A friend of mine was killed yesterday. :(

[IEC]

Originally posted by: Tylanner
cant train the predatory cowardice out of a cat

🙁

 

[atybimf]

That's horrible. I'm very sorry.

 

[Nocturnal]

In regards to these types of situations, there really is no way to domesticate an animal like that, right? Meaning the possibility that the cat will turn on you is always there no matter what? I know this happend to Sigmond and Roy in Las Vegas. That's very sad and I am so sorry you lost a dear friend. God bless and my condolences.

 

[potato28]

 

[BrokenVisage]

Originally posted by: 91TTZ
Cats are untrustworthy animals. If your housecat was big enough to eat you, it would. They don't make good pets since they are deceitful animals.

Yeah, because housecat homicides are on the rise last time I checked the news. Those evil, deceitful animals located in hundreds of millions of homes, how are they so cunning? :roll:

Do you not check your ego at the door of condolence threads either? At least give YOUR condolences to the OP if you're going to use his thread as a springboard your hatred of a damn house pet.

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage

Originally posted by: 91TTZ
Cats are untrustworthy animals. If your housecat was big enough to eat you, it would. They don't make good pets since they are deceitful animals.

Yeah, because housecat homicides are on the rise last time I checked the news. Those evil, deceitful animals located in hundreds of millions of homes, how are they so cunning? :roll:

Do you not check your ego at the door of condolence threads either? At least give YOUR condolences to the OP if you're going to use his thread as a springboard your hatred of a damn house pet.

Re-read the post, correctly this time.

Last time I checked, housecats are not large enough to eat people. But if they were, they would.


*I feel bad for the person who died and the people who lost their friend.* But I would never trust a cat, especially a large one. I feel bad for the people who have put their trust into these animals and have lost their lives.

 

[Chunkee]

It is not just big cats. Any time you attempt to "train" or "domesticate" a wild animal, even from infancy, there is always going to be that mitigating risk of the "wildness" coming out. Unfortunately, no one wants to accept that...we want to entertain ourselves by making them jump through fire hoops and riding on big balls. We take them out of their element, incarcerate them and kill them if they get out of hand.

jC

 

[Jawo]

 

[Tiamat]

🙁

 

[BigToque]

Originally posted by: 91TTZ

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage

Originally posted by: 91TTZ
Cats are untrustworthy animals. If your housecat was big enough to eat you, it would. They don't make good pets since they are deceitful animals.

Yeah, because housecat homicides are on the rise last time I checked the news. Those evil, deceitful animals located in hundreds of millions of homes, how are they so cunning? :roll:

Do you not check your ego at the door of condolence threads either? At least give YOUR condolences to the OP if you're going to use his thread as a springboard your hatred of a damn house pet.

Re-read the post, correctly this time.

Last time I checked, housecats are not large enough to eat people. But if they were, they would.


*I feel bad for the person who died and the people who lost their friend.* But I would never trust a cat, especially a large one. I feel bad for the people who have put their trust into these animals and have lost their lives.

House cats are domesticated and nowhere near as aggressive as these larger wild cats. If a house cat was as large as these other cats, yes, they could be a lot more dangerous to keep around, but still nowhere near as dangerous as a jaguar, lion, tiger, etc.

I'm very sorry to hear this story. Sorry for your loss OP.

🙁

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: Chunkee
It is not just big cats. Any time you attempt to "train" or "domesticate" a wild animal, even from infancy, there is always going to be that mitigating risk of the "wildness" coming out. Unfortunately, no one wants to accept that...we want to entertain ourselves by making them jump through fire hoops and riding on big balls. We take them out of their element, incarcerate them and kill them if they get out of hand.

jC

Dogs, for the most part, are trustworthy. Most dogs such as German shepards, golden retrievers, etc, are large enough to kill a person. But they choose not to. They are social pack animals that get along with humans.

House cats, on the other hand, can only live in close proximity with people because we're large enough to quickly kill them. Find a cat that's big enough to kill a human, and you'll have yourself a cat that is too dangerous to own. They'll always be sizing you up to eat you. Look at Roy- they worked with that cat every day and the moment he tripped and fell back, that cat pounced on him.

 

[91TTZ]

OP, sorry for your loss.

