the incident of the mauling of the zoo worker by the white tigers has been an hot issue recently.....personally, from my viewpoint, the public is not being fair to all parties, especially the tigers...some members of the public, but not all, are blaming the tigers for mauling a human to death, some are blaming the zoo for not acting appropriately...so whose fault is it??
the white tigers of the zoo (omar, and sisters jippie & winnie) were actually send from one of the indonesia zoos, a few years ago, probably around 1999...white tigers is actually a rare species as compared to the more common tigers.... omar was actually one of the animals being considered for the singapore zoo icon after ah meng's death....
the main issue that i would like to point out, the tigers reacted in the most natural way in this case, what else can they do when a person intrude into their area and starts to agitate them...of coz, the natural prey-predator instinct would cause the tigers to see a person as their prey...omar was actually not involved in it....on the other hand, winnie and jippie mauled on the worker with their paws which was enough to cause much damage...the tigers which were captive animals from young would definately avoid humans and not attack them unless when aroused by them...
please be fair to the tigers in this unfortunate incident!!!!
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