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Wildlife park confirms tiger will not be euthanised after man mauled to death (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] 23 points 1 week ago (20 children)

Sounds like the only person at fault has already been put down. Self solving problem.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (18 children)

    Yeah sorry this is pretty horrible. From descriptions of the event it seems to me that that he was neurodivergent and didn't really understand the danger.

    Update: His family have now had to issue a public statement about his death, describing that he had been struggling with mental illness for several years. The fact that they've had to do this at all is completely gutting.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 days ago (3 children)

    Where are you seeing that? I didn't see it anywhere in either article. Is there another one?

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  • [–] 1 point 6 days ago (3 children)

    You probably don't have enough information to reach that conclusion but suffice to say the guy was not of sound mind and is probably deserving of sympathy.

    For the Americans, that doesn't mean the cat has to die. Sometimes there's no goodie vs baddie narrative.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 days ago (1 child)

    Below is the family's statement so anyone paying attention already knows this. The victim was severely mentally ill and for his own safety couldn't be taken out in public without a carer.

    [Link to statement](BBC News - Family pays tribute to 'warm and engaging' man killed in tiger attack https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck054nvzr676o)

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  • [–] 1 point 6 days ago

    I'm guessing based on the fact that he attended the park alone, was wearing headphones, and was visibly excited to see the tiger and asked strangers to take pictures of him with it. This suggests that he may have had sensory issues and a special interest in tigers which would be typical of autism/aspergers.

    I agree it's not really enough to be certain and I don't want to go too far down the path of speculation. But it seems very possible to me, and I've personally known people with severe autism who I could imagine putting themselves in harms way like this without realising the danger. And it's just so sickening hearing people all over the internet talk about this persons' death in such a callous way without knowing anything of his personal circumstances.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago (6 children)

    Awful in this case.

    I do recommend jumping into a tiger pit for actual suicide attempts though. Like i dont endorse suicide at all, but if its going that way anyway.

    Either you'll die and give a caged animal a chance to feel alive again, or you win the fight somehow and become a legend overnight.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 days ago*

    Tigers probably don’t want to be shot during a rescue attempt.

    Also, not saying there’s an afterlife, especially 1 shared afterlife, but just in case, I don’t want to go to any afterlife that contains a tiger holding a grudge waiting to ask me why I got it shot. I’m not suicidal, but if I were I think an eternity of beef with an angelic tiger might be reason to rethink.

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