This time round, the incident happened in New Zealand where one of the endangered cats attacked and mauled a zoo keeper to death while he was cleaning the tiger's enclosure. This was a wildlife park....
apparently, the tiger refused to let go of the zookeeper despite efforts from a second zookeeper and the park personnel.....the tiger was eventually put down by the zoo.....
Now is this right or wrong? you put a "bait" into the cage and the animal attacks the "bait". As a result, the man died...but the cat was probably acting out of its instinct...
*sigh* just too bad another life lost....we should be carefully u know, animals are animals, they'll never think like humans....unlike the incident in singapore, where the zookeeper jumped in and provoked the tigers...teh NZ zookeeper really did not deserve it..he was only doing his job....
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Another case of white tiger attack
Friday, May 22, 2009
Custom Devastator Update 23 May 09
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Another SAF regular gone....
A Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) regular serviceman was killed during a parachute freefall training session in Bloemfontein, South Africa, on Wednesday.He was part of a formation jump...when the formation broke off at 3500 feet to deploy their parachutes, 1WO Tan, 53, spiralled downwards to the ground.
All SAF freefall training has been suspended.
Are we to lax with the training safety? Or is this another isolated incident? whatever it is, there seems to be more and more deaths in the Army...and there isn't a war which makes it worse....deaths from wars and fights, understandable...but from training?
It really worries me coz my son would be joining the army eventually (though iz way too early now, he's only 1 yr old...lol). By then, how would the army training evolve?
People are dropping like flies from runs, "tortured" to death (water dunking incident), and now from free fall...this guy's supposed to be a veteran!!!
I suppose the saying goes...."If it's your time, its yours...there no escaping it...."
My condolences to the family....wounds take time to heal....but time is never enough...