Worst of all we know that the zoo staff immediately assumed that the loose cat was a tiger and that there could be four tigers loose.
That means that in their own minds, staff members instantly focused on the very enclosure the one cat escaped from.
Wonder why they did that?
Do you REALLY believe in our lawsuit happy society that if ANYONE was injured that they wouldn’t sue the you know what out of the zoo, if it was unprovoked?
People can “assume” anything. That’s not a crime. It’s looking more and more like only ONE was taunted.
I think it makes perfect sense to look at the enclosure when one has gotten OUT of the enclosure. As previously mentioned, the “guidelines” or “suggestions” on how high the enclosure can be are just that - not REQUIREMENTS. After 60 years of being in the zoo business, if this enclosure was sooooooooooooo dangerously low, I’d expect animals to be escaping all the time, wouldn’t you?
Of course I can't speak for you ... but I don't carry sling shots around in the car or on my person. I find that a tad odd. Also I'm NOT impressed with the criminal record of these three. Yes, I know, I'm not supposed to know that or dare call attention to that FACT but it does enter into the it and the "character" of these HOSTILE and UNCOOPERATIVE individuals.
The 17 year old has not been reported to have a criminal record; just that he's dead.