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-Short Attention Span Theater-

White tiger mauls youth to death at zoo in Delhi

2014-09-24

A youth was killed by a ~~racist~~ white tiger at the zoo in Delhi on Tuesday afternoon after he jumped or fell into its enclosure, official sources said.

Deputy Commissioner of Police Mandeep Singh Randhawa told reporters at the scene that the youth, identified as Maqsood of the Anand Parbhat area in Central Delhi, had entered the zoo as a visitor, after buying an entry ticket.

"He fell into the enclosure or he jumped into it. This is a matter of investigation," he said.

Without video it's going to be hard. Did the tiger spit out the kid's sneakers?

Witnesses told journalists that the tiger kept its distance from the youth, aged about 19 or 20, for several minutes before attacking him and killing him. Some boys watching the unfolding tragedy from outside the enclosure tried to scare the tiger away by throwing stones and making noises, but this appeared to have only made matters worse.

No kidding...

Zoo officials said the incident occurred around 1.30pm and that the youth appeared to have jumped over the iron railings into the enclosure.

According to witnesses, they rushed to the scene after hearing the youth’s screams and found that the tiger had grabbed him by the neck and that he was writhing in pain.

Being grabbed by a racist white tiger by the neck will tend to do that...

Television channels showed pictures of the youth cowering inside the enclosure while the tiger stood a short distance away.

The witnesses said they had called the police and the zoo security personnel, who turned up on the spot quickly but they could not save the youth.

The body of the youth was removed from the enclosure about two hours later, after the tiger was tranquilised, and taken to the Safdarjung Hospital here for a post-mortem examination before it is handed over to his family.

Posted by:Steve White

#13 Gee whiz, do you suppose he talks like that all the time? Reminds me of the Star Trek TNG episode where the guy spoke in metaphors. "Darmok and Jalad... at Tanagra." Darmok

Posted by: Bobby 2014-09-24 13:10

#12 It would be in bad taste to employ
A reference to Siegfried and Roy,
And I'm sure those fine men
Would take no interest in
A dead teen-aged Indian boy.

Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2014-09-24 12:57

#11 Careful what we wish for TD7222, ;) ,cuz this is the lunchbox I was carrying before 86'd by #6

Sometimes you subscribe to Tiger Beat, and sometimes Tiger Beat subscribes to you.

Yeah, that's not the durian.

Posted by: swksvolFF 2014-09-24 12:48

#10 And not a single Siegfried and Roy reference. How is it possible?

Posted by: Thavilet Dribble7222 2014-09-24 11:12

#9 "He's dead, Sanjay"

Posted by: Grunter 2014-09-24 10:37

#8 Yeah; grab a glass of that biere larue tiger and enjoy.

Posted by: swksvolFF 2014-09-24 10:25

#7 Man I hates following Floger.

Posted by: Shipman 2014-09-24 10:02

#6 Maqsood Maqsood, thank you much,
Good of you to come to lunch;
Whuffo did you have to die?
I wish next time you'd stay for ~~tea~~ chai!

Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2014-09-24 07:43

#5 Tigers, why do they hate us so?

Posted by: Steven 2014-09-24 02:33

I blame the Tiger.

Posted by: Besoeker 2014-09-24 01:40

#3 Sometimes the tiger eats you... most of the other times, the tiger eats you. It's good to be the tiger.

P.S. stay out of the f****g cage.

Posted by: SteveS 2014-09-24 01:30

#2 the youth, aged about 19 or 20

"Look Habiba how brave I am!"?

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-09-24 00:55

#1 "Indira, please look in the mirror --
Injustice has never been clearer!
Police always make beelines
For one of us felines!"
So hissed the black panther, Bagheera.

Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2014-09-24 00:52

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