Reply #51: That was a very different incident, though.

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The tiger bit a keeper a year ago because the keeper put her hand near the animal's food.

I've never heard of a tiger leaping over a huge fence just to attack some people unless it was provoked. Of course this doesn't mean that the people deserved to die or be maimed. But then, it's terrible that the tiger is now dead as well.

I agree that if we are going to keep wild animals in enclosures, they need to be kept safe from the onlookers, just as the onlookers need to be kept safe from the animals.

Humans are more dangerous than tigers. We kill more often. That's a proven fact.