I'm quite relived that my feelings over the matter aren't er..cruel and are generally shared. So thanks.
One of the problems with this sort of topic of animals (vs) humans is that many people believe that humans are more superior to animals and that if an animal attacks the human (who is usually the one at fault) then the animal is to be destroyed and the human is met with sympathy.
I think people forget that these animals although in captivity are still wild animals. They may look cute and cuddily like their childhood counter parts, for example: Winnie the Pooh but the are still animals. They must be treated with respect, understanding and some caution.
When animals attack it is always for a pretty good reason. They aren't mindless killing machines that some people believe them to be (For example with sharks). They act as nature designed and intended them to do and just because they are in captivity doesn't mean that they forget their animal instincts to the extent that they are ''tame''...there is no such thing as tame.
Yet, when animals attack humans..it's always the animal that suffers...unless in the attack the human dies..but still the animal suffers for doing what it's instincts tells it to do.
Well since the man survived the attack, I hope he learns a valuable lesson to not feed the bears.
In Singapore a group of zoo keepers got themselves killed on purpose by a lion
I'm afraid to ask but what happened to the lion?
