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Tigers Kill Man Who Stuck His Arm Into Zoo Cage
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
GAUHATI, India — Two tigers killed a man who stuck his arm into their enclosure in northeastern India on Wednesday, ripping off his arm as his family and dozens of visitors looked on, zoo officials said.
The man, identified as 50-year-old Jayaprakash Bezbaruah, avoided zoo safety precautions in an apparent attempt to photograph the two adult Bengal tigers up close, said Gauhati Zoo warden Narayan Mahanta.
"The man ignored warnings from keepers, crossed the first barrier and stretched his hand into the enclosure that housed a male and a female tiger before the animals grabbed his limb and tore it apart at the shoulder," he said.
Bezbaruah was rushed to a local hospital but died of blood loss, said Mahanta.
Bezbaruah, a government official from a nearby town, had been visiting the zoo with his wife and two children.
"I have never encountered such a bizarre incident in my 11 years as a wildlife official. It was shocking," Mahanta said.
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“That’s another thing we are trying to establish, that we will be relentless and we are going to play physical,” defensive end Antonio Smith. “If you do catch the check-downs, you’re going to have to pay for it.”
Simply because when you do something you have no business doing, it sort of takes the "compassion" out of the situation. I don't find maulings funny per say, but if he got his arm ripped off after being warned not to approach the cage, he pretty much deserved all consequences. I keep thinking about it, and I probably would have got a chuckle out of the situation.
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