Jaguar won't be euthanized after zoo attack on selfie-taking Arizona woman, officials say

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

A jaguar won’t be punished for a woman whose selfie went horribly wrong.

The jaguar that attacked an Arizona woman -- who jumped a barrier to snap a selfie with the feline -- will not be euthanized, zoo officials said Sunday.

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.

“We can promise you nothing will happen to our jaguar. She’s a wild animal and there were proper barriers in place to keep our guests safe- not a wild animals fault when barriers are crossed. Still sending prayers to her and her family,” Wildlife World Zoo officials tweeted Sunday.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/jaguar-wont-be-euthanized-after-zoo-attack-on-selfie-taking-arizona-woman-officials-say/ar-BBUDhM1?li=BBnb7Kz

I hope the woman recovers but for God sakes don't be an idiot.

She's lucky it was only a clawing. Jaguars have the strongest bite of any cat.

[ADX]

1. Why should it be put down?

...It didn't do anything wrong. If you go fucking with them, jaguars are gonna jaguar...

[Perseus]

22. Rightly said ol' chap!

To even consider it, when it was the women's fault is preposterous...Maybe she should be euthanized? She definitely should, at least, get a well deserved mention in the "Darwin Awards".

[ADX]

30. I couldn't agree more...

...How did she possibly think that entering the jaguar's enclosure would end well for her?

People can be so stupid sometimes...

[Sneederbunk]

31. What about the woman? She is allowed to roam free.

[sweetroxie]

43. She's the one who ought to be euthanized.

To prevent her stupid offspring from doing stupid things like she did,

[hlthe2b]

2. Damn right they WON'T...NO zoo should indiscriminately kill a treasured animal for human harrassment

I hope she recovers in order to spend much of the rest of her life telling OTHERS not to be so damned STUPID.

[lilactime]

3. Good. If that cat died because of that idiot woman it would be a travesty.

[samnsara]

4. the zoo said cat is safe and victim came back to say its her fault and not to kill it..

[mr_lebowski]

5. If she'd have said anything different I have had to personally track her down and like ...

Totally key her car, and I mean with really, really bad words.

[TNNurse]

28. Thank you, I needed a good laugh.

[cstanleytech]

35. Keying is mild, I was thinking more along the lines of taking a big plastic spray bottle and

spraying it with paint stripper.

[LiberalFighter]

32. I was going to suggest something. But since the woman accepted blame. Never mind.

[2naSalit]

6. Wise choice on their part.

You can't hide stupid... it's like an awl in a cloth bag, always shows itself.

[Tipperary]

7. What a moron.

Seems she learned a lesson though.

[Arkansas Granny]

8. Good. I was afraid that the jaguar might pay the price for the woman's stupidity.

The barriers are there for a reason, people.

[Botany]

9. Damn kitty has some powerful claws

I just saw the video showing the woman's wounds and the jaguar opened up some real arm meat
on Ms. Selfie. Darwin winner! I remember watching a Siberian Tiger @ the Cleveland Zoo in winter
about 15 years ago and it was just me and the cat and i thought 2 things, kitty wanted to kill me and
how "ripped up" the tiger was. His/her muscle in the back legs just rippled.

[MH1]

12. Darwin almost-winner.

I don't think the woman sustained any damage that will prevent her from breeding. Technically, anyway.

By definition a Darwin award winner is someone who takes themselves out of the breeding pool. By death or destruction of reproductive capability.

Nearly though. She was lucky.

[exboyfil]

52. There was a leopard at the Monroe Zoo (LA)

that just kept timing a jump she never took. I always got the sinking suspicion that she could make it if she tried.

As far as barriers go, I was shocked in Silver Springs (a park in Ocala) that allowed patrons to get right up to the wire on big cat (I am not sure what was going on with the barriers - if I did something wrong by bypassing one but I would never do that intentionally).

Back again at the Monroe Zoo. They have a happy hippo that had its front barrier down one time we were in there. You could actually put your hand into the enclosure. The barrier was back up the next time we were there. Again somewhat amazing. Of course I didn't put my hand up there. The hippo always seemed happy though.

The old Predator World in Branson was something to behold. I think it was extremely dangerous, but it is the weirdest place my family has ever been. Of all the things we have done, it is the most memorable. It was behind an old gas station when we went. We went because of a coupon in a coupon book.

[Revanchist]

56. Hippos kill around 500 people a year

Fuckers are mean and take on crocodiles and win.

[tonedevil]

58. +1000

[pamdb]

10. Stupid idiot

What an idiot. I don’t like zoos but at least these people seem to have some common sense.

[nolabear]

11. I'm glad. I was clawed by a mountain lion once.

That cat did nothing wrong. I did wildlife rehab thirty plus years ago. We had a sanctuary and a wonderful mountain lion some fool thought he could raise (tip: when you get a mountain lion cub it grows into a MOUNTAIN LION, YOU IDIOT!)

She was a lovely, confused critter who was sweet as could be and A MOUNTAIN LION! We fed her through a sort of air lock so we could put food in and close it and then open her side. One day I was negligent and didn’t pull my hand back before being certain she couldn’t get a paw in the other side and I got a hole punched through my hand. I still have a little scar. She was doing nothin at all wrong. A cat will grab at things close enough to grab. The woman was a fool. I hope she was treated well and with plenty of antibiotics because cat wounds get infected like nothing else.

[Ligyron]

36. So I'm 17 yrs old and walking through one of my family's warehouses.

I turn a corner, open a door and there right in front of me, loose and walking in my direction is A FREAKING MOUNTAIN LION!!

