People Breaking the Rules at Zoos

ProjectGames said:
I'm just recalling some infamous incidents that happened with people at the zoo.

In 2009, a woman at the Berlin Zoo decided to jump into the polar bear exhibit, with the water surrounding it. The woman than wanted to say hi to the polar bears, in which they didn't welcome her positively. They attacked the woman, but luckily, she was saved and no one died. She is out of luck that her stupid actions didn't cost her LIFE, because she would've been putting herself in a death trap.

In 2015, a toddler at the Cleveland Metro Park Zoo fell into a cheetah exhibit, but WHY IS IT? One of his parents held him on the railing that goes below the cheetah exhibit, but the toddler lost his balance and fell 10 feet into the exhibit. Luckily, the cheetahs had no bad plans, so the keepers were safe to retrieve him. A good ending, but, it could've been the Pittsburgh Zoo incident result that hit the child.

In 2016, a woman at the Toronto Zoo lost her hat near the tiger fence, and she jumped in to retrieve her hat. It was a bad idea, since she was right next to the tiger exhibit and could've been attacked. Luckily, the woman wasn't injured, but she crawled up to watch people curse and insult her. No person should jump into a risky spot just to retrieve a small belonging, because you're basically just paying a ticket to get a near-death experience.

I have a story I want to share, but its quite disturbing, so I don't know if I want to share it to the viewers or not.
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I remember a different version of the Berlin polar bears: the lady was actually trying to suicide and caught the right hour in which the polar bears were usually fed, then she managed to rethink of her action and asked for help; that day an innocent polar bear could've been put to sleep because a woman that looked like a walrus re-thought of her suicidal attempt
 
There was another story, which I wouldn't consider breaking a rule, though I'd like to share this anyways. In 2004, a couple of teenagers were taunting the gorillas, which infuriated Jabari the gorilla. Jabari then climbed over a 16 feet-ish wall that separates the visiting area and the exhibit, and Jabari jumped into the viewing area. It was then complete chaos. People were attacked, while some others escaped without being injured. One mother had her son attacked, and she tried to save him. As we all know, people wouldn't stand a chance against a gorilla, which resulted in the mother getting attacked by Jabari too. They somehow managed to escape the scene, and police took over. Jabari tried to attack the police, which they then feared for themselves and shot the gorilla, which caused an unfortunate end to his life. After the incident, the zoo had to reconstruct the gorilla exhibit, which took a while. The mother and son who were attacked would be fine, despite severe injuries. I knew Jabari as a gorilla at first who was a former Toronto Zoo gorilla that was born and raised in Toronto, then was transferred to Dallas where he would die a few years later to this unfortunate incident that should not have happened. I know taunting the animals was common to children, even I used to do it when I was a kid. I know these types of incidents are uncommon and you would feel like its okay to taunt the animals, but sometimes it wouldn't go the way you want it to be.

Here is the link to see the full information.
2004: Charging gorilla killed by police after hurting 3 at Dallas Zoo
 
ProjectGames said:
There was another story, which I wouldn't consider breaking a rule, though I'd like to share this anyways. In 2004, a couple of teenagers were taunting the gorillas, which infuriated Jabari the gorilla. Jabari then climbed over a 16 feet-ish wall that separates the visiting area and the exhibit, and Jabari jumped into the viewing area. It was then complete chaos. People were attacked, while some others escaped without being injured. One mother had her son attacked, and she tried to save him. As we all know, people wouldn't stand a chance against a gorilla, which resulted in the mother getting attacked by Jabari too. They somehow managed to escape the scene, and police took over. Jabari tried to attack the police, which they then feared for themselves and shot the gorilla, which caused an unfortunate end to his life. After the incident, the zoo had to reconstruct the gorilla exhibit, which took a while. The mother and son who were attacked would be fine, despite severe injuries. I knew Jabari as a gorilla at first who was a former Toronto Zoo gorilla that was born and raised in Toronto, then was transferred to Dallas where he would die a few years later to this unfortunate incident that should not have happened. I know taunting the animals was common to children, even I used to do it when I was a kid. I know these types of incidents are uncommon and you would feel like its okay to taunt the animals, but sometimes it wouldn't go the way you want it to be.

Here is the link to see the full information.
2004: Charging gorilla killed by police after hurting 3 at Dallas Zoo
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Why would anyone "feel like its okay to taunt the animals"?!
 
Well back in the days when I used to taunt the animals, I felt like it was because they were just stuck in their enclosure, and I figured maybe they have no way out. I used the advantage to make fun and taunt the animals, but it just my young self back in the days. Maybe they're just taking the advantage too, I'm just guessing.
 
ProjectGames said:
Well back in the days when I used to taunt the animals, I felt like it was because they were just stuck in their enclosure, and I figured maybe they have no way out. I used the advantage to make fun and taunt the animals, but it just my young self back in the days. Maybe they're just taking the advantage too, I'm just guessing.
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You thought they were stuck, so you decided to be mean to them?
 
