A “wild” animal in captivity is not exactly a wild animal. Naturally a dog breed that has been in captivity for hundreds of generations is less wild than an Ocelot cub that was born wild but pure Ocelots do make good pets and they are only two and a half times larger than a house cat so they are not as dangerous as a Cheetah or other larger cat.
Remember that domestic animals were not always domestic animals. Remember too that wild animals can be dangerous even if they are vegitarians like Africa’s Cape Buffalo.
When I remarked to my South African game guide (photo expeditions) that the least interesting of the Big Five was Cape Buffalo because it appeared not much more than a
“domestic bull” he went ballistic. He said that they will circle back and blind side charge a pursuing party with regularity. “They are dangerous”. And of course domestic bulls can still be dangerous too.
Look at other times where this kind of thing has happened. The chimpanzee that mauled the woman's face, for instance. It was responding to something because it doesn't have the same makeup as humans. Then again, give a human male a visual cue (a naked woman with a pleasing shape) and they too will respond instinctively and act like...an animal. ;-)
Believe me as someone who has a cattle ranch and has worked around cattle a great deal both bulls and cows can be extremely dangerous. Just because they’re domesticated doesn’t mean they’re not aggressive. There are just certain bulls (in particular) you don’t want to be in close quarters with. Certain bulls and females I would never worry about, they just have a very laid back personality. For cows the equation changes if they have a young calf by their side.
Aggressiveness is also a heritable trait, so I wonder about the offspring this whale has produced.
NSS, what gave you the clue? Ever hear of bull fights? Those are domesticated animals also but will kill a person in a heart beat if given a chance. Dogs kill people regularly, I submit to anyone on this thread who thinks this killer whale(really a dolphin, the largest of its kind)should not be put down, must also advocate that dogs who kill people should also not be put down.
Trying to say this animal was simply doing what it was supposed to do is BS.
It has killed three people, it is obvious it should be kept completely isolated from humans, regardless of what set it off, or it should be killed.
Also, anyone who says killer whales in the wild don't kill humans has never talked to Eskimos, many of whom will tell you of relatives(in the past)who were pulled off the ice in the same manner that killer whales pull off seals and eat them.
The only reason they don't kill humans more often is the fact that humans simply do not swim in the ocean all that often, at least not in the areas killer whales normally inhabit.