 

[Q]

That sucks, sorry to hear

 

[BigToque]

Originally posted by: 91TTZ

Originally posted by: Chunkee
It is not just big cats. Any time you attempt to "train" or "domesticate" a wild animal, even from infancy, there is always going to be that mitigating risk of the "wildness" coming out. Unfortunately, no one wants to accept that...we want to entertain ourselves by making them jump through fire hoops and riding on big balls. We take them out of their element, incarcerate them and kill them if they get out of hand.

jC

Dogs, for the most part, are trustworthy. Most dogs such as German shepards, golden retrievers, etc, are large enough to kill a person. But they choose not to. They are social pack animals that get along with humans.

House cats, on the other hand, can only live in close proximity with people because we're large enough to quickly kill them. Find a cat that's big enough to kill a human, and you'll have yourself a cat that is too dangerous to own. They'll always be sizing you up to eat you. Look at Roy- they worked with that cat every day and the moment he tripped and fell back, that cat pounced on him.

The cat that attacked Roy, while still trained from a young age and possibly even born in captivity, is still a wild animal. The cats we keep as pets have been domesticated through selective breeding over many, many years. They are not aggressive like wild cats and likely (you can't ever completely eliminate the predatory nature of an animal) won't be sizing you up to eat you even if they were larger.

 

[2Xtreme21]

Heard about it in PA too.

🙁

 

[0roo0roo]

thats odd, i thought they'd have another keeper on standby ready to jump in and help whenever another one gets close to the cats.

 

[Oceandevi]

Originally posted by: Chunkee
It is not just big cats. Any time you attempt to "train" or "domesticate" a wild animal, even from infancy, there is always going to be that mitigating risk of the "wildness" coming out. Unfortunately, no one wants to accept that...we want to entertain ourselves by making them jump through fire hoops and riding on big balls. We take them out of their element, incarcerate them and kill them if they get out of hand.

jC

you can domesticate many animals in less than 20 generations. The results are a different animal though.



To the OP I am sorry to hear this. I doubt she died doing something she loved though. I bet she was very scared and hoping others would help her, not stand and watch.

 

[tk149]

My condolences, OP.

Why was she in there?

Fatal jaguar attack on zookeeper probed

Officials on Sunday were trying to determine why a zookeeper killed by a jaguar had opened the door to the animal's enclosure when zoo policies ban staff members from entering exhibits when big cats are inside.

 

[So]

Originally posted by: 91TTZ

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage

Originally posted by: 91TTZ
Cats are untrustworthy animals. If your housecat was big enough to eat you, it would. They don't make good pets since they are deceitful animals.

Yeah, because housecat homicides are on the rise last time I checked the news. Those evil, deceitful animals located in hundreds of millions of homes, how are they so cunning? :roll:

Do you not check your ego at the door of condolence threads either? At least give YOUR condolences to the OP if you're going to use his thread as a springboard your hatred of a damn house pet.

Re-read the post, correctly this time.

Last time I checked, housecats are not large enough to eat people. But if they were, they would.


*I feel bad for the person who died and the people who lost their friend.* But I would never trust a cat, especially a large one. I feel bad for the people who have put their trust into these animals and have lost their lives.

You've never heard of a dog harming it's owner?

 

[daveymark]

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: 91TTZ

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage

Originally posted by: 91TTZ
Cats are untrustworthy animals. If your housecat was big enough to eat you, it would. They don't make good pets since they are deceitful animals.

Yeah, because housecat homicides are on the rise last time I checked the news. Those evil, deceitful animals located in hundreds of millions of homes, how are they so cunning? :roll:

Do you not check your ego at the door of condolence threads either? At least give YOUR condolences to the OP if you're going to use his thread as a springboard your hatred of a damn house pet.

Re-read the post, correctly this time.

Last time I checked, housecats are not large enough to eat people. But if they were, they would.


*I feel bad for the person who died and the people who lost their friend.* But I would never trust a cat, especially a large one. I feel bad for the people who have put their trust into these animals and have lost their lives.

You've never heard of a dog harming it's owner?

if cats were just as large as an average pit bull, there would be more cat attacks.

 

[BatmanNate]

Crazy, she was the cousin of a guy on the homebrew forum that I frequent. I'm sorry for your loss, he was pretty broken up about it too.

 

[AdamK47]

I found this related news story posted on BluesNews today.