[gunsmith]

Some folks should not breed! :fire:

http://a.abclocal.go.com/images/wls/wls_111403_wolf_st.jpg

Woman bitten after climbing zoo barrier to pet wolf
November 14, 2003 — Police at the Brookfield Zoo shot and killed a gray wolf after it bit a woman's arm and wouldn't let go.
The woman crossed a barrier and put her hand through a chain link fence to try to pet the animal. The wolf bit the woman's arm.

Zoo officers responded and shot the wolf, killing him. The woman's condition is not known.


I hope she has to pay for a new wolf

[4570Rick]

More chlorine for the gene pool please.:rolleyes:

[DougCxx]

Kinda like that bear hippie (and his SO) they found parts of a couple weeks ago.......
~

[Mark Tyson]

They shot the wrong one.

[cool45auto]

:banghead: :cuss:

[kernal_panic]

A member of another board said the other day "how do these people find their underwear in the morning??"


i am constantly amazed at how STUPID people are. its one thing to be ignorant but these people are just DUMB. i was in DAP last night and some twit from new york was asking the poor clerk for directions. she then used the phone to call her friend. the clerk had to tell her wht intersection she was at 6 times before she reached comprehension. A few weeks ago i was delivering a tv stand for a widescreen. the woman KNEW we were coming. i find her house. i ring bell no one answers. i knock loudly on door no one answers. i call her phone number. Busy signal. i call my boss tell her the lady isn't answering her door and i can't raise her on the phone. my partner and i go to lunch. boss calls me. the dumb bitch was on her back patio talking to her daughter. Jesus christ you know your stuffi s going to be delivered so you sit on the back porch where you can't hear the door bell and then chat away with your idiot offspring. i had to hole saw a hole in the back of the unit for her dvd/vcf cables to pass. she litterally couldn't decide what quadrent of the unit she wanted it in. i wound up doing the top right.

[Holly76201]

You know, if this were 2 humans we were talking about, the "wolf" would have been perfectly within his rights to defend his home and safety against the home invading human woman.
I hope this moronic beeatch winds up being criminally prosecuted for something and has to pay for the Zoo's expenses to replace the wolf, if that's even possible. :fire: :cuss: :banghead:

[SemperFi83]

Suddenly, mandatory sterilization (for people) doesn't seem like such a bad idea!:p

[dinosaur]

I usually root for the Christians but sometimes you just gotta root for the lions!:banghead:

[HogRider]

Some folks should not breed!

Well said!!!

[Tim Burke]

The woman's condition is not known.

This just in...

She's still stupid.

[Steve in PA]

She probably just got done watching some freaking Disney-crap movie about all the friendly animals in the world :cuss:

[El Tejon]

Ah, Chicago!

After being an inmate of Chicago for 3 years, I recommend turning the wolves loose in the city. This should solve many different problems.

[7.62FullMetalJacket]

I am beginning to believe that maybe we are not mammals. Has the nanny state so conditioned us to think that a wild animal behind a fence in a zoo must be safe? I agree, they shot the wrong one:banghead:

[George Hill]

Tim Burke - Classic. http://www.madogre.com/images/laugh.gif

[O.F.Fascist]

poor wolf.

[4v50 Gary]

What Mark Tyson said - they shot the wrong one.

[JackShandy]

This absolutely infuriates me. I am sick of hearing about a healthy caged animal just being itself, defending what little space it has left, being killed because of some dumb-$%*, freakin' person that comes along...

I'm sorry, I can't finish this post...

[New_comer]

IMO, they should have aimed at the elbow. What if it was the last of it's kind?:banghead:

Both still live.

But that's just my opinion. :evil:

[DorGunR]

quote:
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The woman's condition is not known.
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Who cares........it's the wolf being shot that bothers me.:fire:

[Standing Wolf]

After being an inmate of Chicago for 3 years, I recommend turning the wolves loose in the city. This should solve many different problems.

For Chicago, maybe; for us wolves, no way in @#$%^&!

[TallPine]

I don't see how she could get enough of her arm through a chain link fence for it to be bitten .... :confused:

A finger maybe, but not an arm.

