[Red in Blue PA]

I feel very bad for the tiger.

But not an ounce of sympathy for the so-called victims.

They had it coming, just as if they had played in traffic at rush-hour.

And this is as clear as can be to me. Why it isn’t just as clear to everyone is beyond me.

[nmh]

I’m with you all the way!

If these kids hadn’t taunted this tiger, the tiger would still be here today.

[Cheburashka]

I feel very bad for the tiger.

But not an ounce of sympathy for the so-called victims.

They had it coming, just as if they had played in traffic at rush-hour.

And this is as clear as can be to me. Why it isn’t just as clear to everyone is beyond me.

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I agree with you. But the zoo apparently did not have an adequately escape-proofed enclosure. And while I believe the punks taunted the tiger and got their deserts (I would say just desserts, but I’m not sure that death was equal to the offense in the one punk’s case), there is no proof that they taunted.

I can’t understand why there weren’t cameras in the zoo to observe the animals on both sides of the barriers. Are all zoos so inadequately equipped with modern technology? According to at least one story a zoo employee wanted to go into the area to check if the other tigers were still in their enclosures and was restrained by the police. Why on earth weren't their cameras that could allow him to verify this without putting himself in danger? It stinks of bureaucratic idiocy.