If this happened in the US,
April 11, 2000 1:27 PM Subscribe
If this happened in the US, then the owners of the circus would be guilty of Manslaughter, at the very least, due to their negligence in not feeding the lions.
Of COURSE a starving lion is going to grab a kid; to a lion a human looks like lunch.
Of COURSE a starving lion is going to grab a kid; to a lion a human looks like lunch.
You have to scroll all the way down to find where the orthodox rabbi eats the little ethiopian boy.
posted by CrazyUncleJoe at 1:44 PM on April 11, 2000
posted by CrazyUncleJoe at 1:44 PM on April 11, 2000
Steven, do you really think this can't happen in the US?
posted by dhartung at 2:42 PM on April 11, 2000
posted by dhartung at 2:42 PM on April 11, 2000
Sorry about the wrong link. (Nando's JScript is strange, and I forgot about that.)
And I didn't say it couldn't happen here; what I said is that the owners of the lions would have been charged with the death of the child here.
posted by Steven Den Beste at 3:36 PM on April 11, 2000
And I didn't say it couldn't happen here; what I said is that the owners of the lions would have been charged with the death of the child here.
posted by Steven Den Beste at 3:36 PM on April 11, 2000
Circus probed after losing bear on I-10. [via obscurestore]
posted by palegirl at 3:39 PM on April 11, 2000
posted by palegirl at 3:39 PM on April 11, 2000
You see, you shouldn't think of it as manslaughter, you should think of it as Man's Laughter.
posted by plinth at 4:43 PM on April 11, 2000
posted by plinth at 4:43 PM on April 11, 2000
Steven, according to the news tonight, the animal keeper probably will be charged with the Brazilian equivalent of manslaughter.
You're being needlessly provincial.
posted by dhartung at 9:55 PM on April 11, 2000
You're being needlessly provincial.
posted by dhartung at 9:55 PM on April 11, 2000
Those Burzilians... fuckin barbarians, I tell ya.
posted by EngineBeak at 10:01 PM on April 11, 2000
posted by EngineBeak at 10:01 PM on April 11, 2000
Ah. Indeed, the BBC reports that the lion tamer has been charged with manslaughter, and the zoo management may face safety charges for allowing people so close to the cages.
Whether in America or, well, the Americas, travelling circuses enjoy lax oversight.
posted by dhartung at 10:03 PM on April 11, 2000
Whether in America or, well, the Americas, travelling circuses enjoy lax oversight.
posted by dhartung at 10:03 PM on April 11, 2000
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posted by plinth at 1:29 PM on April 11, 2000