[Mr. Brightside]

You are at 50-50.

I am 80-20. 80 percent zoo/accrediting organization and 20 percent boys IF it can be proven they were taunting the tiger.

But my position is that if I am taking my family to the zoo, I want the tiger locked up even if there are boys taunting it.

Keep the tiger away from my family. No excuses. Period.

[Route66]

If the tiger had attacked your family, I would assign the zoo total liability. Even if your child engaged in taunting or teasing the animal, which is wrong, it is still an entirely different magnitude of responsibility and liability than what these guys did.

However, if I were on a jury hearing this case, and the facts turned out to be as I described, I would assign equal blame. Because of their own deliberate part in this, I don't believe they deserve to become rich as a result of it.

[free_for_now]

quote: "But my position is that if I am taking my family to the zoo, I want the tiger locked up even if there are boys taunting it."

That is my feeling exactly. I don't care if these boys were taunting the animal, it shouldn't be able to get out no matter what. If I took my kids to the zoo I would not want to hear that the tigers can't escape unless they are provoked. Hell, some idiot is bound to do that sooner or later. Once out, this cat might have turned on anyone. What kind of security do they have there? Can kids with slingshots pepper all the animals with acorns?