Sunday, October 6, 2013

"Oklahoma Zoo Tiger Mauls Employee's Arm" by Hannah Kilpatrick

Summary:
A female Oklahoma zoo worker violated safety protocol and placed her hand inside an adult male tiger cage on Saturday, getting her arm mauled when her hand got stuck. She was quickly airlifted to a hospital for surgery and was awake the entire time saying it was her fault and she plans to return to work.

Analysis:

…What in the world was she thinking? I mean I guess she just thought “I’m sure I’ll be fine, nothing will happen if I stick my hand inside this tigers cage.” Well, she probably wasn’t expecting to get her hand caught... But still it just seems like a good rule of thumb not to stick your arm in a tiger’s cage. You have to keep in mind that even though these animals have been kept in a cage their entire life, they are still wild animals. Hopefully this will teach her a lesson… Don’t even risk it. What she did was stupid and she obviously was not thinking very clearly. So the moral of the story is, don’t stick your arm in a tiger cage… Haha.

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2 comments:

  1. That women is not very smart for doing that. You are right even though animals have been in a cage their whole life, they still can act as wild animals. I hope she isn't too injured from the accident.

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  2. I can't believe someone would think to do that! The lack of logic in that course of action is astounding. I hope people learn from occurrences like this.

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