Yeah sorry this is pretty horrible. From descriptions of the event it seems to me that that he was neurodivergent and didn’t really understand the danger.
You probably don’t have enough information to reach that conclusion but suffice to say the guy was not of sound mind and is probably deserving of sympathy.
For the Americans, that doesn’t mean the cat has to die. Sometimes there’s no goodie vs baddie narrative.
Below is the family’s statement so anyone paying attention already knows this. The victim was severely mentally ill and for his own safety couldn’t be taken out in public without a carer.
Tigers probably don’t want to be shot during a rescue attempt.
Also, not saying there’s an afterlife, especially 1 shared afterlife, but just in case, I don’t want to go to any afterlife that contains a tiger holding a grudge waiting to ask me why I got it shot. I’m not suicidal, but if I were I think an eternity of beef with an angelic tiger might be reason to rethink.
Predators that harm people are so frequently euthanized that if I were suicidal I wouldn’t go this way for fear of the tiger being killed for my killing.
There are a number of comments which lack any care that a human died. Like caring for a tiger and a person is mutually exclusive and dismissing the person shows more love of animals or something.
Yeah sorry this is pretty horrible. From descriptions of the event it seems to me that that he was neurodivergent and didn’t really understand the danger.
You probably don’t have enough information to reach that conclusion but suffice to say the guy was not of sound mind and is probably deserving of sympathy.
For the Americans, that doesn’t mean the cat has to die. Sometimes there’s no goodie vs baddie narrative.
Below is the family’s statement so anyone paying attention already knows this. The victim was severely mentally ill and for his own safety couldn’t be taken out in public without a carer.
[Link to statement](BBC News - Family pays tribute to ‘warm and engaging’ man killed in tiger attack https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck054nvzr676o)
It’s true that I’m not really paying attention to this.
Awful in this case.
I do recommend jumping into a tiger pit for actual suicide attempts though. Like i dont endorse suicide at all, but if its going that way anyway.
Either you’ll die and give a caged animal a chance to feel alive again, or you win the fight somehow and become a legend overnight.
I suspect the probably less painful methods of death than being ripped apart by a lion.
Tigers probably don’t want to be shot during a rescue attempt.
Also, not saying there’s an afterlife, especially 1 shared afterlife, but just in case, I don’t want to go to any afterlife that contains a tiger holding a grudge waiting to ask me why I got it shot. I’m not suicidal, but if I were I think an eternity of beef with an angelic tiger might be reason to rethink.
Predators that harm people are so frequently euthanized that if I were suicidal I wouldn’t go this way for fear of the tiger being killed for my killing.
In most cases the “offending” tiger would be killed, why take a majestic tiger with you?
I can only assume you’ve never even watched a documentary of a big cat taking down a deer let alone seen it happen.
It is an awful way to go, bleeding out while your limbs are torn from your conscious body can’t be pleasant.
Horrifying way to go imo. As someone with multiple attempts, I feel like that would reliably scare me away from that method.
Where are you seeing that? I didn’t see it anywhere in either article. Is there another one?
Hey wow you’re still here. I worried you might have been lost with that yandex thing.
I’m guessing based on people’s reports of his behaviour before it happened. See my response to im_fine_sandy
There are a number of comments which lack any care that a human died. Like caring for a tiger and a person is mutually exclusive and dismissing the person shows more love of animals or something.
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