Tigers do what tigers do.
Did we learn nothing from Sigfried & Roy?...........
Very sad. I heard this on the radio this morning and from the way the guy (Bill Handel) described it, I thought the tiger had bit the girl's head off and decapitated her! That left a horrible vision in my head, though the one described here isn't much different. :(
Tigers (Panthera tigris) are mammals of the Felidae family and one of four "big cats" in the Panthera genus. They are apex predators and the largest feline species in the world....
The Wikipedia goes on to define "apex predator" in a way that can be read as top of the food chain in his neck of the woods.
Do not get in the cage with the tiger.
Message ends.
There will be dozens of posts pointing out the folly of getting this close to a wild animal but we have congress critters who do the very same thing when it comes to the Islamofascists!
bad putty tat......
But the government zoo people led us to believe it was safe! Poor child.
Old Chinese saying: "Qi hu nan xia." When you ride the tiger, it's hard to get off.
My Kittie cats strip a gear every day or so and what was a purring kitten is a deadly attack machine. If they weighed 200 pounds I'd be dead instead of just unattaching their various teeth and claws from my arm.
There's a video on YouTube of a tiger killing a 16 foot long crocodile. You can only imagine what it would do to a little girl.
Thought the Tiger head grip only happened in Las Vegas..
Could have been this one at the Kunming Zoo!
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-10/17/content_485581.htm
And of course, they will blame the tiger. This is the mother's fault. Stupid, stupid thing to do.
No! Bad kitty!
My 5 year old thought this was a dumb idea.
She did want to know though, after the tiger ate the kid did they still get to keep the picture ?
LOL.