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19 August 2005
Bad kitty→[More:]Just a cheerful story to brighten up your Friday! Well, I'm off to Branson for the weekend. Think of me fondly while I navigate through the horrendous traffic of Missouri's biggest tourist trap.
I feel awful for the girl and her family. What a horrifying way to die. But I wish people would realize that wild animals are not props. If you're trained to deal with them and prepared for the risk then you rolls the dice and takes your chances. But to risk your life for a senior photo? Neither this poor girl or the animal had to die.
"me too":ing what matildaben and leejay said. Do'h! It's a siberian tiger - there's less of them around than silly american tenagers, no need to kill it, just stay the hell away. It's a TIGER man.
Montecore is still in residence at the Mirage resort's Secret Garden attraction in Las Vegas. Of course, he'll never perform again. It's said that as he was taken to the ambulance, Roy said that he didn't want any harm to come to the tiger.