First results just in: Tiger by KO early in round one.
A man has been sent to hospital with serious injuries after being attacked by a tiger at the Calgary Zoo early Monday morning, officials said.
Zoo staff says two men snuck into the zoo around 1 a.m. local time, unnoticed, and decided to visit the tiger enclosure….
It’s not about who wins, it’s about who shows up.
I’m certain there were no drugs involved.
The winner’s name was “Vitali”. That should have been a clue that you don’t want to step in the ring with him.
Too bad the tiger didn’t completely win….this guy was on his way to winning a Darwin Award!!
So will have to put them down now? Not the Tigers, the idiots. They really should.
The tigers should get therapy after the shock seeing the true extent of human stupidity and the fact that it is this species that is holding them captive.
Must have just watched “The Hangover” I guess his parents never told him that movies aren’t real.
Now that he’s lost his arm does this mean he qualifies for EI…
Glad to see my tax dollars going to the right place.
set you free;
Undoubtedly, the drug in question was alchohol.
apparently they knew the security guard on duty.
they called him directly to say they had been munched. actually I think just clawed.
sounds like that connection needs some investigation.
The winner’s name was “Vitali”. That should have been a clue that you don’t want to step in the ring with him.
Posted by: rabbit at October 5, 2009 5:14 PM
Doubly humourous in consideration of the commenter’s handle.
Didn’t they see the sign the said “Don’t feed the tigers”?
Just wait for the lawsuit. You Laugh! If this was the states, there would be one already filed citing that the zoo obviously didn’t do enough to protect these poor boys from the tigers and was therefore negligent.
I’ve been fuming about this all day. These two are: Idiots, Morons, Fools, Jerks, A**holes, stupid, NDP voters, twits, nincompoops, etc. etc.
Global Calgary just reported that one of the fences these idiots had to climb was 42 feet tall. Too bad they’re not in line for a Darwin.
No animals were harmed in the making of this story.
Only drunken idiots were harmed in the making of this story.
DrD, animals will probably be harmed as a result of this story. Odds of euthanasia for the tiger are greater than 50% IMHO.
Odds of euthanasia for the drunken idiots?
42 feet. seems a bit high. that would be as high as the streetlights in Calgary.
stupid is as stupid does.
My guess is that these guys got the munchies and figured Vitali had a stash of Frosted Flakes in his enclosure
The tiger should be put down for the collective good.In cuddly Canada keeping dangerous animals only ensures that it will happen again.
I wonder if there is some way that we could get Bob Barker to make a return trip to Alberta? This time to visit the nice kitties.
down in Pennsylvania the PET bear did even better, killed the owner who was cleaning the cage, dumb twit
in the late 70s I was at Buffalo City zoo near the white tiger cage.
the huge animal let out a rumble that shook the air and me with it.
I had nightmares a couple days after.
truly magnificent animals. who the ^%#$#@^@ would climb a bunch of fences and arrange for this mishap?
A: a couple of drunks.
any titch of a hint of a whisper of putting this animal down because of that CRAP about ‘oh its tasted humahn blood now it can’t be trusted yada yada ya’ and I will raise an unceasing shyt storm of protest.
curious_george @ 9:21. The same happened to me when a leopard at the Vacnouver Game Farm let out a screeching sound that almost made me load my pants.
Years earlier at the Monkey House in Calgary, a Gorilla came flying at the glass enclosure and banged the pane, scaring Hell out of me. My brother pointed to a sign I hadn’t read that advised about staring into the Ape’s eyes.
curious-george, re the roar: the Alberta Game Farm (Al Oeming), back when it was open, had some Tigers, and what absolutely floored me was the *size of their heads.*
If I hadn’t seen it, and somebody tried to explain it to me, I wouldn’t have believed it.
I recall a long time ago and far far away, encountering a real live TIGER in the bush….It ran forward roared and stopped….and I and my associates froze—-instantly—then it took off with a bound….instantly….we exited the opposite–thick bush that just before required hacking through–Boof—after several hundred yards we stopped—-I swear some of the guys had the same disease as MJ–instantly!
We were heavily armed, experienced bush warriors—but that kitty sure made us look like kids…… At a reuion a while back somebody mentioned that incident—talk about your nervous laughter—the faces grinned but the eyes betrayed that long ago terror….
………This Dr Bonkus type was “evaluating” us individually—something to do with promotions or something—and he asked about “the Tiger”. We all lied—-but knew his BS meter caught us.
So he lost round one? He has to just get back in there and win round 2 and 3 and he wins the fight. Wimp.