Escaped tiger shot by police after attacking man near Leipzig
www.bbc.com
The tiger escaped a facility owned by local trainer Carmen Zander, also known as Germany's "Tiger Queen", according to local media reports.
  • Zombie@feddit.ukEnglish
    253·
    5 days ago

    It also says the tigers are looked after and kept healthy in an animal-friendly environment.

    Aye, sure they are.

    • You@feddit.orgEnglish
      26·
      5 days ago

      Last year there were already complaints - German language article listing 10 adult tigers. One tigress had 5(!) cubs at the time. 70 square meters indoors and 650 square meters outdoors.

      Yeah, your doubts are justified.

      • zwerg@feddit.orgEnglish
        15·
        5 days ago

        Given that she seems to model herself on the shit lord that is America’s Tiger King, I think it safe to say the tigers are not treated well.

  • abbadon420@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    84·
    5 days ago

    Surely an aninal can’t be held accountable for its actions in a human society. Their owners are. So who should be shot?

    • remon@ani.socialEnglish
      201·
      5 days ago

      The tiger wasn’t shot because of accountability but because it posed am imminent threat to the public.

      • Evil_ShrubberyEnglish
        27·
        5 days ago

        Not like I don’t understand that, but just to “argue” (not really) the opposite - the tiger wouldn’t have killed more than 100 people if it took months to capture it (by which time it would have been a regular, accustomed to be fed & taken care of like other outdoor felines in the city), and on a non-personal scale the death of 100 ppl has no effect on anything (humans also outnumber tigers by unimaginable orders of magnitude, but I’m saying no human infrastructure or concept would suffer because of the deaths).
        We decided that cohabitation with nature means 0 deaths (or even inconvenience) to people, it’s part of basically all our cultures & believes (on a personal level, not on a ‘let’s not make wars or poison all the things’ way). And that means a lot less diversity.

        Yes, tigers can’t live in cities as we have them, but it would have been within the domain of the culture to decide when it’s acceptable to kill a cat.

        • remon@ani.socialEnglish
          4·
          5 days ago

          And that means a lot less diversity.

          I’m really not quite sure what you’re on about … but there aren’t supposed to be tigers in Germany. I’m a cat owner, but tigers aren’t domestic cats. They are very wild and you can’t trust them to be mostly harmless, because it doesn’t end with just some scratches if they don’t like you.

          • Evil_ShrubberyEnglish
            31·
            5 days ago

            No, that part wasn’t about tigers (sorry, I can see how I wasn’t clear), it’s about how we exterminate all potential threats out of our (with that more) sterile environments.

            For potential threats eg wolves from Germany (compared to several centuries ago), for convenience eg mass draining of wetlands.

            (And no, ofc you don’t “trust” wild/big cats, ofc they are a threat, I’m just saying that we value human lives vs nature a lot, something that might be confusing when you think about how cheap human lives are, yet any animal has a lower price tag. Don’t mind me, I’m just amused by us & comment on how we behave.)

  • Mantzy81@aussie.zoneEnglish
    413·
    5 days ago

    After the police were done attacking some random guy, they decided to shoot a tiger. Germans go hard.