ProjectGames said:
There was another story, which I wouldn't consider breaking a rule, though I'd like to share this anyways. In 2004, a couple of teenagers were taunting the gorillas, which infuriated Jabari the gorilla. Jabari then climbed over a 16 feet-ish wall that separates the visiting area and the exhibit, and Jabari jumped into the viewing area. It was then complete chaos. People were attacked, while some others escaped without being injured. One mother had her son attacked, and she tried to save him. As we all know, people wouldn't stand a chance against a gorilla, which resulted in the mother getting attacked by Jabari too. They somehow managed to escape the scene, and police took over. Jabari tried to attack the police, which they then feared for themselves and shot the gorilla, which caused an unfortunate end to his life. After the incident, the zoo had to reconstruct the gorilla exhibit, which took a while. The mother and son who were attacked would be fine, despite severe injuries. I knew Jabari as a gorilla at first who was a former Toronto Zoo gorilla that was born and raised in Toronto, then was transferred to Dallas where he would die a few years later to this unfortunate incident that should not have happened. I know taunting the animals was common to children, even I used to do it when I was a kid. I know these types of incidents are uncommon and you would feel like its okay to taunt the animals, but sometimes it wouldn't go the way you want it to be.

Here is the link to see the full information.
2004: Charging gorilla killed by police after hurting 3 at Dallas Zoo
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Taunting animals is always stupid... there's multiple unfortunate instances that have resulted.
 
Mickey said:
that day an innocent polar bear could've been put to sleep because a woman that looked like a walrus re-thought of her suicidal attempt
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And tonight's winner of the "Likes to direct unpleasant insults towards people struggling with mental health problems" Award goes to Mickey.

He wins a very firm "DON'T DO THIS". :rolleyes:
 
I have received a PM from ProjectGames, requesting I stop being "annoying", asking questions, and "trying to make (them) spit out all the information about it". I am normally respectful of PMs, but this one crosses the line, I think. YOU are the one who brought the subject up in the first place, then made multiple further posts about it. I've asked a total of two questions, in an attempt to clarify what you meant. "I don't want to get too far ahead" makes no sense in this context and indicates you'll be sharing more of whatever it is you're talking about. If you don't want questions to be asked, don't bring up the subject in the first place, or make further vague and leading statements.
 
TinoPup said:
I have received a PM from ProjectGames, requesting I stop being "annoying", asking questions, and "trying to make (them) spit out all the information about it". I am normally respectful of PMs, but this one crosses the line, I think. YOU are the one who brought the subject up in the first place, then made multiple further posts about it. I've asked a total of two questions, in an attempt to clarify what you meant. "I don't want to get too far ahead" makes no sense in this context and indicates you'll be sharing more of whatever it is you're talking about. If you don't want questions to be asked, don't bring up the subject in the first place, or make further vague and leading statements.
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I would urge you not to take offence by @TinoPup’s questions @ProjectGames. It’s quite clear they were aimed merely at seeking clarification on what to be fair, was a pretty vague statement.

One thing I’ve learnt about ZooChat is if you make a mistake, people are quick to correct you. While it would be easy to perceive this as annoying; in reality everyone is first and foremost interested in making sure that yourself and others on the site are provided with the correct information - in this case how to conduct yourself at a zoo.

I (and indeed everyone else) on the site have been corrected at some point or another and for that I’m grateful. It’s helped me grow in my knowledge and increase the quality of my contributions to this site.
 
TeaLovingDave said:
And tonight's winner of the "Likes to direct unpleasant insults towards people struggling with mental health problems" Award goes to Mickey.

He wins a very firm "DON'T DO THIS". :rolleyes:
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I should've weighted my words, the other day I was pissed for reasons outside of the forum and didn't read my messages as whole, I recognize I've made a pointless and offensive comment on the lady and I apologize for my behavior
 
TinoPup said:
I have received a PM from ProjectGames, requesting I stop being "annoying", asking questions, and "trying to make (them) spit out all the information about it". I am normally respectful of PMs, but this one crosses the line, I think. YOU are the one who brought the subject up in the first place, then made multiple further posts about it. I've asked a total of two questions, in an attempt to clarify what you meant. "I don't want to get too far ahead" makes no sense in this context and indicates you'll be sharing more of whatever it is you're talking about. If you don't want questions to be asked, don't bring up the subject in the first place, or make further vague and leading statements.
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@ProjectGames you are not obliged to participate in any conversation you don't wish to. You are not required to respond to anything in the Forum. Ever. Not at all. If someone makes a comment you don't like you do have the opportunity to let it go. You are in complete control of this, you don't need anyone else to do anything or change anything unless they become abusive.
 
Sorry on what was happening that time, I'll admit I was being disrespectful that time.

Some people here probably already know this story but I'm going to share this for the people who didn't know this.

In late 2021, a woman at the Bronx Zoo crossed a barrier into the lion exhibit and started dancing and throwing flowers and money, because she "missed" him. She was in front of lion, so she was putting her life in risk. Apparently she was also trespassing into the giraffe exhibit the (week?) before and got charged.

I don't know much about the story, so someone correct me if there was any errors.
 
ProjectGames said:
Sorry on what was happening that time, I'll admit I was being disrespectful that time.

Some people here probably already know this story but I'm going to share this for the people who didn't know this.

In late 2021, a woman at the Bronx Zoo crossed a barrier into the lion exhibit and started dancing and throwing flowers and money, because she "missed" him. She was in front of lion, so she was putting her life in risk. Apparently she was also trespassing into the giraffe exhibit the (week?) before and got charged.

I don't know much about the story, so someone correct me if there was any errors.
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She only crossed the visitor fence and remained on the visitor side of the moat... not in with the lions. There have been other incidents though where visitors did get into the "island" with the lions
 
Zooplantman said:
She only crossed the visitor fence and remained on the visitor side of the moat... not in with the lions. There have been other incidents though where visitors did get into the "island" with the lions
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She's done it twice now, too.
 
Late 70's. At Cleveland metroparks zoo. 2 guys broke into zoo at night and had killed an endangered deer. Reportedly they proclaimed for food. They used bow and arrows.
 
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