A similar thing happened around here a while back, except with a gorilla.

I despise zoos. There's no reason wild animals should be put in enclosures solely for the amusement of the gawking masses. Of course a tiger will flip out and kill people, it's a fucking tiger. It shouldn't even be there.

Don't even get me started on circuses.

Of course zoos do a lot of good conservation work and exist for education as well as "gawking". A lot of zoos do an excellent job of care and their animals receive nutritious diets and veterinary care rivaling any human system. And I just have this sense that if I agree that zoos are inherently immoral, then so is owning my cat.

But I do agree with "Of course a tiger will flip out and kill people". (Struck because I don't think it flipped out in any meaningful sense of the word. It went hunting.) The job of the zoo is to make sure it doesn't get the chance, ever.

I'm surprised that the cops did the job. Wouldn't the zoo have trained professionals?

:( @ the whole situation.