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| East German Zoo Worker Killed by Leopard | |
| 2006-11-12 | |
BERLIN (AP) - A leopard attacked and killed a zoo worker who was cleaning its cage in the eastern German city of Chemnitz on Saturday, police said. The zoo director found the 23-year-old dead from a bite to the neck just after 9 a.m.
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #13 We used a length of rope long enough to cinch around the nose and neck. Far less painful or capable of inflicting lasting damage upon the animal IMO. You throw a loop around the neck, cinch the rope back throgh the loop and another loop back through that loop. You now have a makeshift halter and the horse (or pony) behaves nicely enough if you have to tighten down the loop around its nose. Way more control than this thing looks like it gives you too if the big beast decides to get ornery or rowdy. |
| Posted by: FOTSGreg 2006-11-12 20:18 |
| #12 I know what it is. You clamp that thing on a horsy"s nose and he'll do whatever you want. I have to twitch Jake when the farrier comes. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2006-11-12 19:49 |
| #11 It's a twitch 5089, a ComeAlong for horsies. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2006-11-12 13:05 |
| #10 Deacon Man, never enter a pasture in doubt or without... I really, really, really don't want to know what is the exact purpose of that tool. Really. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-11-12 11:43 |
| #9 Not all leopards are so lucky. |
| Posted by: mrp 2006-11-12 11:35 |
| #8 Deacon Man, never enter a pasture in doubt or without... |
| Posted by: Shipman 2006-11-12 10:49 |
| #7 "here, kitty kitty kitty" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-11-12 10:41 |
| #6 Much the same thing occures with horses, N guard. If you go out in the pasture you MUST be the Alpha horse. Their playful nips and head-butting can have painful outcomes. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2006-11-12 10:12 |
| #5 One thing I've noticed over the years is how the number of accidents and fatalites involving wild animals and humans doing stupid things to/with/around them has increased. I blame TV. These nature shows focus on the "fluffy bunny" aspect, and do not remind the viewers that wild creatures are not like the family dog or cat. Domesticated animals (for lack of a better term, I have to anthropomorphize) "understand" the difference between humans and themselves. Wild animals that have been habituated to humans do not. They tend to see humans as just funny looking members of their own species, and treat humans accordingly. I got a powerful demonstration of this when I got to work with some wolves at the zoo. The nip on the nose and the invite to play was nothing like what my dog would do. Like WM, I found it wonderful. I cannot stress enough that one needs to remind the general public that you should leave wild animals alone unless you have a powerful reson (loss of life, limb or eyesight) to get involved. otherwise tragedy will ensue. |
| Posted by: N guard 2006-11-12 09:30 |
| #4 "But what are YOU doing here, Lt. Columbo? This was just a tragic accident." |
| Posted by: Perfesser 2006-11-12 08:45 |
| #3 I got to wrestle with a juvenile leopard a few times years ago. A beautiful, rock hard, powerful animal. As to the wrestling part, I was really just trying to scratch her behing her ears, which she loved, and showed her love by grabbing one by the nape and purring her silly head off, until she wanted more scratching of course. Powerful, beautiful, dangerous. |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2006-11-12 07:20 |
| #2 Pound for pound the badest cat in the whole damn town. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2006-11-12 07:08 |
| #1 Well, they lad was lucky he did not taste that good, if one looks for a positive aspect in the whole affair. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2006-11-12 03:53 |