Update to Lion Bite at BGT

Here is a link to an article that gives a bit more detail into the Lion biting incident at BGT.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2002/05/13/lion-folo.htm

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That poor woman. The hospital cannot re-attach the arm. Hopefully, they will hold on to it for the future as technology develops further... depending on the damage

That poor animal... I sure hope nothing happens to Max the lion. Sh*t happens.

I can sympathize for the zoo-keeper, especially when it wasn't her fault, but I sincerely hope that they don't:
a) Destroy the lion
b) Isolate the lion for the rest of its life from any humans or lionesses
c) Make a bad example of Max.

I don't have a cold heart towards her, but these animals aren't exactly born & bred to be zoo exhibits! Wild animals are unpredictable, and it comes with the territory of being in zoology.

I doubt any of those things will happen to Max, Dawgbite. That would be considered cruelty to animals and the ASPCA would be all over it. Busch Gardens would definitely not want that sort of black mark on them, considering they're thought of as one of the top animal parks in the country.

I think all that will happen is that the keepers at BGT will receive extra training and education in working with "dangerous" animals to ensure that this sort of incident doesn't happen again.

Thanks for posting this thread. I hadn't bothered to read any others and I happened to have time on my hands this morning and opened this one, only to find that I know this girl. She was very close with my best friend in high school and we even went out as a group often. I am shocked. I will see if I can get any info on her condition from friends and family.

Dawybyte II:

Actually, nearly all lions in zoos were boen and bred for exhibit. Lions breed so readily in captivity that they are very seldom captured in the wild. In fact, at times there is a problem with a surplus of captive lions.

However, they are still geneticly wild animals. They are also large powerful carnivores, and heck, even a horse can be unpredictable and dangerous.

Here is another uptade to the bite it seems she was just feeding the lion and tried getting up with her hand on the cage bars and the lion grabbed her finger.

http://orlandosentinel.com/news/yahoo/orl-loclion14051402may14.story?coll=orl%2Dnewsaol%2Dheadlines

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That makes the whole thing a lot more clear now. Even on a local kids zoo show here on a Cleveland TV station (Ka-Zoo ;)), there was a segment where they demonstrated that under no circumstances do you put a finger in between one inch holes on the fence. At the time I saw that it sounded overly cautious. Now I know better.

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