Croc attack!

[freebird]

Originally Posted by ccheese

According to the Norfolk Va. newspaper, they were zapping at her with a slingshot !!
No wonder she got tick'd off....

Charles

That's what I heard too, she'd need a pretty big reason to jump over the wall. I mean look at the size of that wall, to provoke a 300+ pound Tiger to jump over would take some doing

Originally Posted by A4K

How cowardly is that to provoke an animal stuck in an enclosure?? And WE'RE the 'highest lifeform' on the planet???? That's an insult to cockroaches...

Yeah a real couple of winners there...

Originally Posted by Marcel

That was one dumb action, teasing a 4m croc. This 'll learn him.

I've seen the Croc's snapping at their food, it's a sight to behold! {if they were really so slow how did the dingbat tourists think the Crocs could catch food?}

[Soren]

About the Tiger attack, no'one is 100% sure what happened apparently.

Whatch the video in the link Freebird provided, the Zoo wasn't living up to stds. and the police were kept for 15min outside the gates.

[Marcel]

Ever heard of Bokito? He is the male Gorilla in the Rotterdam Zoo.
Last may a woman was making faces to him. She did that every week, thought "she had contact with the animal". Suddenly Bokito didn't like it anymore, jumped over 4 metres of water and grabbed her. She was injured very badly. Then he ran into a restaurant were they were able to catch him.
The woman sued the zoo, but they had done everything according to regulation, so nothing to blame them. Nobody could suspect that a full grown 160 KG Gorilla could jump over that water. BTW she was dumb enough not to leave him alone.
YouTube - Gorilla Bokito escape Dutch News TV 2007-5-19
The Great Escape Of Gorilla Bokito

[freebird]

Originally Posted by Soren

About the Tiger attack, no'one is 100% sure what happened apparently.

Whatch the video in the link Freebird provided, the Zoo wasn't living up to stds. and the police were kept for 15min outside the gates.

Yes the wall should have been 16 ft. high, but was only 12.5. Apparenty there was some mis-communication with the cops. The fact that Tigers had lived in the enclosure for decades, but all of a sudden something provoked this tiger to attack is telling. The guys deny it but some people had seen them with a slingshot. Also note that the Tiger ran into an outdoor cafe full of people but only attacked these two idiots.