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San Diego Tiger incident now results in a lawsuit....
....and Scottjs I know you're going to be enraged because I am.
The survivors who were accused of taunting have filed a suit against the city of San Francisco for physical and emotional damage they sustained as well as defamation of character. They are saying they in no way taunted the tiger.
I wasn't there so I didn't see the incident-and I'm certainly not the one to Judge here. All I can say is tigers are wild animals and I believe that poor beauty was taunted, so she reacted how any wild animal would react.....and she lost her life.
If these guys DID taunt her, but are going to lie about it to profit from it, then all I can say is I hope they'll be able to live with themselves when karma catches up with them.
Jookiba---I am very much enraged. It is an outrage that they can sue the city after taunting the tiger. But it does not suprise me all that much. Cop killer Mumia is getting another trial because the jury got some of the instructions the wrong way. So Mumia will now spend his life in prison instead of getting executed. And people have embraced him! Its like kill a cop get a radio show and become a hero. I am not sure when our legal system went wrong, but it sure did! The thugs that caused the tiger to go crazy should not get a cent.
Oh, why do you call this The San Diego Tiger incident? San Diego is about 600 miles south of here.
Well, I'm saddened by the whole thing. Even if they weren't taunting that Tiger, they were still where they weren't supposed to be. The survivors admitted that much just after it happened!
What you wanna bet they'll win??
Jookiba---I am very much enraged. It is an outrage that they can sue the city after taunting the tiger. But it does not suprise me all that much. Cop killer Mumia is getting another trial because the jury got some of the instructions the wrong way. So Mumia will now spend his life in prison instead of getting executed. And people have embraced him! Its like kill a cop get a radio show and become a hero. I am not sure when our legal system went wrong, but it sure did! The thugs that caused the tiger to go crazy should not get a cent.
Oh, why do you call this The San Diego Tiger incident? San Diego is about 600 miles south of here.
OOPS-I realized that. Should be San Fran, right? Sorry!!
You know...I've been to zoos all over the world. I love the tigers...they are so beautiful; and they typically ignore those of us gooning at them...even when they are prowling. I'll bet 10-1 that those guys taunted and teased that animal. The fact that they can now sue San Francisco because they were hurt for doing what they shouldn't (every zoo has signs up about taunting, teasing fedding, etc) galls me. Too bad the city can't sue them for being stupid. Cosindering tigers are at the very least protected species, if not endangered, I am surprised animal protection groups aren't jumping on these guys for mistreatment and death an animal that could have been used for breeding.
It is a sad day. Terrible that people and the tiger lost their lives, but worse that it could have been prevented by responsible behaviour on the part of the humans. Anyone every heard of the Darwin Awards?
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Right on. It's their own fault their friend was killed and they were hurt.
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Virtual head shaking here. Too many people feel that the world owes them a wonderful experience (translation: the freedom to do any dumb / stupid / illegal / immoral / whatever thing that they want) and they will never have to suffer the consequences. And when something goes wrong in their pursuit of happiness, they are totally convinced that "someone" should pay them, and pay them big bucks!
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[quote=Teresa;1993759]Well, I'm saddened by the whole thing. Even if they weren't taunting that Tiger, they were still where they weren't supposed to be. The survivors admitted that much just after it happened! [quote]
I agree there is no way that Tiger should have gotten out of her cage no matter what was happening on the outside. I am not saying what they did was right.
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Well the story just got more interesting! One of the people involved in the tiger incident was arrested for shop lifting. I just think this whole thing is way out of hand.
Danielle, I love the Darwin Awards!!! The book was great. The movie I didn't like so much. Though seeing all the idiots accidently kill themselves was interesting.
I have always thought the San Francisco Zoo was not one of the best zoos around. I have been to several world class zoos(Like the San Diego Zoo). Our zoo here is a sad little zoo. But I think those punks should not get one single cent.
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