Toronto Star: Tiger mauls exotic animal owner to death

[marmar]

Tiger mauls exotic animal owner to death
Tamara Baluja Staff Reporter

Published On Sun Jan 10 2010


A 66-year-old exotic animal owner from Southwold, Ont. was mauled to death by his Siberian tiger.

Elgin County OPP said the man had gone to feed the adult male tiger that was kept in a large pen around 3 p.m. on Sunday, when the 650-pound tiger attacked him.

"He was found by a family member, who managed to lock the tiger in a separate part of the cage and called us," said OPP Const. Tony Carlson.

The man, who was pronounced dead on the scene, has been identified as Norman Buwalda.

"We don't know what prompted the attack at this time, because there were no witnesses...my officers tell me the tiger was pacing back and forth in his pen. If that means it was agitated, I couldn't tell you."

Police say Buwalda was not wearing any protective clothing when he went into the cage. ........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/748965--tiger-mauls-exotic-animal-owner-to-death?bn=1

[Heidi]

1. "We don't know what prompted the attack at this time."

Gosh, I dunno. Maybe being held captive in an enclosure big enough for a human but not nearly big enough for a tiger?

"The two-storey cage, made of concrete, glass and steel bars, is as big as a house."

[shawcomm]

5. These cops are geniuses, aren't they?

"Police say Buwalda was not wearing any protective clothing when he went into the cage."

Protective clothing? It's a tiger, not bees.

[DrCory]

8. There's armor for everything these days...

[shawcomm]

9. heh

I love watching that guy get the hell knocked out of him. I really want to see him with a grizzly one day.

[malaise]

6. Darwin talked to the tiger

Ah well.

[Heidi]

7. I mean, who would have guessed that a tiger who had already attacked a child

might be less than pleased to held in captivity by an inferior animal one-third his size? Rocket surgery, I tell ya.

[krispos42]

2. Oh, a tiger, not Tiger

Nevermind.

[Skittles]

3. scheduling krispos42 for ass-kicking

for confusing a golfer with a feline

[krispos42]

4. Yes ma'am!

:-)

[flvegan]

10. What prompted the attack? It's a fucking tiger!

Wasn't it Chris Rock that joked that animals like this don't go crazy or insane, they just go tiger on your ass.