What was the point in shooting the wolf? Couldn't she just pull her fingers (or the remaining ones) back through the fence?

FWIW, I used to do that all the time. The wolves would lean their heads against the wire so I could scratch behind their ears.

We also had a wolf hybrid for a number of years. I don't recomend that to anyone, just because their psychology is a little different than dogs. Once you understand it (you have to be the Alpha) everything is okay.

Big difference between well fed pets or captives, and wild wolves. There is nothing to keep a hungry wild wolf from killing any prey of opportunity, possibly including humans.

[Bill Hook]

To all wolves:

Please don't bite the moron.

:D

[Autolite]

I've read that a healthy wolf in the wild will try very hard to avoid humans. They are naturally quite afraid of people. I am betting that they shot the wolf because it was evident that the wolf had lost it's fear of humans and that there now was a possibility someone else could get seriously hurt. Sad story but it was the right thing to do. As for the woman, perhaps someone should buy her a Malamute and explain to her the difference between dogs and wolves ...

[7.62FullMetalJacket]

You put a wolf in a cage in a zoo and you expect it to be shy of humans? The wolf is in the cage. We are free of confinement. Just a little common sense would indicate that we not place our hand in the cage/fence.

[444]

If our society had any grounding in common sense, they would have just stood back and watched.

A perfectly good wolf was killed to save someone that is nothing but a drag and burden on society.

"that the wolf had lost it's fear of humans and that there now was a possibility someone else could get seriously hurt. "

Hello !! That is why it is in a cage. If you choose to ignore the cage, you deserve the consequences. Richly deserve them.

[Sergeant Bob]

I expect there will be a big lawsuit now against the zoo. They didn't do enough keep stupid, ignorant humans from doing stupid, ignorant things!:fire:

There seems to be no end to some people's stupidity with animals.
I once saw a woman in a Toyota (not a Yugo) slam on her brakes and swerve to miss some baby ducks and almost got run over by an 80,000 lb produce truck (me in my Peterbilt). When the tire smoke cleared she flipped me off and all I could do is laugh (as the words to Paul Shanklin's song "In A Yugo" were going through my head).

Another time a woman was parked along side the freeway and without looking ran out in front of me trying to save about a 20 lb snapping turtle.
I missed her, but the look on her face was priceless!

Last one, I promise. A deer had been hit by a car (it was still alive) and a woman was sitting on the side of the road, with the deer's head in her lap, petting it (with no clue what that deer could do to her if it got up enough energy to get up)!

[BluesBear]

Someone here on THR has a sig line that pretty much sums it all up;

"Why is it that the only thing stupid people seem to be able to do really well is breed?"

:rolleyes:

[Bill Hook]

I once saw a woman in a Toyota (not a Yugo) slam on her brakes and swerve to miss some baby ducks and almost got run over by an 80,000 lb produce truck (me in my Peterbilt). When the tire smoke cleared she flipped me off and all I could do is laugh (as the words to Paul Shanklin's song "In A Yugo" were going through my head).

I often wonder how many truckers get themselves and others in worse trouble because of some Darwin Award contender. Next time, hit them and avoid killing yourself or others by taking evasive action and possibly losing it.

[Destructo6]

They could have chewed her arm off: it would be the wolf thing to do.

Other than domestication, there's really no difference between Fido and wolfs.

[El Tejon]

444, good volk?:confused: Huh? The wolf was alive, not deceased.

The wolf is NOW good as it has been shot dead.:cool:

[XLMiguel]

444-
You beat me to it, & were much more civil. Autolite's response suggests early onset cranial rectitus - what's hard to grasp about the fundamental reason for something being in a cage? OTOH, I was at the National Zoo (in DC) a while back (part of my 'Carpe Diem' therapy after being laid off:D ) and it only took about 5 minutes of watching the little brats on field trip tpo figure out that the cages were of far greater benefit to the animals than to the 'humans'.

