Neo-Nazi mauled by lions in Barcelona zoo

[KamaAina]

http://www.haaretz.com/news/world/1.630560

A Spanish neo-Nazi has been seriously mauled by lions after jumping into their enclosure in a Barcelona zoo, the Mail Online reported on Monday.

Named by El Pais newspaper as Justo Jose, 45, the man was arrested last month in the Barcelona city center after draping swastika banners on the well-known Casa Mila building in an anti-abortion protest....

Fire fighters used hoses to keep the lions away from him for about 30 minutes before he could be rescued. He was taken to a city hospital where his condition was described as serious but not life-threatening.

Zoo keepers insisted the lions were merely trying to play with him, according to Spanish news outlet 20minutos. "The intention was not to kill him, they were just trying to play with him," said Ignasi Armengol, director of Barcelona Municipal Services.

If not for those damn hoses, we'd have ourselves a Darwin Award winner!

[Cleita]

1. Yep. I was just going to mention that there goes another candidate

for the Darwin Awards.

[hifiguy]

2. Somewhere in this there is a lesson about the

inevitability of karma.

Or maybe one about the stupidity of jumping into the lion pit.

Could be both, maybe neither.

[Scootaloo]

3. Poor lions

Not only are they still hungry, but they'll never get that taste out of their mouths.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Yechh. But maybe he did the zookeepers a favor.

"Blagh! Can you believe how awful that guy tasted?"

"Yeah! I'd never tried human before, but jeez, he was just terrible."

"I'll never even think of trying to eat one of them again. Ptooey."

"Same here. Let's just wait for the next hunk of meat they throw us. No way am I gonna try to eat one of them again."

[Rhiannon12866]

23. +1!

[Blue_Tires]

5. A Spanish neo-nazi??

Something I'll never be able to wrap my head around...Talk about not learning your history...

But I guess it's par for the course since there are neo-nazis in Greece, Poland, Russia, Czech Republic, etc. etc...

[KamaAina]

6. Remember, the place was ruled by fascists for decades

Mercifully, Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.

[Codeine]

21. Spain was a friend to Hitler. nt

[madinmaryland]

7. Alcohol was involved? Or was he just a fucking moran.

[MrMickeysMom]

37. Isn't that redundant?

Drunken Nazi = more-ann

[0rganism]

8. Darwin Award depends on how he was "mauled"

IIRC, if the right parts of his anatomy are removed and he hasn't already reproduced, he could still be eligible

[KamaAina]

9. The lions' swipes would have had to be extremely accurate

We're talking about a neo-Nazi here. I'm guessing the said parts would about equal a cut green bean and two raisins in size.

[0rganism]

10. well, lions' paws are pretty big

i imagine they cover a lot of area with every swipe

[Rex]

11. No doubt about it, they were toying with him otherwise he would have died within the first minutes.

If a big cat wants to kill an unarmed human, they do so right away and drag them off to eat. He was lucky the lions were not hungry imo.

[stevenleser]

14. Agreed 20-40 seconds at most after they got to him he would be done if they wanted to kill him.

You are exactly right. Those cats are capable of ripping your throat out or breaking your neck and spinal cord within seconds.

Obviously those are very sophisticated kitties. They don't like the taste of neo-Nazi meat.

[BeanMusical]

25. The lions were lucky to not get food poisoning.

[Lolita46]

12. Not all news is bad, eh?

(Am I allowed to say?)

[KamaAina]

13. But of course!

And welcome to DU!

[muriel_volestrangler]

15. And he's a police officer - on leave from the beginning of the year

Justo José M.P is a local policeman from the town of Gelida, Barcelona province, who is currently on leave, news agency Efe reported.

http://elpais.com/elpais/2014/12/08/inenglish/1418037311_833987.html

And the Daily Mail (always to be taken with a pinch of salt):

The man who was mauled by a pack of lions after jumping into their enclosure at Barcelona Zoo, is a former police officer who now spends his time as a neo Nazi activist.
...
It has now emerged that that as well as being a former head of the municipal police force in Gelida near Barcelona, he had also spent 13 years working as a Civil Guard, but has been on paid leave from the force since earlier this year.

Jose told a local reporter earlier this year how he went on extended leave after he lost custody of his son, divorced his wife, and lost his mother.

He also described himself as a survivalist, claiming he slept in the countryside most nights with just a poncho to cover his face although friends let him use their homes to shave and wash.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2865392/Pictured-terrifying-moment-man-mauled-lion-Barcelona-zoo-jumped-enclosure.html

[KamaAina]

16. I'll bet he has recruiting email from the Ferguson PD in his inbox

[pinboy3niner]

17. He's their mane man!

[Codeine]

22. You ain't lion! nt

[KamaAina]

32. I can barely hear this thread above the roar of the crowd.

[In_The_Wind]

36. wut

[lpbk2713]

24. So in Spain you get months of paid leave for personal issues?

This would make the GOP/Capitalists go nutso.

[hifiguy]

43. This story just keeps getting better.

A neo-Nazi kop. Who could have ever imagined.

[MrScorpio]

18. I congratulate the lions on their political prowess. nt

[JHB]

19. What's Spanish for "two kinds of stupid"?

"Justo Jose"

[KamaAina]

20. Dos tipos de estupido

[exboyfil]

26. I hope they don't do anything to the lions

[LeftyMom]

27. I assume they got a steak dinner and a National Geographic DVD.

[MADem]

28. Doggone those firefighters....they should have just chilled out and let it go!

[merrily]

29. I don't mind grave dancing by others. Free speech. To each his own.

Pick a meme. My personal preference is to abstain, that's all.

This OP is a real test for me, though, I will say that.

[Ken Burch]

30. Can we raise some money...

...to buy mouthwash for those lions?

Has to be the worst thing those kitties have ever tasted.

[Behind the Aegis]

31. Has anyone checked Stormfront to see if the lions were Zionists?

Sadly, I am only half joking.

OK, for shits and giggles, I checked...nothing yet.

[Yavin4]

33. Not Florida!

Florida! Where people take pride when someone some where else does something stupid.

[LeftishBrit]

34. OK, neo-Nazis are not noted for their brains, but still WHY JUMP INTO A LION ENCLOSURE?!

Lucky that he was rescued (also lucky for the lions who would have got food poisoning if they ate a neo-Nazi!), and I hope he learns a lesson from the experience.

[NuclearDem]

35. Good kitties.

[Hatchling]

44. I'm glad you said that.

It's what I was thinking too.

[11 Bravo]

38. I hope those lions are up-to-date with their vaccinations.

[Recursion]

39. Is there a fund for the lions' dental care?

If so, I'll donate.

[pinboy3niner]

40. It's covered under the CATastrophic claws in the zoo's insurance plan. nt

[bullwinkle428]

41. I hope the lions are doing okay.

[pinboy3niner]

42. Zookeepers report they remane in good health. nt

[Nye Bevan]

45. I bet that left a Nazi taste in their mouths (nt)

[KamaAina]

46. I did Nazi that coming