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Nearly a worthwhile attempt, but not quite... 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-47516340

Wildlife World Zoo director Mickey Ollson said there was "no way to fix stupid".
Fixed that for him.

"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski

"Just because I don't care, doesn't mean I don't understand." - Homer Simpson

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  • What an idiot.
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  • PolarityManPolarityMan Frets: 7273
    While I agree that the woman was stupid given this had already happened before it seems pretty negligent for the zoo not to have created barriers that are more difficult to cross. 
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  • beed84beed84 Frets: 2403
    Yeah, that’s pretty moronic.
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  • strtdvstrtdv Frets: 2356
    While I agree that the woman was stupid given this had already happened before it seems pretty negligent for the zoo not to have created barriers that are more difficult to cross. 
    That's like saying the council should put fencing up along cliff edges in case people fall off.
    If there's an apex predator somewhere, I don't need a sign telling me not to get close to it.
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  • SassafrasSassafras Frets: 30273
    260 selfie deaths in 6 years:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-45745982
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  • stickyfiddlestickyfiddle Frets: 26748
    It’s lovely (I guess) that the stupid woman survived, but how is the cat??
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 71954
    It’s lovely (I guess) that the stupid woman survived, but how is the cat??
    Thankfully, sense has prevailed for once and the animal will not be punished.

    "Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski

    "Just because I don't care, doesn't mean I don't understand." - Homer Simpson

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  • strtdvstrtdv Frets: 2356
    ICBM said:
    It’s lovely (I guess) that the stupid woman survived, but how is the cat??
    Thankfully, sense has prevailed for once and the animal will not be punished.
    Exactly. The animal was just doing what instinct told it to do, it bears no responsibility at all. It reminds me of the scorpion and the frog
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  • skunkwerxskunkwerx Frets: 6838
    The barriers are ample, the creatures not managed to get anyone who hasnt crossed them. 

    The only negligence is that of the dickhead who knowingly entered a zoo where dangerous animals are kept, and expected anything less than death or injury when crossing the barriers into an animals domain.  

    Education is the only fix for stupidity. 
    She got educated. 

     


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  • fandangofandango Frets: 2204
    skunkwerx said:
    The barriers are ample, the creatures not managed to get anyone who hasnt crossed them. 

    The only negligence is that of the dickhead who knowingly entered a zoo where dangerous animals are kept, and expected anything less than death or injury when crossing the barriers into an animals domain.  

    Education is the only fix for stupidity. 
    She got educated. 

     



    Indeed, once bitten, twice shy. She won’t be doing that again.
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  • merlinmerlin Frets: 6595
    fandango said:

    Indeed, once bitten, twice shy. She won’t be doing that again.
    Yes she will. Maybe not dangerously close to a ferocious wild animal enclosure but stupid does what stupid does. 
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  • thermionicthermionic Frets: 9498
    “The zoo said in a tweet that it was sending prayers to the woman's family.”

    That’s all right then.
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    fandango said:

    Indeed, once bitten, twice shy.
    Not bitten . The fact that she wasn't proves that the zoo's precautions were adequate, because the Jaguar couldn't get, or even its head, through the cage mesh. If she hadn't got within the cat's arm reach of the cage nothing bad could have happened.

    “The zoo said in a tweet that it was sending prayers to the woman's family.”
    "Please God preserve us from fools, and let them not have ambulance-chasing lawyers who will waste our time and money fighting a case which would never have happened if they'd had any common sense."

    "Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski

    "Just because I don't care, doesn't mean I don't understand." - Homer Simpson

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  • OctafishOctafish Frets: 1937
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    “The zoo said in a tweet that it was sending prayers to the woman's family.”

    That’s all right then.
    Just when we're thinking the woman was the only stupid one...... lol 
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  • MoominpapaMoominpapa Frets: 1649
    I'm sure the big cat was just trying to get her closer so the two of them would be properly in frame for the picture. Thoughtful animals, jaguars.
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  • OctafishOctafish Frets: 1937
    Sassafras said:
    That link lead me down a 'tall-chimney-selfie' wormhole and then this in 3D



    ....all I can say is fuck doing that shit!

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  • TeetonetalTeetonetal Frets: 7801
    While I agree that the woman was stupid given this had already happened before it seems pretty negligent for the zoo not to have created barriers that are more difficult to cross. 
    No. If you are stupid enough to cross barriers at a zoo then you deserve everything that comes your way.


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  • PolarityManPolarityMan Frets: 7273
    While I agree that the woman was stupid given this had already happened before it seems pretty negligent for the zoo not to have created barriers that are more difficult to cross. 
    No. If you are stupid enough to cross barriers at a zoo then you deserve everything that comes your way.


    Its not an either / or decision. Yes its stupid but a zoo gets visited by hundreds of thousands of stupid people every year so it makes sense for them to take sensible precautions. Part of their burden of responsibility is to prevent stupid people getting eaten by jaguars. 

    Every zoo I've visited has barriers around big cats that are not trivially climb-able. 

    I hesitated to throw this in there but children are very good climbers and not always the most sensible, but I guess we should blame the parents if that happens instead of taking simple precautions that could prevent injury? 
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  • rsvmarkrsvmark Frets: 1373
    Hopefully the poor thing won’t be scarred for life.....







    which is more than more than we can say for the lady in question
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  • SassafrasSassafras Frets: 30273
    Maybe if they fed the poor thing once in a while instead of relying on the suicidally stupid to keep it going.
    Not that I've got anything against feeding morons to dangerous animals.
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