Sgt. Bob -
I can realate. I once had a woman put her Cherokee sideways across a wet two lane road road at the height of rush hour to miss a tree rat, nearly taking me and a couple of other people off the road with her. After asking if she was OK, I asked [politely] her why on Earth she'd risk life, limb, and huge amounts of property damage over a squirrel? She looked at me likeI was the crazy one and completely berift of common sense.:banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

[gunsmith]

Is that it shows our true colors,the mikey moore's would paint
us all as uncaring "shoot everything that moves" types.
I am willing to bet the woman with the chewed up arm is
anti-gun.

[Dr.Rob]

They shot the wrong one.

What gives the zoo didn't have a tranquilizer dart handy?

Isn't that SOP with large carnivores?

The woman was doubtlessly mentally ill.. as most folks who decide to enter a cage and pet a carnivore are, shooting her likely not necessary either.

[ceetee]

I agree with all those who say they shot the wrong one.

The biggest problem with letting the poor guy live is that now, having tasted "forbidden fruit" (if you will), he would be that much more likely to be dangerous to the zookeepers, handlers, vets, maintenance staff, and any others that may, on occasion, have to have access to his pen, or him.

It's too bad, really.

P.S... Add this one to the Driving While Stupid file:

I was driving a fully loaded (56,000 lb.) crane truck down a 45 MPH road, approaching an onramp onto an Interstate where I had to make a flat (non-banked) left-hand-turn. Directly ahead of me, a whole carload of Canadian retirees couldn't decide if they needed to go North or South, so the driver decided to Slam On Brakes. He came to a complete stop right in fromt of me, and just sat there while they debated the whole thing. I had to S.O.B myself, one hand on the steering wheel, the other pulling on the air horn, and as gently as I could, dodge into the oncoming traffic lane (without turning over, or spilling my load from off of my flatbed).

They were close enough to death they should've heard harps playing... but instead they just drove off without even an "apology wave"...

[BluesBear]

How about this;

They should have shot the woman with the tranquilizer and given the Wolf a T-bone steak as a reward.

[gunsmith]

http://www.star.niu.edu/images_daily/111703.1/1117-toon-edit.jpg
http://www.star.niu.edu/perspective/articles/111703-our.asp
Our Opinion
A fool in sheep's clothing

How dumb can you be?

That’s probably what a majority of people thought when hearing the story about a woman who climbed over a fence at Brookfield Zoo so she could pet a wolf.

The wolf then clamped down on the woman’s arm and, when refusing to let go, was shot to death.

The woman, who was only identified as 40 to 50 years old, apparently thought it was OK to jump a three-and-a-half-foot fence to pet the animal. Because of this, the last of the zoo’s pack of northern gray wolves, and the only one on display at the zoo, died.

When in a public place, people need to learn to act appropriately.

True, our grade-school teachers probably never taught us not to jump into animal cages; but that’s just common sense.

A spokeswoman for the American Zoo and Aquarium Association said it’s unusual for wolves, captive or wild, to attack humans. But when something unusual comes into a path of a wild animal, it’s probably that animal’s instinct to attack or try to defend his territory. It shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone that the wolf, named Cinnamon Bear, did what it did.

Not only did the woman put her own life in danger, but she also is responsible for the wolf dying. She also could have risked the lives of other zoo workers who could have tried to save her.

A veteran officer at the zoo determined that it would take too long to tranquilize the wolf, so they had to shoot the animal.

Obviously, when choosing between the life of a woman or a wolf, most people would choose to save the woman’s life; no one can blame anyone for that. But that woman shouldn’t have put zoo officials in that position.

Officials at Brookfield Zoo should look into pressing charges against the woman. That could be the only way to show people that actions like that are inappropriate ... and just flat out dumb

[gunsmith]

http://www.armedpolitesociety.com/index.php?topic=5990.0

[razorburn]

Our true colors? I would've shot the wolf. I would've yelled and been angry at the woman of course, because she was stupid. But if someone was getting chewed up by a wolf, I'd still shoot. I know all, or at least most, are just joking of course. No one is blaming the keepers for shooting. A person is still a person, so she has an inherent intrinsic value far greater than any animal. I know most were joking, but I find it strange to say this thread shows our true colors. as a source of pride. That we would say we'd shoot a woman being attacked by a wolf, because she's stupid, and possibly an anti-gun liberal. And then say how that this thread goes to show that we don't like to just shoot things. A strange thing indeed. I would be willing to personally kill every wolf in North America with my bare hands, if it would save the life of even one fascist, racist, anti gun, cancer ridden crack addict.

