Posted on 10/02/2019 6:24:03 AM PDT by simpson96
A woman climbed over a safety barrier at New York City’s Bronx Zoo last week and made her way into the lion exhibit, standing dangerously close to one of the animals.
The woman, standing a few feet away from a male lion, waved her hands and moved her body as if she was dancing. The incident was captured in photos and videos that were posted on Instagram.
It's unclear how long the woman stayed in the enclosure. There was a moat-like barrier between the lion and the area where the woman was standing, NBC New York reported.
No one was injured. In a statement, the zoo called the incident a violation and said it had filed a complaint for criminal trespass.
"This action was a serious violation and unlawful trespass that could have resulted in serious injury or death. Barriers and rules are in place to keep both visitors, staff and animals safe," the zoo told NBC New York. "We have a zero tolerance policy on trespass and violation of barriers."
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I posted this yesterday in Chat and they pulled the thread.
I still haven’t seen how a low railing protects against a lion
This is the Dem base ...
You beat me to it...
Welcome to the jungle.
Lion: Lotsa meat on that one, should be easy to catch.
It is not the railing that protects. It is the moat.
By carefully framing the shot, it makes it look like there is nothing between the woman and the lion. Actually, there is a concrete moat about 20 feet deep.
Just dumbassery, but not terribly dangerous dumbassery.
Lion needs to be protected from idiotic human life forms, such as this example.
Mental case suicide-by-big-puttytat attempt?
i like how the officials at the zoo announced they are not keen with trespassers or people that don’t respect barriers. Ok for them, just not the rest of the country.
and who else thinks that lion is thinkin’ “Buffet!!”
It must be a big moat. Lions can leap.
We need it at the border..with water and alligators and snakes ;-)
I hope she go’s back and gets better acquainted with the lion.
Looks like their enough for the entire pride.
The wrong way one is caged.
“there is a concrete moat about 20 feet deep.”
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Ah - I was wondering why the cat didn’t go for it.
We need it at the border..with water and alligators and snakes ;-)
Don’t forget people shot in the legs!
Another crazy cat lady
Darn, one was hoping that Darwin would triumph and we’d get one fewer AOC voter.
Of course, the TV Nets do not point out that there was no hazard here. They are looking for the clicks, just like anybody else.
How about towers 2 miles apart with a Marine sniper in each with ROE to shoot to wound. Once wounded, you tattoo a large “I” in the middle of their forehead to identify them as an illegal who tried to enter the US. If the sniper sees an illegal with an “I” tattoo, the ROE automatically change.
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