It is one of my biggest pet peeves that many people do not teach their children to treat animals with respect and kindness. Children are not born knowing how to deal with animals- they must be taught. I don’t care if one is an animal lover or not- they still have the responsibility to teach children how to interact with them- it is a basic life skill. There are a lot of animals on this planet that people have to coexist with.
I never for one instant allowed my children to mistreat any animal in any way- even when they were very small toddlers. If they were old enough to navigate to an animal they were old enough to punish for treating the animal badly, and old enough to teach the proper way to deal with animals. Respect and proper treatment of animals is just one of my fundamental rules. I am an animal lover, but the fact is it is also a safety issue for the child. No animal will tolerate being taunted and will strike back if possible. Many of the dog mauling children incidents begin with the dog being teased by the child.
I totally agree with you, I feel sad that this tiger had to die and the police and others were placed in danger because these jerks teased an animal and then managed to somehow cause this incident. These jerks were old enough to know better- but obviously didn’t, they were lacking in basic life skills. I do not feel sorry for these jerks.
Regards madam.