[bogie]

I like wolves. When you go in Mr. Wolf's house, you relinquish your right to my protection. No problem.

Film recommendation: Mike Judge's Idiocracy

[gunsmith]

geewhiz mister, put down the coffee!

Most mikey moore types like to paint gun owners as the type that will shoot for any reason or no reason at all, especially when it comes to predators like wolves.
What this thread shows is that we are for shooting to save a life and we regret when a captive wolf has to be shot because of the actions of a mentally ill anti gun liberal (as if there not any liberals that aren't mentally ill)

"liberalism is a mental disease"

[Gord]

"The problem with the world is that there are too many stupid people, and not enough things to eat them."

-- Carlos Mencia

[crashresidue]

Sorry razor,
I've just got to jump in about this! At her age, she's past her prime as a "breeding unit" - and given demonstrated intelligence, that's the best she could have ever been! Too bad she has already passed her genes onward.
She reminds me of my Mother. I love my mother - but she's just a little shy of a full load. I was about 8 and we did a road trip through the "Smokies" during bear migration season - that's where the sows and cubs leave the first den and move to another one.
Traffic was bumper to bumper (my father always stopped a car length behind to car in front). We crawl forward till we're near the bears when my mother says "That looks just like Boo Boo" and rolls down the window. Grumpy(my father) floors the gas pedal and we roar around the other cars and go home. I'd completely forgotten all about that incident.
I went to see them a couple of years ago. Grumpy and I are in the kitchen, doing cocktails and Mother is watching Animal Planet or some such program in the living room.
TV is loud, when I hear my Mother say "I should have gotten out and seen Boo Boo". It was a show about black bears.
Grumpy looks at me and says "You know, you got half your genes from HER!"
The greatest mistake us Americans have made is that we killed off ALL the predators - ya know, those that cull the stupid ones out of the population!

Gentle winds,
cr

[razorburn]

geewhiz mister, put down the coffee!

Most mikey moore types like to paint gun owners as the type that will shoot for any reason or no reason at all, especially when it comes to predators like wolves.
What this thread shows is that we are for shooting to save a life and we regret when a captive wolf has to be shot because of the actions of a mentally ill anti gun liberal (as if there not any liberals that aren't mentally ill)

"liberalism is a mental disease"

What are you talking about? How do you even know she's an anti gun liberal? You sure like jumping to conclusions. A woman jumps a fence and gets bit by a wolf inside, and now she's a anti gun liberal, since everyone knows anti gun libs are the source of all stupidity and wrongness in the world, so any act of stupidity and idiocy must have come from an anti-gun liberal. Just the sort of logic I'd expect from you. Then finish it off with a bumper sticker one liner about liberals. All things senseless/repressive/foolish = liberal. All things good/sensible= con. A moral compass and a social mantra. It must be nice to be so simple.
How does talking about shooting a woman support the idea that we aren't the type who likes to go around shooting anything for any reason? Take your prozac.

[razorburn]

Sorry razor,
I've just got to jump in about this! At her age, she's past her prime as a "breeding unit" - and given demonstrated intelligence, that's the best she could have ever been! Too bad she has already passed her genes onward.
She reminds me of my Mother. I love my mother - but she's just a little shy of a full load. I was about 8 and we did a road trip through the "Smokies" during bear migration season - that's where the sows and cubs leave the first den and move to another one.
Traffic was bumper to bumper (my father always stopped a car length behind to car in front). We crawl forward till we're near the bears when my mother says "That looks just like Boo Boo" and rolls down the window. Grumpy(my father) floors the gas pedal and we roar around the other cars and go home. I'd completely forgotten all about that incident.
I went to see them a couple of years ago. Grumpy and I are in the kitchen, doing cocktails and Mother is watching Animal Planet or some such program in the living room.
TV is loud, when I hear my Mother say "I should have gotten out and seen Boo Boo". It was a show about black bears.
Grumpy looks at me and says "You know, you got half your genes from HER!"
The greatest mistake us Americans have made is that we killed off ALL the predators - ya know, those that cull the stupid ones out of the population!

