In the meantime, they are destroying all evidence with "reconstruction".
opinions are like...do I really need to finish?
What dumb comments by this writer. Typical liberal drivel, personal responsibility means nothing, the system should provide all.
“Blaming people for taunting animals at a zoo is insanity. I’ve been to a zoo or two in my day and at every turn people are either taunting or enticing animals.”
Hmmmm.... You’re not supposed to do that, though, right?
The zoo is responsible even though the victims were idiots.
Amen. This is my opinion exactly. The people who bear the responsibility are the people running the zoo. Suppose a young child had done something that annoyed this tiger. The zookeepers are responsible for keeping the animals secure, no matter what. Anyone taunting an animal should be escorted out of the zoo without refund. But the zoo should be prepared for those situations.
The zoo messed up in every possible way. It is sad and horrible that the young men may have taunted the tiger and even may have been intoxicated but there is no excuse for that tiger being able to escape, kill and maul. Come on already.
Furthermore, the perverts in SF seem to be more sad about the loss of the tiger than the loss of a human being. Very telling.
Of course the liability lies with the zoo but it is just hard not to see the irony in the tiger finally exacting revenge on it tormentors. I don’t believe anyone really thinks it is good that a man was killed. I do believe some future taunters might think twice.
Darwinism rules....
As I warn my son over and over... do dumb #$%@ and you can die....
Too bad the tiger didn’t get the other two....
Funny how the tiger (and other tigers) were fine in that enclosure for years and years and then suddenly, mysteriously got out and attacked those three Fine? Upstanding? young men, isn’t it? Why not go for some younger, tasty kiddies?
How many visitors do you think have viewed that tiger and others over the past years at the San Fran Zoo? Seems to me, it could have picked easier targets.
Hmmmm very strange.....but I’m sure the police will solve this mystery.
People need to be accountable for their actions. If you walk into a bar and start taunting somebody else at the bar, just be aware that you just might get your ass kicked. Or worse. It no different in the animal kingdom.
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Obviously , all the facts have not come out yet..
except for the zoo’s deficiencies enclosure-wise which are known..
I look forward to a full accounting on both sides of the events of that day.
The loss of a young man’s life for whatever reason is horrendous. The loss of an exotic animal is no small one either.
Should both losses be the complete responsibility of the zoo? Some would already cast their vote that way. That’s fine.
I would like to see the physical evidence produced,, the vodka bottle if it exists, the pics on the cell phone, the large rock found in the enclosure, the footprint on top of the fence, and also blood evidence of some sort. We already know the height of the wall that was supposedly breeched.
1. The zoo is responsible for the death / injuries
2. The zoo should pay for medical bills / funeral costs, but not a dime more. These thugs largely brought this on themselves.
3. The tiger was doing us all a favor, and the police arrived a few minutes too early.
Unless it is a duck zoo should be expected to keep animals in their enclosure. Even if you taught, heckle and provoke them. To not hold the zoo responsible is to assume a wild animal will never under any circumstance harm anyone but those terrible people that made fun of them or disrespected them. I would consider a lessor settlement in a civil suit.