A tiger at the Dublin Zoo eyed out a young boy who was posing in front of it’s enclosure as a good option for lunch.
Starting a slow stalk, the tiger froze momentarily when the boy turned around before racing up to it’s would-be meal. Luckily for the boy and his family, the tiger was stopped by the enclosure’s glass partition.
My son was on the menu in Dublin Zoo today #raar pic.twitter.com/stw2dHe93g
— RobC (@r0bc) December 22, 2019
The boy’s dad, Rob Costello, posted the video to Twitter, sparking debate around the incident and around zoos in general. Many said the video shows how cruel zoos are for the animals kept captive, and that one day such an incident wouldn’t have as happy an ending.
Not funny. If that glass broke, and that child killed, guaranteed the parents would sue the zoo and they’d put that tiger down for doing what tigers do.
— Camille DeSantis (@C_DeSantis) December 23, 2019
The last time I went to the zoo was in 2005 and I promised myself I would never take my children there again. It’s actually terribly cruel and the orangutans were looking at me like I should be freeing them. Never again 😥
— Extra Cream and Sugar 🇮🇪🦅🇮🇹 (@PhillyEaglesGrl) December 23, 2019
‘As much as there’s a bit of a laugh, it is also quite sad as well. Obviously there’s great conservation that happens in zoos around the world. But they [the animals] are obviously captive as well, so you do have to consider that as well,’ he told RTE.
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