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What Really Happened With Seigfried and Roy and the Tiger

Giordano said:
I like to think that the human performers also have true affection for their animals and wish to protect them for this reason too. It probably is impossible to work with these creatures without developing enormous respect and sincere emotional connectivity with them. And as suggested, attacks are not "their fault." They are just being tigers. Why destroy them for being such?

The trainer/performer is attempting to work within the animals instincts to generate an exciting act. If the human goes on with an act under the wrong circumstances, misreads the signals, does a wrong move (even if subtle), or simply is unlucky that is not an indictment of the animal. Even though different animals differ in their "personalities" it is still the performer's responsibility to work within the constraints of each animal's personality or not use that particular animal in the act.

Seeking revenge on an animal for an attack seems stupid and evil to me.
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Animals that are already in cages, maybe. But we certainly kill (if we can find) any wild animal that kills a human, because the concern is that particular animal now sees humans as potential prey.
 
Brainster said:
Animals that are already in cages, maybe. But we certainly kill (if we can find) any wild animal that kills a human, because the concern is that particular animal now sees humans as potential prey.
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What if it's a herbivore? We're going to Yellowstone this summer. Elk and bison are probably a more likely threat than bears or wolves.
 
Trebuchet said:
What if it's a herbivore? We're going to Yellowstone this summer. Elk and bison are probably a more likely threat than bears or wolves.
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Last time I was there, an idiot tried to put his 4-5 year old son on one of the bisons. Fortunately the look on my and my wife's faces made him reconsider.
 
This incident from a couple of days ago made me think of this thread:

https://nypost.com/2019/04/25/tiger-mauls-former-las-vegas-entertainer-at-wildlife-sanctuary/

Jonathan Kraft, 73, a former Las Vegas illusionist who serves as the executive director of the Keepers of the Wild Nature Park in Valentine, suffered multiple wounds and two broken bones when the 11-year-old tiger, Bowie, suddenly snatched him and gripped him with his strong teeth Monday, the sanctuary said in a statement.
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Trebuchet said:
What if it's a herbivore? We're going to Yellowstone this summer. Elk and bison are probably a more likely threat than bears or wolves.
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Elk are not terribly dangerous, but they have been known to attack people who approached too closely. Moose, OTOH, like bison, can be quite dangerous. Also, there are a lot more herbivores (especially bison) around in Yellowstone than there are bears. IME, on a visit to Yellowstone, you will without question see bison, lots of them, you are fairly likely to see elk, moose or deer, and, if you're really lucky, you might see a bear (black more likely than grizzly) or a wolf.
 
This will be our third visit in four years. We've seen bears (and been in the resulting traffic jams) both of the last two trips. And lots of bison and elk. Unfortunately we've not seen a moose on those trips, although we had in the past. In one case my wife glanced out the window of our cabin and there was a moose looking in. I missed that by being in the shower.
 
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