Posted on 03/11/2019 8:05:17 AM PDT by ETL
Wildlife World Zoo officials told social media users the jaguar “won’t be put down” after a woman in her 30s suffered injuries to her arm following the Saturday incident.
The woman jumped a barrier at the Litchfield Park zoo and reached out to take a selfie when the big cat dug her claws into the visitor’s hand. ..."
Adam Wilkerson, who was at the zoo on Saturday, told FOX10 he heard the woman scream for help.
"I hear this young girl screaming, 'Help, help, help,' and without thinking, I just run over there.
I see another girl with her up against the cage of the jaguar and the jaguar has clasped its claws outside of the cage around her hand and into her flesh," Wilkerson told the news station.
Wilkerson said his mother threw a water bottle into the cage to distract the jaguar just enough for her to let go of the woman’s arm.
"The jaguar lets go of the girl somewhat because the claw catches on just her sweater. At that moment, I grabbed the girl around the torso and pulled her away from the cage and it unlatches from her claw,” he recalled.
“The jaguar just goes after the bottle.”
Wilkerson took video showing the woman on the ground with a gash on her arm screaming in agony. Several people were seen attempting to help her as they waited for help.
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Good!
Kitty.
I agree.
The woman is an idiot raised on cartoons with friendly animals cavorting about. What a moron.
Nice kitty.
What’s with this selfie craze? Why do so many out themselves in danger to do this?
Hundreds of people have died in recent years trying to get selfies in certain situations. Is it really worth your life?
Hopefully this woman learned her lesson.
She’d been Disneyfied.
Sometimes stupid hurts.
I’m glad to hear the animal won’t be put down.
Excellent.
It’s the selfie-obsessed woman that should be put down. The jag was just defending its turf.
The animal did what animals do. Perhaps this will cure the woman’s stupidity.
Animals should not be euthanized for just behaving like their species. I would love to see the selfie that ended up like this. There’s no accounting for the lack of common sense in the younger generations.
Why punish the jaguar for a stupid woman’s stunt?.......................
That’s mighty white of them.
Of course the cat should not be euthanized. The idiot girl on the other hand? Just kidding...I think.
That jaguar didn’t do anything to cause it to be euthanized. Just doing what animals do. In a related note, I’ve been to a lot of zoos in my time and this one is the best ever. Been there many times. If you’re ever in the area, it’s a must see kind of place.
euthanize the dumb bitch
Jumping into a zoo enclosure to cuddle cute animals isn’t a good idea.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKDu1qHLv4E
Exactly what I was going to say.
Disney has made people think all animals are our friends, when in reality, we are food........................
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