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[Regnum] At the Tiger Kingdom zoo on the island of Phuket, a tiger attacked a tourist who wanted to take a photo with it.
Visitors are allowed to pet the cats and take photos with them. The animal is walked on a chain. A zoo employee is present.
One of the visitors wanted to take a photo with the predator during the walk. At first, the tiger calmly walked with him along the path. People stopped to take a photo. The tourist sat down next to the tiger. At that moment, the trainer gently touched the tiger with a special stick so that it also sat on its hind legs.
The animal, apparently reacting to this gesture, pounced on the tourist who was crouching nearby. The frightened man screamed loudly. As reported by the Economic Times, the victim was a tourist from India. The tiger did not cause him serious injuries.
| Fools go where angels fear to tread. But clearly the training of this tiger was superb — that it resisted the instinct to swipe with claws and bite down on the fool is amazing. |
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