Desi Cartman Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Class 12 Student Killed by White Tiger At Delhi Zoo Reminds me of 100s of stupid bikies in India who ride with headphones on to listen to the music. Unfortunately I have met 2-3 of them and I can't believe how dumb some people can be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhunaeh Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/11116391/Man-mauled-to-death-by-white-tiger-in-Delhi-Zoo.html A young man has been mauled to death by a white tiger in an enclosure at a New Delhi zoo as staff and visitors watched on in horror. According to eye witnesses, the man, believed to be 20 years old and named Maqsood, jumped a low barrier before scaling the enclosure’s safety wall to take photographs on his phone or throw stones at the endangered cat. He then fell 18 feet, landed in a dry moat and within a few minutes was cowering on his haunches as the large white tiger stood over him. Photographs appeared to show the man with his hands folded in the traditional Indian prayer gesture. Other eyewitnesses said the tiger did not attack until some visitors threw stones at him. It is not clear whether the stones were thrown at the tiger to help the victim or to goad the animal, a common occurence in Indian zoos where little respect is shown to the animals. “As he landed inside the enclosure, he saw the animal coming towards him,” one eyewitness told the Hindu newspaper. “He sat with folded hands for the next few minutes as the animal kept watching him. Then all of a sudden, the tiger caught him by the neck and kept dragging before attacking with its claw.” Other witnesses told local television channels they heard the victim’s screams and ran to the enclosure where they saw the man writhing “badly in pain” in the tiger’s jaws. Officials did not attempt to rescue him and the man’s body remained in the enclosure for two hours after the attack. Police have since launched an investigation. Zoo spokesman Riyaz Khan said police were investigating how the young man got into the enclosure. “Apparently the boy has climbed the fencing and either jumped or fell into the enclosure and was attacked by the tiger,” he said. “Our staff regularly move and caution the crowds from getting near the enclosures and they were doing it today also.” Belinda Wright, India’s leading tiger conservationist, said the tiger should not be blamed for the incident. “The tiger was just being a tiger. An unusual object fell into his domain... He’s a wild animal in captivity. It is certainly not the tiger’s fault”, she said traditional indian prayer gesture, what a newspaper :hatsoff: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vvvslaxman Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Piss poor reporting.. Obviously they tried to distract with stones not out of disrespect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffee_rules Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Piss poor reporting.. Obviously they tried to distract with stones not out of disrespect. Bad decision by somebody. Wild animals attack humans only if they are hungry (or maneaters) or intimated. Whoever thought they could scare a tiger with a stone is stupid. There was more chance of helping him escape if everybody had been silent and made the animal move away out of boredom. But it's easy to say all this in hindsight. In real-time, everybody would panic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhunaeh Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Piss poor reporting.. Obviously they tried to distract with stones not out of disrespect. They can't help play up the ignorant barbaric natives angle no matter what the story. I bet he was trying to protect his face and people were trying to chase the tiger away, but they try to make it look like he was praying to the tiger and locals were goading it on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vvvslaxman Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Bad decision by somebody. Wild animals attack humans only if they are hungry (or maneaters) or intimated. Whoever thought they could scare a tiger with a stone is stupid. There was more chance of helping him escape if everybody had been silent and made the animal move away out of boredom. But it's easy to say all this in hindsight. In real-time' date=' everybody would panic.[/quote'] I am talking about their judgement on how we love to throw stones at animals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhunaeh Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/24/world/asia/white-tiger-kills-visitor-to-new-delhi-zoo.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0 One more article on the same story, but this time by an american newspaper without the english condescension. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veer Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Zoo should have been equipped with tranqualizer.. In this situation, one of the zoo personnel could have used tranqualizer to save that boy.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffee_rules Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Zoo should have been equipped with tranqualizer.. In this situation' date=' one of the zoo personnel could have used tranqualizer to save that boy..[/quote'] The tranqs are not instantaneous. They take about 30 mts to 2 hours to be completely effective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Sea Tiger Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 They can't help play up the ignorant barbaric natives angle no matter what the story. I bet he was trying to protect his face and people were trying to chase the tiger away' date=' but they try to make it look like he was praying to the tiger and locals were goading it on.[/quote'] You have to take many news articles reported on the Telegraph with a pinch of salt. It is called the Torygraph for a reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vvvslaxman Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 The tranqs are not instantaneous. They take about 30 mts to 2 hours to be completely effective. From WIKI On impact with the animal, the momentum of a steel ball at the rear of the dart pushes the syringe plunger and injects the dose of barbiturate or other drug into the animal. The drug causes torpor and prostration within minutes. Because of the power of the drugs, the handlers then have to move quickly to secure the animal for transport, monitor its vital signs, protect its eyes and ears, and then inject antidotes when needed. Many large animals are acutely sensitive to stress and can easily die without careful treatment; in order to counter stress in targeted animals, the gun is quiet, and there is usually a valve on the gun to control the dart velocity. But there is a risk of overdose and it can kill the animal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dial_100 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Shame that they don't have tranquilizers but they do have tigers in zoo ... RIP. I hope ppl learn some lessons and following basic rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffee_rules Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Shameless TOI posting pics of the attack ..don't they care about how it affects the family? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vvvslaxman Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brainfade Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Unimaginable pain. Sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vvvslaxman Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Maqsood, who was reportedly mentally imbalanced, stayed in west Delhi with his parents and brother and worked in a factory. "The last time I spoke to him, he said he is going to work," said his mother Ishrat, who was in shock. http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/white-tiger-attacks-and-kills-man-who-fell-into-its-enclosure-at-delhi-zoo-596911 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panesarv Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 WOW some idiot threw a stone at the tiger... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vvvslaxman Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 It did not do anything for whole 15 minutes before mauling him. Wonder if their attempt to distract the animal proved to be fatal for the boy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nballa Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 rest in peace, i will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maniac Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 No Sympathies to the guy.......The guy was an Idiot and a Wild predator ANimal did what it is supposed to....yes Sympathies for his Family. EDIT-Just read he was mentally imbalanced or had mental issues...in that case RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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