Birds gotta fly, lions gotta eat.
another eco-nut?
remember the guy in NYC who did this last year?
I wrote a parody of that guy:
http://asspos.blogspot.com/2012/09/i-want-to-marry-tiger.html
Anyone that has ever owned a house cat should know better than getting in the cage with any large cat.
Cats are given to random playful roughousing that is bad enough for a 10 pounder. They don’t know where to draw the line.
Its not likely that the lion intended to kill; they play rough with their own cubs too.
Really? A young woman, with little common sense (obviously), enters the enclosure of a LION, said lion does what lions do, and they need to determine a cause?
I really blame the portrayal of wild animals as something other than what they are. That they need OUR protection. Never is it emphasized that wild animals are unpredictable and deadly. Beautiful to look at; but, only those professionals that have worked with animals like this for years should be allowed anywhere near their cages.
From TV news reports - she was one of only two employees on duty that day. Feeding time for the lion was at 10:00 a.m. and no-one knows why she was in the enclosure at 12:00.
Her father’s description of her ‘passion’ indicates she may have had a ‘fatal attraction’ AKA a special connection to these dangerous animals. It seems she over-estimated her capability to control and under-estimated the natural predator instincts of the lion.
She sadly played with fire. RIP.
Was she on her period? Apparently even a trained lion will attack a woman on her period.
Why did it attack? ‘Cause it’s a lion!
There’s a reason they’re called wild animals. RIP.
Shouldn't we wait for the lion to publish a review first.
Fearless creatures generally go extinct, unless they have the means to deal with any threat to their well-being, ranging from being able to outrun or eliminate that threat.
It’s sad when nature intrudes on fantasy. Poor kid.
Years ago we went on "safari" to Tanzania.We were in a Land Rover in Ngorongoro National Park when we came upon a pride (or part of a pride) of lions just lying around.We get *really* close and I,along with several others,gasped in fear as we approached.The guide,to set our minds at ease,said "don't worry,they've just eaten".Those suckers were *big*...particularly the male we saw.
I don't think the lion should have been shot. I think the person that chose to pen up the animal(s) should be shot.
Gotta ask the most important question...Was she a registered Democrat or a decent person?
She had been told she couldn’t go into the cage, yet I’m sure she thought she had a special relationship with the lion. Fatal mistake for them both.
It’s a shame that the lion had to die, through really no fault of its’ own.
Authorities are trying to determine what provoked a lion at an exotic animal park in Central California to attack and maul to death a 24-year-old intern from Washington state.
“The Circle......the Circle of Life.”
The coroner now states that the lion was in a temp. ‘holding’ cage while it’s ‘home’ cage was being cleaned by the young lady. Evidently the holding cage’s latch was improperly set and not fully latched and the lion was able to use it’s paw to completely unlatch it and get back into his home cage and kill her. Sad story.