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Topic: Man mauled by tiger at NYC zoo pleads not guilty |
Man mauled by tiger at NYC zoo pleads not guilty
Associated Press, by Staff
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Posted By:Scottyboy, 1/11/2013 12:22:30 PM
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| A man who jumped into a tiger den at the Bronx Zoo and survived a mauling has pleaded not guilty to trespassing charges. The Bronx district attorney’s office says David Villalobos was arraigned Friday and released until another court appearance March 12. The 25-year-old Villalobos had told investigators his Sept. 21 leap was not a suicide attempt but “a desire to be one with the tiger.” He jumped from a monorail car in the zoo’s Wild Asia exhibit and cleared a 16-foot-high fence. He was attacked by a 400-pound Siberian tiger named Bashuta.
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Comments: Dude needs to be kept in a cage himself
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
sw penn, 1/11/2013 12:28:13 PM (No. 9110890)
You can send your letters of appreciation to the ACLU for closing the mental institutions. Thereby keeping people like this in your midst.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
bamapreacher, 1/11/2013 12:29:29 PM (No. 9110894)
Where is PETA in this? Imagine, spraying a poor tiger with a fire extinguisher.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
TheMotherCO, 1/11/2013 12:29:32 PM (No. 9110895)
Darwin Award??
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
killerbee, 1/11/2013 12:33:45 PM (No. 9110900)
What ultimately happened to the tiger? If it was raised in a zoo this may be its first time attacking a human. Did this jerk open a whole new world for this animal? Is the tiger now a danger to its keepers?
If the tiger had killed him, it probably would have been put down. This guy needs the book thrown at him.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
jt26, 1/11/2013 12:50:05 PM (No. 9110939)
I hope the tiger in question gets to confront his accuser in a court of law. I would pay to see that.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
bullhead, 1/11/2013 1:36:08 PM (No. 9111054)
Me too #5. I heard Sigfried and Roy will appear as character witnesses for Bashuta the Siberian tiger.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
preciosodrogas, 1/11/2013 1:51:56 PM (No. 9111096)
His desire to become one with the tiger nearly became literal and odoriferous.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
mozey, 1/11/2013 2:16:58 PM (No. 9111157)
Low information voter.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
schnapps, 1/11/2013 3:08:16 PM (No. 9111255)
He desired to be one with the tiger. Seems the tiger had the same desire. Who are we to judge.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
LamontCranston, 1/11/2013 4:38:50 PM (No. 9111419)
I oppose opposing Darwinianism in action!
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