@Porwest 1 January 2022 more from that month

Just my two cents. It was reported in the news that a cleaning worker in a Florida zoo entered an area he was not supposed to be in, and apparently attempted to either feed the tiger or pet him by putting his arm into the enclosure, at which time the tiger ripped his arm off and proceeded to try to eat it. The tiger was shot and killed by a sheriff's deputy. Normally I would agree that a dangerous animal be euthanized if it is at large and threatening a community such as we sometimes experience with alligators, bears, and even mountain lions from time to time. But, in this case, the tiger was inside of HIS enclosure, and the man was in a place he was not supposed to be. He acted like a tiger. I will grant that by all indications, it does not appear that the deputy necessarily intended to kill the tiger. His interest was in retrieving the arm. Nonetheless, the tiger died from its injuries shortly thereafter. I will also grant that there is a possibility that, once having had a taste of human flesh, the tiger may have become a future danger to staff who DID belong there, in charge of the tiger's care, and this may have been a consideration to still euthanize the animal after the fact. But in this case I must admit that I disagree that the tiger deserved to die over this. The tiger was where he belonged, in his own element. The man who lost his arm was not. Just like we have something called "Castle Law" in many places in the United States, where a property owner has the right to shoot and kill anyone breaking and entering on their property, the person in their rightful place who causes harm or death is not held responsible for the consequences of the illegal participant in the activity. The tiger should not have paid the ultimate price for his own actions in this case. I will also note that it is entirely possible that when the deputy arrived on scene, he was not aware of the circumstances regarding how the man came to be injured. But it is clear to me that the tiger died because he was acting like a tiger, and to me this is simply a very sad sequence of events.