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5 May 2012 Last updated at 11:51 ET
Violet D'Mello tells of Port Elizabeth cheetah mauling
A British tourist who tried to protect a girl being mauled by captive cheetahs has told of how the animals then turned on her.
Violet D'Mello, 60, from Aberdeen, said she survived by "playing dead" at the Kragga Kamma Game Park in Port Elizabeth, South Africa last weekend.
She and another family had entered the enclosure for a photo next to the cats when the child was attacked.
To read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17967219
"She said her husband Archie continued to take photos of her ordeal because he had not noticed the attack."
Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)Those poor animals who face the possibility of being killed for doing what comes naturally.
4th law of robotics
(6,801 posts)why would someone believe that a wild predator like this can be tamed?
The natural response of most wild animals towards humans is fear (since we wiped out the ones that didn't run away). Pen them up so they can't run and what's left?
Quantess
(27,630 posts)I can't bring myself to read what happened to the cheetah who attacked the human. I am sure there will be an outcry for the cheetah to be destroyed, just for acting like a wild animal in captivity, being true to its nature.
AnotherMcIntosh
(11,064 posts)tawadi
(2,110 posts)"We're also considering the possibility that a female in heat"
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/woman-mauled-by-cheetahs-at-south-africa-game-park/story-e6frf7lf-1226347421512
tabasco
(22,974 posts)Glad she's okay.