[Opinionated Blowhard]

Violet D'Mello was petting the "tame" cats

Mistake # 1. There is a reason these are called "wild" animals. People have no business getting close to them or treating them like domesticated animals.

[taxcontrol]

Stupid SHOULD hurt

[george76]

Her husband Archibald was outside the pen during her ordeal – and took these dramatic photos as the attack unfolded

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4297268/Terrifying-moment-Brit-Violet-DMello-mauled-by-CHEETAHS-on-holiday-in-South-Africas-Kragga-Kamma-game-park.html

[Moose4]

In LOLcat: I can has dum toorist? nom nom nom

}:-)4

[dainbramaged]

Nice of the husband to document their vacation while his wife is getting chewed by a wild animal.

[albie]

Dumbass liberals. Want all animals and humans to live as one. This looks like that was coming true. “Living as one”. Just one...him.

[bigheadfred]

Big cat expert Graham Kerley, from the Centre for African Conservation Ecology, warned: “Cheetahs are wild animals, and adult cheetahs have the capacity to hurt very badly.”

WHO KNEW????

[SoothingDave]

And that’s how you turn a tourist into a Tourette’s.

[mrs. a]

Are its teeth bigger than mine? Check.
Are its claws bigger than mine? Check.
Can it run WAY WAY faster than me? Check.
Does it not give a flying fig about me, other than how I taste? Check.

I ain’t petting that thing.

[Nickname]

She may have saved the little boy’s life. God bless her for intervening.

[Ellendra]

I’ve seen big cats react like that at the zoo, but fortunately they were behind bars and glass. They look so bored most of the time, even lethargic. Then a toddler walks by, and suddenly every cat’s eyes are locked on that child. I watched a lion practically beat it’s own head in trying to pounce through the safety glass once.

Little kids give off very strong “prey” vibes.

[knittnmom]

While it was definitely dumb to be petting wild cats, have to give her kudos for intervening to save the kids, and the other tourists (except her husband!!) for helping to save her life.

[avenir]

Nobody in here but us cheetahs...

[The KG9 Kid]

Not that it reflects poorly on the UK as a whole, I think that if past incidents were examined it would show that the vast majority of tourists being mauled by the wildlife in Africa were British citizens thinking that the adorable animals wouldn't harm a fly.

They must think that life is like the artwork on the back of some Jehovah's Witness 'Watchtower' tract showing the paradise of the afterlife where little girls are petting African lions and riding on the backs of polar bears, or leaving infants in the care of friendly giant boa constrictors, and so on... Like they're proving a point to everyone looking on that they're not 'Speciesist' and it wouldn't be politically correct to presume that a wild animal is necessarily wildly dangerous.

Anyway, my point is that incidents like these always seem to involve Brits on vacation. I welcome anyone to prove me wrong, statistically.

[aomagrat]

Who the hell has cheetahs in a petting zoo? That makes about as much sense as putting a day care next to a dingo farm.