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RamboLiberal
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Thu Dec-27-07 05:40 PM Original message |
Tiger grotto wall shorter than thought, may have contributed to escape and fatal attack |
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elocs
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Thu Dec-27-07 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. 12 1/2 feet, 20 feet, what's a few feet here and there--picky, picky, picky. |
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RamboLiberal
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Thu Dec-27-07 05:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Glad my dog didn't learn that trick |
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Gman
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Thu Dec-27-07 06:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. If the wood doesn't work |
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colorado_ufo
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Thu Dec-27-07 06:57 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. Yes, 12.5 feet only means the zoo has been lucky. |
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Cerridwen
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Thu Dec-27-07 11:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
35. Off topic, but was your fence climber a terrier? |
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goodgd_yall
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Thu Dec-27-07 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
2. That's a big difference |
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ORDagnabbit
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Thu Dec-27-07 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
3. seriously how the hell can you not measure a wall??? |
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LisaL
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Thu Dec-27-07 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
4. 12 and 1/2 feet is a lot shorter than recommended. |
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noel adamson
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Thu Dec-27-07 06:08 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. "Spent a lot of money making things safer" rather than used their heads. |
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shanti
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Thu Dec-27-07 08:11 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. bet they're feverishly |
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uppityperson
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Thu Dec-27-07 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
7. 12.5 feet, not 20 ft? That's a big difference. |
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AnnieBW
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Thu Dec-27-07 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
8. I can haz human? |
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RamboLiberal
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Thu Dec-27-07 06:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I don't find that humerous under the circumstances |
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EFerrari
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Thu Dec-27-07 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
10. In this article, the zoo managers claim to have been conservative |
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KittyWampus
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Thu Dec-27-07 11:36 PM Response to Reply #10 |
39. The tiger enclosure was inspected by the AZA. Height was never mentioned as a problem or violation |
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AlGore-08.com
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Thu Dec-27-07 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
11. This zoo got in trouble last year when the same tiger mauled a zoo employee feeding it |
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LisaL
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Thu Dec-27-07 06:42 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Add to that, it was the very same tiger. |
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AlGore-08.com
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Thu Dec-27-07 06:56 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. That's a good question. If everybody is going from the zoo's "files" |
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northzax
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Thu Dec-27-07 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
14. what really suprises me |
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AlGore-08.com
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Thu Dec-27-07 06:58 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. The zoo doesn't have cameras monitoring (at least) that exhibit |
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LittleClarkie
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Thu Dec-27-07 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
18. It was still stupid of the victim to dangle his leg in the tiger's domain |
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goodgd_yall
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Thu Dec-27-07 09:20 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. He was too trusting |
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karlrschneider
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Thu Dec-27-07 09:27 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. No shit. They should anticipate every conceivable act of stupidity that could ever happen. |
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Hoof Hearted
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Thu Dec-27-07 09:33 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Better yet, they should just show movies of animals in zoos. That way everyone can feel safe |
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LisaL
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Fri Dec-28-07 01:51 AM Response to Reply #22 |
46. How about they just make walls as tall as the standard indicates |
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LisaL
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Thu Dec-27-07 09:42 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. What evidence do you have that the victim dangled his leg |
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atre
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Thu Dec-27-07 11:28 PM Response to Reply #18 |
37. There's also NO evidence of that whatsoever... |
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LittleClarkie
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Fri Dec-28-07 12:21 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Let's not get overly dramatic. I'm not trying to have a victim bashing parade |
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karlrschneider
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Thu Dec-27-07 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
21. Bullshit. There is no possible way a wall's height can be "misjudged" by that much. |
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LisaL
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Thu Dec-27-07 10:07 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. It seems nobody actually measured it, since it was build in 1940, |
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BuelahWitch
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Thu Dec-27-07 10:21 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Yeah, and no tiger ever escaped for 67 years till now |
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LisaL
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Thu Dec-27-07 10:27 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. They might have not had a tiger escaping, but that very |
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The Velveteen Ocelot
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Thu Dec-27-07 10:30 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. But how long have they had Siberian tigers? |
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MiniMe
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Thu Dec-27-07 10:32 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. That just means that the zoo has been lucky |
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LisaL
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Thu Dec-27-07 10:34 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. I don't know if you can call a boy killed and the other two |
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MiniMe
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Thu Dec-27-07 10:53 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. They are lucky that this has never happened before |
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MiniMe
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Thu Dec-27-07 10:31 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. It depends on what they were measuring |
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LisaL
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Thu Dec-27-07 10:32 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Why don't you try to actually read the OP article? |
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MiniMe
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Thu Dec-27-07 11:00 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. I did |
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LisaL
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Fri Dec-28-07 12:33 AM Response to Reply #34 |
42. Right. It would make total sense for the zoo director to |
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MiniMe
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Fri Dec-28-07 01:40 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. I just posted an idea |
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Blue-Jay
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Thu Dec-27-07 11:34 PM Response to Reply #21 |
38. Based upon recent events, I'd say that a mistake was bloody likely. |
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progressivebydesign
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Thu Dec-27-07 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
36. recommended, not required. They have had years of inspections and no problem with it. |
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LisaL
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Fri Dec-28-07 12:30 AM Response to Reply #36 |
41. They didn't find the shoe in the moat area. |
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Hell Hath No Fury
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Fri Dec-28-07 12:43 AM Response to Original message |
43. I have been going to that zoo for over 40+ years... |
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Rex
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Fri Dec-28-07 01:44 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Total conjecture on my part. |
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