Gentle winds,
cr
You got nothing to be sorry about. If you'd been there and physically seen a woman about to die and the fear in her eyes, I don't believe you'd let her die if you had the ability to stop it. No matter how stupid she was. If your mom did go out and try to pet the bear and she was attacked, I think everyone around who had the ability to stop it would've tried to. It's just a human thing.

[mike101]

"Sad story but it was the right thing to do"

No, it wasn't.

[Monkeybear]

I can imagine her climbing the fence thinking "This is my best idea...ever!"
What an idiot.

They had to shoot the wolf, its a liabiity. If they try to tranqlize the wolf and it dosnt work quickly enough to prevent further harm to the woman she could then sue claiming that they neglected her safety in favor of the wolf's.

At work we were moving palets off of a truck for a new store. Each palet was stacked with 35 boxes that weighed between 50-75lbs . Thats over 1700lb. The elevator on the truck was just wide enough for the wheels of the hand lift to sit on lenght wise so you had to turn on to the elevator platform at just the right angle. Too shallow a turn and it wouldnt rest fully on the platform and too steep and it would fall off. Think parallel parking.

Well long story short I eventually mess up, the wheels slide off the ramp 7 feet in the air and the whole 1700lbs starts tilting like its going to fall off. This one 5'4 130 pound guy I work with runs directly beneath with his arms in the air like he thinks he going to hold it up. Me and another coworker grap the edges with the palet and with as much strength as we have we hold on to it while our boss in a panic moves him out of the way.

It stettled down and diddnt fall, but only by a hairs breath. Literally at that point if we let go a strong enough wind would have knocked it over. We basically start yelling at the guy for being so stupid and he, to prove he wasn't afraid, walks over and stands beneath it again. Idiot almost died or suffered terrible injury to save boxes of books from being dented.

[pacodelahoya]

Some people deserve to get eaten by wild animals. Timothy Treadwell comes to mind.:scrutiny:

She was not an innocent victim out on a nature hike. She confronted a wild animal backed into a corner(figuratively). Jeesh.:rolleyes:

[jeepmor]

Maybe PETA can sue the lady for wrongful death. :neener: Wouldn't that be sweet.

[1911Tuner]

Breaking news on the woman attacked by a Wolf...

Bonnie Bunnyhugger, the animal rights activist mauled by a Gray Wolf was heard to utter as she scaled the barrier wall:

Hey! Y'all watch this!"

Zoo officials have declined comment pending charges against Ms. Bunnyhugger for violating zoo policy that prohibits feeding the animals.
Details at 11.

[owen]

Monkey,

I've met people like that.

I used to work in a machine shop that had overhead gantrys. We used them for moving multi-ton castings from machine to machine.

There was this one guy that thought everyone was being ridiculous by actively avoiding walking beneath the cranes. Last I hear of him, he tried to stop the bar from feeding on a lathe, and had the 2" diameter stock driven through his hand.

[ojibweindian]

Stupidity should be painful. One of the best means of teaching that actions have consequences.

[unspellable]

If they had used the tranqualizer gun, it would have given the woman a little time to contemplate the error of her ways.

This all reminds me of once seeing on Tv this guy who "allegedly" knew something about rhinos edging up to a cow and calf. (In the wild.) You could see the cow giving him the evil eye. Eventually he got too close and the cow trotted over and gave him a toss. Now you have to understand the bull has a big blunt horn for sparring with other bulls, but the cow has a slender sharp pointed horn for serious work. They said the guy spent two weeks in hospital contemplating the error of his ways.

[orionengnr]

razor--
I would be willing to personally kill every wolf in North America with my bare hands, if it would save the life of even one fascist, racist, anti gun, cancer ridden crack addict.

I think this was the part that set some folks off. When I read it, my first thought was, "He forgot the [sarcasm] tags".

If you did not, and you were serious, then you are a whole lot better person than I am. A whole lot, um, different, anyway...