Diablo was his name and he belonged to an animal trainer friend of the family's. He let me pet him without my being mauled. That whole scene was really pretty stupid but it was back in the 60's and we all survived.

[nolabear]

40. Pretty crazy isn't it? I knew several people who raised tiger babies for zoos.

There was a man (You can STILL find stuff about him online though I thinks he's dead. Michael Blyman) who wanted me to work for him, but he was both an amazing expert on big cats and kind of nuts. But tigers are pretty poor mothers in captivity and so people would foster the babies until they were old enough to go into facilities. There was nothing like it. They were sweet as could be little kittens who weighed fifty pounds by the time they left and thought there was nothing in the world funnier than to bite you right in the ass.

It was a fun time--late 70's, early 80s, but a lot of maverick wildlife work was done that would probably have a whole lot more regulation now.

[exboyfil]

53. One of the most interesting thing I have ever seen

was at Predator World Branson in the early 2000s. They had a tiger cub, a lion cub, and a bear cub all in an enclosure playing together. The place itself was wild. The most memorable thing my family has ever done I think. It was behind an old gas station.

[nolabear]

54. I have a fascination with roadside zoos.

Mind you, they’re nightmares. I’ve never seen one that was excusable in any way. But they’re Southern Gothic in the extreme and as a writer I have spent some fine tales out of that bizarre world.

[keithbvadu2]

13. One badass cat

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

14. Yep

Show me another animal that pulls a crocodilian out of the water and has it for lunch.

[MH1]

15. The woman apologized. She wasn't in the cage either, but had crossed a barrier.

I'm assuming the barrier marks a safe distance from the cage so that the animal can't catch someone by reaching their paw out through the cage.

That is one beautiful animal in the photo. I hope the zoo doesn't "correct" by making smaller cage mesh. God, why do people have to be so stupid? But at least she apologized.

[forgotmylogin]

20. Proof: Fences aren't foolproof.

[Faygo Kid]

16. Was she wearing a MAGA hat?

If not, I still bet she's a Trumpster.

[geardaddy]

17. Good.

It's not the jaguar's fault.

[robbob]

18. More importantly...

Did she get the selfie???

🤪

[IronLionZion]

19. The jaguar is innocent. Maybe the woman should be euthanized for being dumb.

[Vinca]

21. Why would they even consider it?

If anything gets euthanized it should be the woman for being dumb as a rock.

[Mariana]

48. I suspect they never considered it.

They're answering the countless phone calls, e-mails, etc. demanding that they not do it.

[TDale313]

51. I think that's the case.

People were concerned and the zoo put out a statement confirming they had no intention of putting the Jaguar down because a human was stupid enough to get in range to be injured.

[montanacowboy]

23. Why is the first reaction

to kill the animal? They do this all the goddamn time - anytime some stupid idiot harasses an animal or does it harm, who pays for it? The poor animal. I really get sick and tired of this shit.

[Yavin4]

24. Kitty should be given a treat.

Good kitty.

[AllyCat]

25. Why are people dumb?

[Tripper11]

26. What the cat really deserves is....

to be released into the wild if it's feasible and it can survive.

[egduj]

60. Twice on this thread you went off topic to put forth this claim.

I've patronized this specific zoo on two different occasions, and have nothing but fond experiences from both visits.

But before I give my money to them again, I would like to research further the sources where you have received your information about this specific zoo. Would you care to share the source(s) of this information?

Thanks.

[hunter]

45. Sadly, a zoo jaguar is more likely to comfortably survive in a zoo.

Wild jaguars have finely honed hunting and people avoidance skills.

Most wild jaguars are largely invisible to us humans.

Ignorant people are extremely dangerous, deadlier than the fallout of nuclear accidents and open air nuclear weapons testing.

A zoo jaguar might not appreciate that.

[kimbutgar]

27. I've been to that Zoo and I'm glad the Jaguar would not be put down for this stupid woman's vanity

Picture.

You really can get close up to animals there though!

[irisblue]

29. #TeamJaguar. That woman is damn lucky.

[Paladin]

33. Perfect response by that zoo.

To put that big beautiful cat down, on account of a beyond-stupid action by a patron, would be ridiculous.

[tonedevil]

59. That is really sad and fucked up. /nt

[Niagara]

34. K & R

The jaguar shouldn't be condemned for a person's lack of judgement.

[ffr]

37. The Good News Story of the Day!

Thanks for posting!

[3Hotdogs]

38. Why was that even a question?

[George II]

39. That idiotic woman should be banned from zoos across the country. It was HER fault, not the jaguar's

[Honeycombe8]

41. Well, I should hope not. Why would it be? nt

[MicaelS]

42. Jaguars have the strongest bite of any cat. Wow.

I did not know that. Googled it, and learned some other things about big cats. Thanks.

[Horse with no Name]

47. Maybe they should proactively put up a fence or something so it doesn't happen again

Oh wait....

[tonedevil]

57. Maybe they should...

consider those who venture beyond the safety barricade to be Jaguar Chow.

[akraven]

49. Idiots should not be able to "lord it" over critters.

Period. I remember one in Florida who almost got alligator bait added to his resume. The alligator lived.

[elias7]

50. Maybe the woman should be put down

After all, she is at risk for doing foolhardy things that might get her or others hurt in the future. Isn’t that the reasoning for the cat?

[hunter]

55. I'd criticize the woman but I've misjudged animals in a similarly idiotic fashion...

... and have the scars to show for it.

My wife and kids were quick to remind me when I commented on this story.