Comments on: Disturbing Big Cat Videos

By: nytedrgn

nytedrgn — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 09:26:45 +0000

I actually agree with kittenz on this…de-clawing is sick…and yes you do live with the consequences…I know I had a finger amputated at the first joint…so don’t tell me i don’t know lol.

Wild animals should roam free and not be kept as pets or specimens!

By: kittenz

kittenz — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 01:00:38 +0000

Notice the mutilated forepaws in the lion hugging the lady. That makes me SICK. Declawing cats of any size is cruel; it’s an extremely mutilating surgery in which the first joints of the “fingers” are literally cut off – cut right through the joint. Recovery is very painful and the declawed cats often develop painful arthritic conditions after they are mutilated in this way.

Declawing big cats is even more cruel and painful due to their greater weight. Declawing is one of the sordid little hidden truths about the big cat pet trade.

By: Mnynames

Mnynames — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:30:36 +0000

The Crocodile Kingdom seems quite tame compared to some things I’ve read about Chinese zoos. From what I read, they regularly feed live goats to their big cats, even letting the little kiddies pet the goat before tossing it to be slowly taunted and ripped to shreds by big animals with blunted hunting instincts from years of captivity. And they also tie chickens to poles to feed to the big cats…except they’re still alive and fluttering when they do so.

Worse, the zoos restaurants often offer Tiger on the menu, cultivating them almost like livestock for this purpose.

By: squatch-toba

squatch-toba — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:33:30 +0000

You find this sort of silly human action with “dangerous” animals all over the place. Remember how “neat” it was to feed the bears in parks & campgrounds. In the end, the only ones who suffer are the animals.

By: SOCALcryptid

SOCALcryptid — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:40:56 +0000

The tigress that attacked the three teenage boys supposedly had been taunted by them. Says witnesses. The tigress jumped out over the enclosure she was in and some believe hunted the teenagers down. Ultimately she was shot and killed. The truth will come out when this goes to court. There are a lot of rumors that surround this case.

By: red_pill_junkie

red_pill_junkie — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:04:23 +0000

I know it is incredibly abnormal behavior…

But I LOVE that video of the lion hugging that lady, I’m sorry!

By: CryptoHaus_Press

CryptoHaus_Press — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:01:02 +0000

to me, it’s indicative of what Loren’s book calls the “copycat effect,” but in a literal sense, as well. in other words, sadly, monkey see, monkey do. or homo sapien see, homo sapien do.

great cats are some of nature’s finest predatorary creations. they’ve survived largely intact since before our simian ancestors learned how to (understandably) defend against but then (sadly) imprison them for sport and amusement.

recently, you may have seen another ‘copycat’ trend: shark encounters in the wild in which tiger sharks, bull sharks, hammerheads and other aggressive, man-eating species are chummed, baited and attracted, and THEN humans dive WITHOUT CAGES into the waters with them for “the ultimate encounter.”

an australian man died a few days ago in the bahamas in this very manner. it makes no sense to me, frankly. not only does it encourage the sharks to equate humans + food in the same environment (of which the great white and tiger sharks need no further encouragement), but it’s also akin to starting an elephant stampede in Africa and standing very, very still as they rush you so you can “experience the ultimate thrill.” and perhaps final one, as well.

the only solution MAY be to create and/or allow only wide-space vista parks like the San Diego Wildlife types. this way, idiotic humans are allowed to be kept in the cages (the traveling trams) while the evidently more intelligent species are free to roam the grasslands.

it’s probably more humane anyway… especially when human cruelty knows no bounds. anyway, a good point in our relationship to cryptoids.

By: mystery_man

mystery_man — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:23:10 +0000

Here is a video of the Crocodile Kingdom I mentioned showing what passes for “entertainment” there. Notice the people laughing in the background the whole time. Another disturbing video to add to the ones here to be sure.

http://revver.com/video/706254/crocodile-kingdom-in-suo-tien-park-vietnam/

By: mystery_man

mystery_man — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:12:53 +0000

Ceroill- That reminds me of a theme park in Vietnam that has one area called “The Crocodile Kingdom”. This area consists of an area filled with over a thousand crocodiles. Yes, you read that right. Over. One. Thousand. In the middle of this huge crocodile habitat is a large platform, cheerily made up in theme park style to look like a straw roofed hut, for visitors (including children) to gather and watch the crocs, all the while being only really protected by a metal railing and a couple feet of space. It gets worse. For a fee, you can rent a bamboo pole and feed or taunt the crocodiles with dead chickens tied to lines at the end of these poles. I wish I were making this up. It is unbelievable how insanely unsafe and ill conceived that place is.

By: Fayble

Fayble — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:48:38 +0000

Well a moderate education should mean children wouldn’t be tempted to do that :/
But I think its nice to show that they aren’t vicious creatures that kill when ever given the chance