South Africa: Man Photographs Cheetahs Attacking Wife

The Seattle Times ^ | May 5, 2012 | The Associated Press

[DogByte6RER]

(WARNING: Next two photos are graphic.)

[television is just wrong]

shocking, but is this like a darwin moment?

[DogByte6RER]

"South Africa: Man Photographs Cheetahs Attacking Wife" ... What a guy! Surely his wife will nominate him for a husband of the year award for photographing her as she became those cats' chewie toy.

[freebilly]

Lucky she didn’t become lunch....

[richmwill]

What a “great” husband- “Honey, move your head up and to the left a bit. Good. Oh, and move your hair away from the wound. Thank you... (click, click, click)”.

[RightOnline]

LOL....ya beat me to it. :)

[DogByte6RER]

kittyping

[Proud2BeRight]

He is probably so proud of his action shots that he will probably enter them in a photography contest.

[Proud2BeRight]

The question is, who will get ownership of the pictures in the divorce settlement.

[Krankor]

Ha! That cheetah is licking his chops!

[Lazamataz]

Oh, by all means, PHOTOGRAPH your poor wife. Don't help or anything. That way she's dead and you have some great photos to sell!

Um, doomed marriage.

[Getready]

“Hey Honey, what’s for lunch...

Don’t know...how about a bite at the petting zoo?

Sounds good.”

I guess either the cheetahs or the D’Mellos (maybe soon
the ex-D’Mellos) could have thought/said that.

I don’t understand why people try to anthropomorphize
animals to the extent that they think the animal
will always behave in an appropriate human manner
and not resort to animal hunting/survival behaviour...
calling Siegfried and Roy.

[glyptol]

Does he belong to PETA?

[elcid1970]

I have an old VHS-C videocam. Those animals can’t both bite their victim and fight at the same time, and I would be using my heavy old cam to turn their skulls into mush!

I mean, holy cr@p!

[goseminoles]

I would have kicked that cheetah so hard in the head, it would commit a Seau.

[fso301]

Wonder if she’s made a connection with the “Running Gazelle” perfume her recently purchased for her?

[GreenHornet]

The Port Elizabeth Herald reported Friday that Violet D'Mello of Aberdeen, Scotland, was attacked by cheetahs on April 28 while in a petting pen with the animals at a game reserve near Port Elizabeth in southeastern South Africa.

Let's see: The people who run the zoo actually thought it would be a good idea to have a "petting pen" where visitors (including children) can pet and play with the cheetahs? What could possibly go wrong?

[Scutter]

Same here. Geez, what kind of a douchebag stands there and snaps photos as his wife gets mauled...

[FiscalSanity]

Exactly. What a stroke of genius - cheetahs in a petting zoo! What a wonderful idea, to invite young children to stroke the fur of large carnivores. I'm sure nothing could possibly go wrong, especially since cheetahs' normal prey is about the same size as a young child. /sarc off

I have to give Mrs. D'Mello credit for helping the child. Even so, she and the other "adults" in this fiasco need their heads examined, especially the parents who let their kids in that cage. And Mr. D'Mello...pathetic.

[avenir]

Petting zoo candidates if ever there were.