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Tiger Attacks, Kills Teen Posing For Senior Pictures
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| 08/18/05
Posted on 08/19/2005 6:47:26 AM PDT by Undertow
Tiger Attacks, Kills Teen Posing For Senior Pictures
POSTED: 6:33 pm EDT August 18, 2005
UPDATED: 6:56 pm EDT August 18, 2005
MOUND VALLEY, Kan. -- A Bengal tiger attacked and killed a teenage girl Thursday at a southeast Kansas animal sanctuary.
Haley Hilderbrand, 17, of Altamont, Kan., was posing with the tiger for her senior high school pictures at the Lost Creek Animal Sanctuary.
A news release from the Labette County Sheriff's Office said the big cat was being restrained by its handler, but it attacked the teenager, anyway.
The 7-year-old tiger was killed.
Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: animalrightslist; animals; hatewhenthathappens; maul; tiger
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play with fire...
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posted on
08/19/2005 6:47:26 AM PDT
by
Undertow
To: Undertow
Playing with fire is safer...
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posted on
08/19/2005 6:48:10 AM PDT
by
July 4th
(A vacant lot cancelled out my vote for Bush.)
To: Undertow
So how'd the pictures turn out?
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posted on
08/19/2005 6:49:15 AM PDT
by
thoughtomator
(Just call me Mr. Zero Diversity Points!)
To: Undertow
Doh!
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posted on
08/19/2005 6:49:16 AM PDT
by
darkwing104
(Let's get dangerous)
To: Undertow
Reminds me of Grizzly Man that Treadmont guy.
Sadly the animals were killed. Peta ought be proud.
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posted on
08/19/2005 6:50:06 AM PDT
by
alisasny
To: Undertow
My husband had his picture taken with this same animal 3 years ago. Thankfully he survived.
I am so sorry for the family of this young lady. What can a person say in such a situation?
To: Undertow
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posted on
08/19/2005 6:50:34 AM PDT
by
Pondman88
To: Undertow
Was the tiger killed before or after the girl died? I have never heard of senior pictures being taken this way. Is this done in other places?
To: axel f
To: Undertow
Taking a picture with a tiger? What idiot decided this would be a good idea? What's next, should a high school in Georgia have the kids pose in a swamp next to a gator? What are some people thinking?
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posted on
08/19/2005 6:51:49 AM PDT
by
softwarecreator
(Facts are to liberals as holy water is to vampires)
To: Undertow
The only good 'insert large pedatory animal here' is a dead one.
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posted on
08/19/2005 6:52:06 AM PDT
by
SolidRedState
(E Pluribus Funk --- (Latin taglines are sooooo cool! Don't ya think?))
To: Undertow
Our youngest caught this on the news this morning. She is hoping to focus on a career involving animals, especially wild animals displaced into domestic life. She volunteers at a local non profit zoo which takes in these exotic 'pets' and all she could say was 'duh!'. The news report this morning said the teen screamed or made a loud noise before the attack, yet even if she did nothing, this is still a wild animal.
My heart does break for this family...a terrible sad loss.
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posted on
08/19/2005 6:53:18 AM PDT
by
sweet_diane
("Will I dance for you Jesus? Or in awe of You be still? I can only imagine..I can only imagine.")
To: alisasny
"Reminds me of Grizzly Man that Treadmont guy."
Reminds me of Rush. Like he says, "a tiger is a tiger".
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posted on
08/19/2005 6:53:40 AM PDT
by
LibSnubber
(liberal democrats are domestic terrorists)
To: Undertow
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posted on
08/19/2005 6:53:53 AM PDT
by
tfecw
(It's for the children)
To: Undertow
As Rush says, "..a tiger's a tiger". No doubt some nitwit liberal cooked up this idea. Unbelievable!!!
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posted on
08/19/2005 6:54:07 AM PDT
by
newfreep
To: Undertow
Funny that yesterday we had a thead on re-introducing megafauna to the Great Plains: elephants, lions, cheetahs. Because humans can co-exist with really vicious predators. There's almost never a tragic accident ...
To: Undertow
The Tiger later signed her yearbook, "Have a nice summer, don't ever change."
That tiger is an SOB.
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posted on
08/19/2005 6:54:37 AM PDT
by
exile
(Exile - Helen Thomas tried to lure me into her Gingerbread House.)
To: Undertow
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posted on
08/19/2005 6:55:04 AM PDT
by
RckyRaCoCo
("When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk!")
To: RckyRaCoCo; GreenEggsNHam
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posted on
08/19/2005 6:56:38 AM PDT
by
ericthecurdog
(NOBODY puts BABY in the corner!!)
To: Undertow
It’s time for a little truth. There are absolutes in life, as much as some people want to deny it, and one of those absolutes is that a tiger is a tiger.
Rush
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posted on
08/19/2005 6:57:06 AM PDT
by
SeeRushToldU_So
(It is hotter than two rats screwing in a wool sock in GA.)
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