t treating the arm as food but simply something to play with; this is an animal with heavy prey instincts that hasn’t encountered any actual prey in it’s life.
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EverydayBeast
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Maybe it’s a bucket list thing but I have more suggestions than petting a crazy version of a cat.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Fucking dumb humans.
Rest in Power, tiger.
Rest in Power, tiger.
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Agent_Nobody
Member
I think if you try to pet a crazy cat you should at least wear a protective piece of headwear like a waffle or something.
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Hawking Radiation
Member
Why in these situations is it always the animal that gets shot.
Shoot the guy then let the Tiger play with the corpse.
If some fucking idiot decides to play around with wild animals then fuck 'em.
Shoot the guy then let the Tiger play with the corpse.
If some fucking idiot decides to play around with wild animals then fuck 'em.
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DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Tiger wasn’t letting go, should have had two options for the moron.
We can end your suffering, or get all Civil War era, take a swig of whisky and bite down hard on this wooden pike. *reaches for the bone saw*
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StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Lemme guess.
The guy killed the tiger with a one handed death grip?
The guy killed the tiger with a one handed death grip?
Ebidramon
Banned
In case you really don't know, it's because human life is, no matter how stupid, a higher priority than that of a tiger.
If there existed some holy animals like millions of pegasi with sacred blood or something, and they were just provoked by some idiot human, personally if I knew that that person is in danger, I would have exterminated every single pegasi that ever lived to save them.
It may sound absurd, and it actually is, but for most of us, normal people, nothing is more precious than a human life, regardless of their IQ.
The Pleasure
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Why does he have fingers with a glove on?Dedicated to OP for that Buzzfeed thread title:
gamescoltsfan
Banned
Vet says no Pet.
Braag
Member
I understand why they shot the tiger (human life and all) but I have absolutely no sympathy towards the guy for losing his arm most likely. He's still alive and that should be enough, let his missing arm always remind him for being a dumbass and causing an endangered species lose its life.
funkygunther
Banned
Not only that, how is he pinching the glove with his left tentacle if there aren't fingers in the glove?
plushyp
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The magic of starch
M1chl
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Absolutely even if you cut tiger life worth 1000x times and multiply it with the numbers of them alive vs number of people alive... You know just do the math. Besides he caused that himself, so like how is that a animal responsibility. It honestly makes me sick, how the fuck this was the procedure how to "save lives". But it's Florida...
I am not blaming officer by the way, just the procedure of how this all is treated. Same with shooting when horse gets his leg broken while racing... etc.
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*Nightwing
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I hope the ghost of that tiger both has his way with and haunts, both the cop that should’ve stood by and watched and the one armed idiot
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Great Hair
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well, it is Florida , innit?
Umbasaborne
Banned
God fucking damnit. That poor animal. I hope that piece of shit either gets jail time or worse. Thats horrible.
Aggelos
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"The investigation will determine whether criminal charges will be filed against River Rosenquist."
You bet your ass they hafta file criminal charges against that simpleton, because he entered a restricted/forbidden area, and thought it would be a great idea to pet the tiger.
The aftermath of all that is a dead tiger and the guy got his hand mauled - what a clusterfuck.