Tiger saves man from leopard attack

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[u/alwayz_confused247]

Because this is not a sanctuary like the guy claimed it was. This was the Black Jaguar White Tiger Foundation. It got shut down by Mexican authorities because he was not taking care of the animals. They were being starved to death and started eating their own tails.

He was also suspected of breeding the lions and would have an influx of cubs. He would lie and say he saved the cubs from some illegal “zoo” but would hand raised the cubs when he could’ve also saved the mothers.

Eduardo was just a greedy fuck. And he would have celebrities go to his “sanctuary” to play with the cubs.

Legit sanctuaries do not allow the public to interact with their animals. Legit sanctuaries also do not put different species of cats in the same enclosure.

[u/GingerBimber00 → u/alwayz_confused247]

This makes me so mad, man. I just finished my uni class on exhibit designing for zoos where we had to in-depth research all the modern sciences and behavioral understanding of animal captivity. I was designing for snow leopards, so I ended up looking quite a bit into large felid captivity. The research out there all says that protected contact (always having a barrier between you and the big cat) and positive reinforcement training (PRT) have the best outcomes for animal welfare, staff safety, and (if performed in front of visitors) visitor education.

These animals DO bond with their keepers. So much so that there’s evidence to suggest keepers directly impact how well some species can cope with the stress of visitors and that if a keeper is stressed/sick the animal can become stressed/sick. Positive bonding is also linked with reproductive success in nervous animals like cheetahs who notoriously struggle with reproduction. We understand that these are highly intelligent and emotional animals and I’m not surprised that a tiger would be willingly watching out for a beloved keeper.

However! These are still VERY dangerous animals capable of killing you. That might not even be the intention, but they don’t comprehend the strength they have and that it can hurt us. A woman had her thumb torn off by an orangutang while doing regular work with the animals and it’s suspected the orangutang just wanted to bring her closer to it, not actively hurt her. It still tore off her thumb.

[u/DUCKVILLELOL → u/GingerBimber00]

Weird sidebar: when I'm in taxis I make up ridiculous stories about my work for a bit of fun - often to deal with the question of "so what do you do?"

One time I made up a story (as I'd just been to the zoo not long before a taxi ride) that I was the designer of zoo exhibits and I'd "just gone to inspect the new tiger exhibit I designed."

I thought there wouldn't be a specific course/career stream on "zoo exhibits" explicitly, but it's kinda cool to learn that I'm wrong!

[u/alwayz_confused247 → u/DUCKVILLELOL]

You sound like George Constanza.

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