Tiger kills teen during photo pose

[The TRUST]

Tiger kills teen during photo pose

Friday, August 19, 2005; Posted: 9:21 a.m. EDT (13:21 GMT)

MOUND VALLEY, Kansas (AP) -- A Siberian tiger attacked and killed a teenage girl who was posing for photos at a family-run animal sanctuary Thursday in southeast Kansas, authorities said.

The Labette County Sheriff's office identified the victim as Haley R. Hilderbrand, 17, of Altamont. A statement from the office said Hilderbrand was at the Lost Creek Animal Sanctuary posing for photos with the 7-year-old tiger, which was being restrained by its handler, when the animal turned and attacked her.

Officers and handlers killed the animal. Emergency personnel were not able to revive Hilderbrand.

Doug Billingsly and his family opened the 80-acre sanctuary in 1994. According to the sanctuary's Web site, its animals include lions, leopards, tigers and bears.

Billingsly didn't immediately return a phone call for comment.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/08/18/tiger.attack.ap/index.html

 

[Vitaliy]

This is what you get for trying to tie up and hold down a wild animal so your damn kid would have a cute picture.

 

[Springtyme]

Just because they were f'n STUPID enough to let a TEENAGER pose with a friggin TIGER they kill the d@mn thing... I f'n HATE STUPID PEOPLE! You have NO idea how upset ***** like this gets me....

 

[rayman45]

GOOD

 

[aapl76]

 

[piranha45]

maybe people will someday realize bears tigers crocodiles etc. else don't make good pets.

oh well, I give them a Darwin award!

 

[joel]

sounds like some of the dumb people i have to deal with all day.

 

[darkemotion]

I dont know what she was thinking I don't even trust posing near my cousin pitbull. I don't its kind of sad that the tiger died oh and the girl too.

 

[Meniscus]

Stuff like this doesn't surprise me any more. So many people do such stupid stuff with animals. When will people realize that these are large and DEADLY WILD ANIMALS?!?! They act out of instinct. This was not a malicious act. There was no reason to kill the tiger.

Anyone else remember when that celeb paid to get some pics with the komodo dragon at the San Diego zoo a few years ago and the thing turned on him. I think it was some dude associated with Sharon Stone. Dumbasses....

 

[DeLgAdO]

hahaha idiot!