She died doing "What She Loved"

pj1981

The world lost a good kind hearted young woman who had her whole life ahead,
a life where she longed to make a difference for these beautiful animals.
Sounds like she was distracted and underestimated the animal
and that damn not quite closed gate. She did die doing what she loved.

john roach

There are differences between people who own zoos and circuses , and the people who work there and try to take the best care of the animals that they can. I am not a fan of an animal in a can, but I would rather have some one who loves them watching over them than someone who could give a shit less.

john roach

That is, I am no fan of an animal in a cage . I love canned animal on crackers.

Who Princess

I believe that this was an animal sanctuary and not a zoo. The lion was a kind that is extinct in the wild so I think it's also tragic that it was killed. The young woman's father also questioned why it was killed for just "being a lion" and said that he was sure his daughter wouldn't have wanted that.

kw18

hedonist wrote:

"she was a fearless lover of big cats"

That's part of the problem. THEY'RE BIG FUCKING CATS and *should* be feared, not to mention respected.

I'm fully convinced my domesticated house cats are plotting my demise. So, yeah, I'm fairly petrified of big cats. :shock:

RKCNDY

jason wrote:

I never understand why the animal is always shot in these cases? Can't they use a tranquilizer or something? The animal is only doing what its programed to do and you never know what that is, that's why its called a WILD ANIMAL!! So if you walk into a cage with a guerilla or great white shark and lose, who's fault is that? Sad story though.

no, a tranquilizer takes about 10-15 minutes to take full effect, much too long when they need to give aid.

Who Princess is correct, it was a sanctuary, and the lion was born in the sanctuary and hand raised.

The intern was under the impression that the lion was secured in his holding cage while she cleaned his enclosure. The cat was smart, un-latched the gate and attacked. Most likely, she had her back to him and unfortunately, that's when big cats usually attack. Workers in Asia, wear masks on the back of their head when going into the forest to ward of surprise attacks from tigers.

rearviewross

Poncier wrote:

Every time I hear someone say somebody "died doing what they loved", I think its the most absurd statement...do you think this girl desired to be mauled by a lion? Do you think the skydiver who pulled the ripcord only to get hit in the face with a sandwich because he strapped on his knapsack instead of his parachute is happy as he plummets to his squishy demise? Do you think the skier who hits a tree at 70 MPH's last thought is "yay my skull's gonna get crushed by that trunk!".

I want to die when I'm very very old, like 95 (of course if I can die at 95 while banging twin 18 year old asian nymphomanics, then someone can say about me that I died while doing something I loved, though my wife if she's still alive might not be too happy)

Michael Hutchins of INXS died doing what he loved.

JonnyPistachio

RKCNDY wrote:

jason wrote:

I never understand why the animal is always shot in these cases? Can't they use a tranquilizer or something? The animal is only doing what its programed to do and you never know what that is, that's why its called a WILD ANIMAL!! So if you walk into a cage with a guerilla or great white shark and lose, who's fault is that? Sad story though.

no, a tranquilizer takes about 10-15 minutes to take full effect, much too long when they need to give aid.

Who Princess is correct, it was a sanctuary, and the lion was born in the sanctuary and hand raised.

The intern was under the impression that the lion was secured in his holding cage while she cleaned his enclosure. The cat was smart, un-latched the gate and attacked. Most likely, she had her back to him and unfortunately, that's when big cats usually attack. Workers in Asia, wear masks on the back of their head when going into the forest to ward of surprise attacks from tigers.

Interesting..

rearviewross

Mamasan23 wrote:

I'm one of those people that love it when I see animals getting revenge, not gonna lie. Bull fight - bull runs up in the stands and kills 5 people? Good. They deserved it. I'm sure I'll get a lot of flack for this but what right do humans have to cage animals and take them out of their natural habitat? I guess I just don't get it.

The most unfortunate thing is when innocent bystanders get hurt. Like the people who get attacked by runaway chimps. That is scary shit. They bite off your fingers, your nose, your junk, if you have any.

Poncier

rearviewross wrote:

Mamasan23 wrote:

I'm one of those people that love it when I see animals getting revenge, not gonna lie. Bull fight - bull runs up in the stands and kills 5 people? Good. They deserved it. I'm sure I'll get a lot of flack for this but what right do humans have to cage animals and take them out of their natural habitat? I guess I just don't get it.

The most unfortunate thing is when innocent bystanders get hurt. Like the people who get attacked by runaway chimps. That is scary shit. They bite off your fingers, your nose, your junk, if you have any.

A few years ago a woman in Connecticut had her face ripped off by a friend's pet chimp. (and she wasn't even F5ing to get Pearl Jam tickets)

Some animals really shouldn't be kept as pets, folks don't realize the strength of these animals.

amethgr8

I hate zoo's. they are sad.
amy

brianlux

Some people argue that we need zoos because that's the only way some species are kept alive. I say, lets put all the humans in cages for a while and see how we like that perspective.

But seriously, the energy put into zoos would be better spent providing natural habitat. Habitat in an animal's natural region is best but one of the things I like about this elephant sanctuary in TN:

http://www.elephants.com/

is that the sanctuary is quite large and a great deal of effort is put into making it feel natural to the elephants and they are not put on display. Supporters like myself do not have the option to visit the elephants and that makes sense.

rearviewross

brianlux wrote:

Some people argue that we need zoos because that's the only way some species are kept alive. I say, lets put all the humans in cages for a while and see how we like that perspective.

But seriously, the energy put into zoos would be better spent providing natural habitat. Habitat in an animal's natural region is best but one of the things I like about this elephant sanctuary in TN:

http://www.elephants.com/

is that the sanctuary is quite large and a great deal of effort is put into making it feel natural to the elephants and they are not put on display. Supporters like myself do not have the option to visit the elephants and that makes sense.

So its like The Truman Show for elephants? Nice.