In theory, a person's life is worth more than a wolf's. However:

In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are different.

[Missashot]

Sometimes, people's stupidity is totally amazing! :banghead:
Breaking news on the woman attacked by a Wolf...

Bonnie Bunnyhugger, the animal rights activist mauled by a Gray Wolf was heard to utter as she scaled the barrier wall:

Hey! Y'all watch this!"

Zoo officials have declined comment pending charges against Ms. Bunnyhugger for violating zoo policy that prohibits feeding the animals.
Details at 11.
Still trying to mop up the coffee from the keyboard!:D
Around here though, It's more like :"Here, hold my beer and you boys watch this!":p

[thegriz]

to put the animal down. In my home town any animal that bit any person for any reason had to be put down by city ordinance. Some drunk idiot tried breaking into my parents house and my German Shepard stopped him. Didn't really do that much damage but drew blood and scared the bejeebas out of him. Next week the loser was walking the streets and my dog was dead.

I understand the concept behind putting the animals down. Should be a mandatory beating for idiots who cause the event by their own stupidity. The moron filed a lawsuit against my parents (I was a minor at the time). They won, eventually, but it was a real headache.

How much you wanna bet she sues the zoo?

[doubleg]

"Here boy let me pet you!


*Crunch*

Aghhhhhhhhh! Since when do wolfs bite people?"

Someone watched to many Disney animal movies.:D :D :D

[JohnL2]

Maybe she wanted to skip hand in paw through the tulips singing zippety doo-dah?:neener:

Don't screw with wolves. Even the hybrids can one day all of a sudden snap. I've looked into the eyes of one and there is just an intelligence there. Also, a don't mess with me attitude. Respect them from a distance.
I feel sorry they had to kill the wolf because of her.

[30 cal slob]

Cheetahs kill zoo-goer who entered cage

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BRUSSELS, Belgium -- An animal lover was mauled to death by cheetahs after entering their cage at a zoo in northern Belgium, authorities and zoo officials said Monday.

Karen Aerts, 37, of Antwerp, was found dead in the cage, Olmense Zoo spokesman Jan Libot said. Police said they ruled out any foul play.

Authorities believe Aerts, a regular visitor to the zoo, hid in the park late Sunday until it closed and managed to find the keys to the cheetah cage.

"Karen loved animals. Unfortunately the cheetahs betrayed her trust," Libot said.

One of the cats that killed Aerts was named Bongo, whom the woman had adopted under a special program. She paid for Bongo's food, Libot said.

Animal rights group GAIA called for the immediate closure of the zoo, located 55 miles northeast of Brussels, saying it was unsafe for both visitors and the cats.


Rudy Demotte, the Belgian minister responsible for animal welfare, sent a team to investigate.

Hmmm.

"One of the cats that killed Aerts was named Bongo, whom the woman had adopted under a special program. She paid for Bongo's food"

Sounds like a good date to me. You foot the bill for dinner, the least they can do is eat you.


:neener:

[The Deer Hunter]

Oh, so they have fences around them for a reason....:rolleyes:

[frostbiker]

There's more of them out there. Apparently, Ms. Bunnyhugger has relatives in Europe.

Linky Goodness Here:

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/bizarre/4548942.html

Animal lover killed after entering cheetah cage at Belgian zoo

Associated Press

Mauling leaves advocate dead
Animal lover killed in cheetah attack BRUSSELS, Belgium — An animal lover was mauled to death by cheetahs after entering their cage at a zoo in northern Belgium, authorities and zoo officials said Monday.

Karen Aerts, 37, of Antwerp, was found dead in the cage, Olmense Zoo spokesman Jan Libot said. Police said they ruled out any foul play.

Authorities believe Aerts, a regular visitor to the zoo, hid in the park late Sunday until it closed and managed to find the keys to the cheetah cage.

"Karen loved animals. Unfortunately the cheetahs betrayed her trust," Libot said.

One of the cats that killed Aerts was named Bongo, whom the woman had adopted under a special program. She paid for Bongo's food, Libot said.

Animal rights group GAIA called for the immediate closure of the zoo, located 55 miles northeast of Brussels, saying it was unsafe for both visitors and the cats.

