How is this EKO’s fault?
He is a Tiger that has been taken out of the wild and put in a cage. They have huge signs that say don’t pet or feed the animals. Tigers aren’t pets for a reason, they are killers, but EKO had to die because of a dumbass custodian worker.
I am upset about this.
TMZ has the story.
A tiger was shot and killed Wednesday at the Naples Zoo after a zoo cleaner violated the rules by entering an area near the tiger he should never have been.
The man appeared to either be petting or feeding the tiger … sticking his hand through the fence. The tiger grabbed the man’s arm and attempted to pull him into the enclosure.
According to the Collier County Sheriff’s Dept., deputies tried kicking the enclosure in an effort to get the tiger to release the man’s arm … but it didn’t work.
A deputy then shot and killed the animal … a Malayan tiger named Eko.
The man was a member of a cleaning crew at the zoo — the crew was a third party, not an employee of the zoo — and he was supposed to be cleaning restrooms and the gift shop, but decided to pet or feed the tiger instead.
I hope the man doesn’t die, and he is in the hospital with serious injuries, but what a dummy. I often wonder what these animals think about being locked up in a zoo. I am sure some of them don’t care, but others wish they would be free, so when they see a human mocking them, they will attack.
Animals, in general, do not attack humans unless humans are messing with them. If you leave them alone, they will leave you alone.
RIP EKO, it shouldn’t have gone down like this.
Flip the page for the video of the cops murdering EKO.
