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tawadi

(2,110 posts) Sat May 5, 2012, 04:50 PM May 2012

Tourist mauled by 'tame' cheetah (graphic photo)

5 May 2012 Last updated at 11:51 ET

Violet D'Mello tells of Port Elizabeth cheetah mauling

A British tourist who tried to protect a girl being mauled by captive cheetahs has told of how the animals then turned on her.

Violet D'Mello, 60, from Aberdeen, said she survived by "playing dead" at the Kragga Kamma Game Park in Port Elizabeth, South Africa last weekend.

She and another family had entered the enclosure for a photo next to the cats when the child was attacked.

To read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17967219

"She said her husband Archie continued to take photos of her ordeal because he had not noticed the attack."

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Tourist mauled by 'tame' cheetah (graphic photo) (Original Post) tawadi May 2012 OP

That's some crazy shit Politicalboi May 2012 #1

Domesticated animals attack and kill people from time to time 4th law of robotics May 2012 #2

This makes me ill. Quantess May 2012 #3

A photo from before the attack: AnotherMcIntosh May 2012 #4

And then there is this tawadi May 2012 #5

Brave lady! tabasco May 2012 #6

Politicalboi

(15,189 posts)

1. That's some crazy shit

Reply to tawadi (Original post)

Sat May 5, 2012, 05:04 PM

May 2012

Those poor animals who face the possibility of being killed for doing what comes naturally.

4th law of robotics

(6,801 posts)

2. Domesticated animals attack and kill people from time to time

Reply to tawadi (Original post)

Sat May 5, 2012, 05:06 PM

May 2012

why would someone believe that a wild predator like this can be tamed?

The natural response of most wild animals towards humans is fear (since we wiped out the ones that didn't run away). Pen them up so they can't run and what's left?

Quantess

(27,630 posts)

3. This makes me ill.

Reply to tawadi (Original post)

Sat May 5, 2012, 05:15 PM

May 2012

I can't bring myself to read what happened to the cheetah who attacked the human. I am sure there will be an outcry for the cheetah to be destroyed, just for acting like a wild animal in captivity, being true to its nature.