Man killed by Tiger

Started by Mups, October 10, 2026, 10:09:54 PM

« previous - next »

Mups

In today's paper apparently some people reported seeing him doing a strange sort of  'War dance'   before he climbed the fence.   They said it looked like he was   "psyching himself up."

muddy

I wonder if this is yet another failure of care in the comunity? 

Ashy

I think we ought to rethink care in the community for all our sakes. We've had this experiment running for long enough, It's been a failure.

morty

It does sound more and more like he needed some kind of supervision .... today it reports that a woman with her two kids tried to stop him climbing over into the enclosure. 
Where were his carers? Surely he wasn't alone.


Mups

Do we know for sure he was mentally ill yet?   I have not actually seen that confirmed, only speculated?

It could well have been mental illness,  true,  as well as drink,  or drugs or even depression for all we know  yet?


Dextrous63

Apparently he was using Makaton hand signals.  Witnesses who heard and saw him seemed convinced he was autistic.  But maybe we'll not know for a while (if ever) as his family has asked that he isn't named.