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Tiger Attacks, Kills Teen Posing For Senior Pictures
AP ^ | 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 This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.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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To: RckyRaCoCo

Now that made me chuckle!


81 posted on 08/19/2005 8:29:31 AM PDT by Republican Red (''Van der Sloot" is Dutch for ''Kennedy.")
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To: Undertow

Kill all tigers and pitbulls, and dobermans too... and rotweilers...


82 posted on 08/19/2005 8:30:06 AM PDT by Porterville (Liberal Babyboomers will by anything that stinks of hippy.... So crap on a stick and sell baby sell)
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To: Nov3
What I do know is the term "Conservative", derived from "Constitutional Conservative" does not apply to most on this site. It did until 99 or early 2000.

Precisely when I arrived.

COINCIDENCE??????????????????????????????????

83 posted on 08/19/2005 8:31:01 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Islam is merely Nazism without the snappy fashion sense.)
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To: bobbdobbs

Remember that next time some teenage girl is riding you and you turn and shoot her... :^D


84 posted on 08/19/2005 8:31:46 AM PDT by Truth29
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To: bobbdobbs
Wild animals should be in cages.

Wild animals belong in the wild.

85 posted on 08/19/2005 8:34:37 AM PDT by Skooz ("Political Correctness is the handmaiden of terrorism" - Michelle Malkin)
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To: Nov3

"That being said, I and my children are not playing with any large carnivores."


Ya see, now I actually think THAT was pretty funny... : )


86 posted on 08/19/2005 8:40:36 AM PDT by Hand em their arse
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To: Truth29

do you mean with a gun or....... forget it!


87 posted on 08/19/2005 8:43:48 AM PDT by Hand em their arse
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To: Lazamataz
I've taken to crying at those sentimental AT&T commercials.

Like the one where business dad and his long-haired son are arguing in the morning before Dad leaves on a business trip, and as dad is walking out the door, he says to his son, "And why don't you get that hair cut!"

88 posted on 08/19/2005 8:48:48 AM PDT by spiffy
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To: Lazamataz
I thought I'd offer kids an opportunity to post with my turtle...

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89 posted on 08/19/2005 8:48:56 AM PDT by MaryFromMichigan
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To: Lazamataz
I cried at the "Here, Rusty!" dog food commercial. It showed a little Irish setter puppy sand a little girl growing up together. Very touching.

The whole "gallow's humor to deal with traumatic events" applies to people-firemen, police, combat vets, and many others-who have to use humor to deal with the horrific things they witnessed/dealt with/cleaned up. It has absolutely nothing to do with people who come no closer to dealing with a horrific event than reading about it in the papers or on their computer screens. That's not to see people don't have a right to try to find humor in a situation that does not affect them personally in any way whatsoever...but the 'gallow's humor' excuse does not apply to them, because they don't need to "deal with" something that never affected them at all.

90 posted on 08/19/2005 8:49:57 AM PDT by kaylar
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To: MaryFromMichigan
Moderators are unable to edit replies, so the kids are just going to have to post with your turtle. Sorry!

;-)

91 posted on 08/19/2005 8:56:44 AM PDT by Sidebar Moderator
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To: tfecw

Yep, time to repopulate the high plains with elephants, tigers, lions, and wildebeast.


92 posted on 08/19/2005 8:57:14 AM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission (Why ask us? We just have to live here....)
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To: Lazamataz

laz, check mail


93 posted on 08/19/2005 8:58:24 AM PDT by Hand em their arse
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To: Lady Jag
Cat's thinking.."Hmm..needs a little more salt..."
94 posted on 08/19/2005 9:00:12 AM PDT by ken5050 (Ann Coulter needs to have children ASAP to pass on her gene pool....any volunteers?)
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To: evets

I want to play with the tiger's friends. LOL


95 posted on 08/19/2005 9:00:41 AM PDT by daviscupper
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To: Sidebar Moderator
(Blush!)
Lol!
96 posted on 08/19/2005 9:05:01 AM PDT by MaryFromMichigan
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To: daviscupper
It was just very happy and excited like the students

"Pet" Psych 101?

97 posted on 08/19/2005 9:06:13 AM PDT by cgk (Some mornings it just doesn't seem worth it to gnaw through the leather straps: Emo Phillips)
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To: Undertow

Probably already mentioned, but it seems strange this story comes a day after the story about wanting to get "wild animals to roam the US plains... lions, tigers, bears..." Plus there is another story today about a woman trampled to death by a bison.


98 posted on 08/19/2005 9:07:16 AM PDT by cgk (Some mornings it just doesn't seem worth it to gnaw through the leather straps: Emo Phillips)
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To: bobbdobbs

Hey what goes around comes around.


99 posted on 08/19/2005 9:17:29 AM PDT by AxelPaulsenJr (Pray Daily For Our Troops and President Bush)
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To: ken5050
Cat's thinking.."Hmm..needs a little more salt..."

Then the cat was struck with a brilliant idea!
"I'll have fries with this!", he purred.
And the salt was licked.

100 posted on 08/19/2005 9:22:28 AM PDT by Lady Jag (The Goat-Vendor of Hamelin, and Expounder of Troll Logic)
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