by Anura Guruge
on December 30, 2021
Follow Anura Guruge on WordPress.com
WHY?
This poor, BEAUTIFUL (endangered species) tiger did NO wrong. It was minding its own business! It did what nature intended for him to do.
Well I am NOT going to say it, BUT you can see where I am going.
OK. Confession & full disclosure time. Yikes! [Smile]
I used to pet a Bengal tiger, through the fencing, at a zoo — Marwell Zoo in the U.K. I lived ‘next door’. [This was in the 1970s.] I used to go to the zoo, when I could, late in the day, & sit by the tiger’s cage. I used to talk to it, like I would to a dog. After awhile I reached over & used to pet its head. Was I stupid? Well, you know the answer to that. But, I am still alive & have all my limbs & the tiger was never harmed.
Why, did I confess to this. Because, I can empathize, even more than some, about the desire of wanting to stroke a majestic tiger.
But …
IF my arm was in a tiger’s mouth I would be yelling: ‘Don’t shoot the tiger. Don’t shoot the tiger!‘ I am pretty sure of that, but, yes, of course, none of us can be sure.
Couldn’t they have fired above its head just to scare it away.
A tranquilizer dart might have taken a few minutes to act — but wouldn’t it have been worth it.
The idiot — & yes, I know. Sorry.
