please don't put down OZ sumartan tiger hamilton zoo nz

Julia

/ #443

2015-09-21 01:16

Incredibly sad for the family and friends of the zoo keeper.

Tigers are wild animals. When working with them, people accept a certain level of risk. This incident is a tragic accident. If there was some negligence involved on the zoo/ staffs part, then this should be investigated. But if it was just a freak accident that could not have been reasonably foreseen, you can't punish the animal for acting on its wild instincts. It would be like punishing a bird for flying, or a wombat for burrowing. Unfotunately, its what tigers do.

What would the zoo keeper and her colleagues want? Afterall, they would be aware of the risks working with Tigers, and they have devoted their life to caring for animals and their conservation.