Rudy Demotte, the Belgian minister responsible for animal welfare, sent a team to investigate.

[Biker]

I used to work at our local zoo. I actually caught people trying to pet the Grizz.

Ya gotta wonder..

Biker

[JohnL2]

Due to the miracle of modern technology we have obtained audio of this
encounter.

Digital recording of actual incident

link
(http://www.tomandjerryonline.com/sounds/Tjscream1.wav)

[Horsesense]

You guys are way off base. kill the wolf, no matter how dumb the woman was, she is a human and the wolf is an animal. Did you ever consider that the merits of having a gun was displayed for the woman in a personal way? Her descendent's could someday be the president of the NRA but the wolfs descendent's would only be wolfs.

they should skin the wolf and make a display of its hide.

[DogBonz]

They are naturally quite afraid of people. I am betting that they shot the wolf because it was evident that the wolf had lost it's fear of humans and that there now was a possibility someone else could get seriously hurt.

I could see your aurgument if the thing was running around biting people.

But this one was in a F'n ZOO. That stupid idiot deserved what she got. This is just like the kid that was killed by the polar bears in the Bronx Zoo a few years ago. This kid climed the fence to go swiming in the "moat".

In the wild, if an animal attacks, that's one thing. But in a Zoo, it it totally different.

We need castle laws for zoo animals. If any dumb A$$es enter their "house", they should not have to retreat.

[MrTwigg]

http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p169/twiggman/Smilies/rant.gif When ill-informed nature lovers interfear the the natural predatory instincts
of dangerous wild animals:

Awww, Lookit the cute widdle wolfie. C'mere puppy, C'mere wolfie, wolfie, wolfie ! Awww, such a cute wolfie ! NO, don't jump. Aww you're so cute ! No, don't nip me. Such sharp widdle teetheies you have ! Cute wolfie ! DOWN ! Be nice now. Such a cuteie ! HEY Don't bite, you widdle rascal you ! Such a cute wolfie ! OW ! DOWN ! SIT! OW ! C'mon widdle rascal wolfie play nice nice.

HEY ! I SAID DOWN ! OW !! STOP ! BE NICE WOLFIE ! Look here come your cute wolfie friends, go play nice with them now ! Awww , you wanna say hi too ? So cute ! OW ! My you widdle wolfies play rough don't you ? Ok Thats enough SIT ! All of you ! Ow ! Stop ! OW ! Down ! OW ! Be nice widdle wolfies ! Stop ! Stop ! Ahhh ! Ahhh ! Ow ! Ow ! AAAAHHHH !!!! AAAAHHH !!.... http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p169/twiggman/Smilies/scared.gif


If you walk into the cage of a wild, dangerous, predatory animinal you deserve to be eaten ! http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p169/twiggman/Smilies/duh.gif

This truly is Darwins theory in action !

[DogBonz]

Stop... please... side... sides hurt.... sto...stop...ple...plea...common...

[Autolite]

DogBonz, what can I say? Was the woman foolish for doing what she did? Of course! She was a complete idiot! It was her idiocy that has now made that particular wolf a liability for others. The world is full of stupid people who do stupid things. Still, our priority should be the protection of humans. If we left people to the devices of their own stupidity the world's population would halve overnight ...

[gunsmith]

I am willing to bet the cold beverage of your choice that the woman is absolutely an anti gun liberal.
Pro gun conservatives make mistakes too of course, some of them lock up their guns because they have children.
Smart ones put their kids up for adoption if they can't be trusted with firearms:neener:

[DogBonz]

Still, our priority should be the protection of humans.

That is why those dangerous animals are in cages. If you over ride the safety measures in place to protect you, then you deserve what you get. I fail to see how this wolf biting someone makes it more dangerous than it was before. It's not like this was a cute cudlie pet that just snapped. Wild animals are dangreous, thats why they are behind bars, to provide a safe way for people to view them.


If we left people to the devices of their own stupidity the world's population would halve overnight ...

You say that like it's a bad thing.:scrutiny:

[Justin]

Holy thread necromancy, Batman!