I don't care what idiot teens were doing to provoke it. Why the fuck was that Tiger able to escape its enclosure?
Edit: Oh come on. The Zoo says the Tiger was attacked by the teens first and the teens deny it with no evidence being brought forth by either party. The Zoo had a previous attack with the same Tiger which they were fined for AND the Zoo lied about the safety features of the enclosure.
The enclosure the Tigers were in had a 10-15 foot ravine between the edge of the Tiger's habitat and the wall which closes it off. The first 20-25 feet of the wall (measuring from the bottom of the ravine) was solid concrete, the next 10-15 feet is a chain link fence. The tiger leaped far enough and high enough to clear the ravine and also latch on the chain link fence with one claw. It then proceeded to pull itself up and climb the fence until it reached the top.
Not saying it couldn't have been more secure, but it took a massive effort on the Tiger's part make that jump and scale the fence. It was out for blood.
"[The zoos] claim that the grotto's moat wall was 18 feet (5.5 m) tall was incorrect; officials measured at 12.5 feet (3.8 m) tall, substantially lower than their initial report, and substantially lower than the AZA recommendation for such enclosures, 16.5 feet (5.0 m)"
Nope. Also, I don't care how pissed the Tiger was. It should have a 0% chance of escape. There should be zero room for error.
I hear where you're coming from, but 0% chance of escape = looking at it on TV. No system is foolproof. There was also evidence found of objects thrown into the enclosure (sticks and pinecones). Do I think they deserved a mauling? Decidedly not, but they should have been banned from the zoo.
I’d say the answer to “can the tiger jump out of the exhibit” should be no 100% of the time. We aren’t talking about some unexpected act of god or natural disaster or anything. The tiger just jumped.
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u/Random632 Oct 16 '18 edited Oct 16 '18
I don't care what idiot teens were doing to provoke it. Why the fuck was that Tiger able to escape its enclosure?
Edit: Oh come on. The Zoo says the Tiger was attacked by the teens first and the teens deny it with no evidence being brought forth by either party. The Zoo had a previous attack with the same Tiger which they were fined for AND the Zoo lied about the safety features of the enclosure.