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  • germdoc
    Veteran Member
    • Nov 2003
    • 3567
    • Omaha, NE
    • BT3000--the gray ghost
    #1

    When animals attack...

    I am never gonna have a killer whale as a pet:

    http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/02/25/flo...ex.html?hpt=T2

    Sounds like a serial killer whale to me...

    Also, I am never gonna have a chimp as a pet, although I must confess as a boy I lobbied my parents relentlessly for a chimp or a monkey (thanks to Tarzan on the TV). They wisely didn't give in. I got a hamster instead.

    http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/25/nyregion/25chimp.html

    This story is just horrible. No wonder the officer has PTSD.

    There is a theme here--when you try to take wild animals out of their environment and bring them into yours, you're asking for trouble.
    Jeff


    “Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure diseases of which they know less, in human beings of whom they know nothing”--Voltaire
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    • Shep
      Senior Member
      • Nov 2008
      • 710
      • Columbus, OH
      • Hitachi C10FL
      #2
      It always amused me that people thought of killer wales as cute and cuddly. Killer wales are very agressive in the wild. They are fast and can chase down seals and dolphins.

      Still...this is sad that it happenned. I'm sure it was a gruesome sight.
      -Justin


      shepardwoodworking.webs.com


      ...you can thank me later.

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        • cabinetman
          Gone but not Forgotten RIP
          • Jun 2006
          • 15216
          • So. Florida
          • Delta
          #3
          Originally posted by germdoc

          There is a theme here--when you try to take wild animals out of their environment and bring them into yours, you're asking for trouble.

          It amuses me when people get attacked by animals that they have been calling pets.
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            • Uncle Cracker
              The Full Monte
              • May 2007
              • 7091
              • Sunshine State
              • BT3000
              #4
              This one is obviously close to home. I'm sure the trainer, were she able, would tell us not to blame the whale. Yes, there is an inherent risk assumed by anyone who works with wild animals, whether captive-born or not. This particular animal, however, has a history, and other trainers noted that its behavior was "not right" prior to the attack. Sorry, but somebody's gotta act, rather than react. This animal should have long ago been put on display (instead of being a performer). Then just feed it and otherwise leave it be, and let spectators watch from a distance. The mentality of "the show must go on" cost this trainer her life. Sadly, as I am an animal lover, I think that this particular animal should be euthanized, despite the fact that it was just doing what a wild one might do. It's not fair to the animal, but a 12,000 pound predator that cannot be released and has been involved in numerous human deaths simply has run out of options.

              For the record, I own a captive-born python that I prize very highly, but if her unusually sweet and gentle demeanor (she has never even hissed at, much less bitten, anyone) were to change, and I am always aware that it could, she would be gone.

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