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TIGER BROTHERS HAD SLINGSHOTS
New York Post ^

Posted on 01/01/2008 6:26:03 AM PST by barryg

Edited on 01/01/2008 6:31:30 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

An empty vodka bottle was also found in a car used by Amritpal Dhaliwal, 19, and his brother, Kulbir, 23, on the day of the mauling, which left 17-year-old Carlos Sousa Jr. dead, according to the source.

The discoveries could be an indication that the brothers may have taunted the 350-pound Siberian tiger before it leapt from its grotto.


(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Local News; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: amritpal; animalworshippers; banglist; darwinawardees; kulbir; libertarians; misanthropes; slingshots; tiger; zoo
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To: Timeout
The provocation makes a difference.

And you missed the truth in this whole story and others posted about it. There is no proof these boys were doing anything. The sling shot was in their car. It is all if, ands, and, maybes. Who made an illegal search of the kids car???

141 posted on 01/01/2008 9:09:24 AM PST by org.whodat (What's the difference between a Democrat and a republican????)
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To: org.whodat
The sling shot was in their car

Is this true? link?

142 posted on 01/01/2008 9:13:24 AM PST by Mr. Brightside
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To: org.whodat
The involuntary bailee had authority ~ after all, this car was parked overnight and you'd best believe there's a sign in the lot about that.

The zoo undoubtedly had parking rules down, but the question concerns the height of the wall necessary to keep in the tigers!

143 posted on 01/01/2008 9:14:33 AM PST by muawiyah
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To: Timeout

You’re dog wouldn’t do much of anything if he was behind a 20 foot high chain link fence or wall, but if it was a 2 foot fence, he’d tear some new butt.


144 posted on 01/01/2008 9:16:47 AM PST by muawiyah
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To: org.whodat

In the article I read it says the slingshots were on them at the time. An empty vodka bottle was found in the car. Maybe it said somewhere else that the slingshots were found in the car but I don’t see it.


145 posted on 01/01/2008 9:17:46 AM PST by WatchOutForSnakes
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To: WatchOutForSnakes

One of the zoo keepers made the statement that the structure SHOULD have been build in such a way that you could stand outside of it with raw meat strapped to your body without risking harm.

I would have to agree.


146 posted on 01/01/2008 9:25:29 AM PST by Mr. Brightside
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To: Mr. Brightside

There is risk of harm in practically everything we do. Nothing is failsafe. Sometimes we pay for bad choices. That’s life. I wonder how many other people in that zoo that day just happened to have slingshots on them and just happened to be the ones attacked by the tiger?


147 posted on 01/01/2008 9:32:05 AM PST by WatchOutForSnakes
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To: Mr. Brightside

This same damn cat mauled at almost the exact same time last year. Was the cat in heat? She’s a “breeder” and I heard she engaged in raucious sex with “Tony” a year ago.


148 posted on 01/01/2008 9:34:35 AM PST by Sacajaweau ("The Cracker" will be renamed "The Crapper")
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To: hellbender

Nobody wants engineers on their juries.


149 posted on 01/01/2008 9:38:10 AM PST by BenLurkin
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To: muawiyah

Sheesh. What are we saying....people can only have dogs if they put them behind a 20 ft fence?!!

I’m just thankful that God (and my parents) gave me the sense to keep away from agitated or wounded animals.


150 posted on 01/01/2008 9:42:00 AM PST by Timeout (I hate MediaCrats! ......and trial lawyers.)
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To: WatchOutForSnakes
Going by what I heard on fox news this morning and the fact that no sling shot ammo was found in the cage. Cops said they found a couple of sticks and a pine cone. All of which could have been carried by a squirrel.
151 posted on 01/01/2008 9:43:04 AM PST by org.whodat (What's the difference between a Democrat and a republican????)
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To: Apparatchik

I’m surprised it took 25 posts to get to a Darwin Award, for bringing a slingshot to a tiger fight.

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152 posted on 01/01/2008 9:43:18 AM PST by Kevmo (We should withdraw from Iraq — via Tehran. And Duncan Hunter is just the man to get that job done.)
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To: BenLurkin
Nobody wants engineers on their juries.

Not even prosecutors?

153 posted on 01/01/2008 9:46:27 AM PST by hellbender
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To: Mr. Brightside
Sometimes we pay for bad choices

Yes. And the zoo is going to pay big for their bad choices. They should have made the enclosure secure. But they chose not to and people died.

We are lucky that the zoo's negligence did not harm anyone else.

154 posted on 01/01/2008 9:48:41 AM PST by Mr. Brightside
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To: org.whodat
no sling shot ammo

Sling shot ammo? Who needs ammo when there are pebbles, bits of crumbled concrete, etc. available? Such things would be hard to tell from normal crud in the grotto. Doesn't prove they didn't use the slingshot. Certainly they intended to use it one something or somebody (other visitors, zoo employees, etc.)

155 posted on 01/01/2008 9:49:37 AM PST by hellbender
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To: Timeout
How high can your dog jump? Let's say he can do 20 feet at a single bound and chomp a 2X4 in half with a single bite.

What would you suggest would be a good way to protect your puppy from those vile boys roving up and down the street taunting him, upsetting his tender sensibilities?

156 posted on 01/01/2008 9:50:25 AM PST by muawiyah
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To: org.whodat

Well, all of which could have been carried in by SEVERAL squirrels!


157 posted on 01/01/2008 9:52:15 AM PST by muawiyah
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To: Timeout
What are we saying....people can only have dogs if they put them behind a 20 ft fence?!!

I think what people are saying is that those who own or care for dangerous animals should secure them safely so they cannot harm others.

This is not hard to understand. If your chain is not strong enough to hold your rottweiller, you are to blame. If the prison's walls are not high enough to contain an enraged prisoner, then the prison is to blame. If the zoo's tiger enclosure does not keep the tiger inside, then the zoo is to blame.

158 posted on 01/01/2008 9:54:19 AM PST by Mr. Brightside
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To: All
Just a tidbit from Tatiana's past....after her first maul job.

She was bred in captivity.

Even as a cub, she was noted for her "quick tempered" personality compared to her more mellow siblings"

159 posted on 01/01/2008 9:59:10 AM PST by Sacajaweau ("The Cracker" will be renamed "The Crapper")
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To: hellbender
They had two engineers on the Phil Spector jury, including the foreperson — and he wanted to acquit according to reports from other jurors.

As a practical matter, there is no telling where an engineer will come out in a deliberation. They consider themselves to be very analytical, and usually will not listen to the reasoning of fellow jurors who are not engineers.

160 posted on 01/01/2008 9:59:15 AM PST by BenLurkin
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