I thought of this subject after the killing of the veteran whale trainer a while ago. http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/AmazingAnimals/whale-kills-trainer-sea-worlds-shamu-staduim/story?id=9932526. This link I have given you takes you to the article on the killing. My thoughts on the subject were that we should not mess with wild animals. This is not the first time a killer whale has attacked a person. Yet we still put people in the water with an animal that weighs over 12,000 pounds. This is a tragedy don't get me wrong. It is just we are suprised that a wild animal has attacked a person. People might say that it wasn't a wild animal, it was an animal that grew up in captivity. I will tell these people that they are wrong. Any animal is still an animal and will always keep their basic instincts no matter where they are. Timothy Treadwill was a man who lived with bears for many years and he was an expert in his field, but he got to close to a certain bear and it killed and ate him. No matter how well you know the animal they are all not the same. There is a new show on Animal Planet (http://www.animalplanet.com/) that is called Fatal Attractions. If you go to this website and then go to fatal attractions and look for "Travis the chip 911 call" you will be shocked. This show deals with people who get close to their animals and out of the blue they attack. . This site is a link to one of the shows. This particlular piece is a call from Sandra Herald to the police talking about how her PET chimp is attacking her freind. This attack leaves her freind with no hands or nose and almost all the bones in her face crushed. If you watch it you will be suprised to hear what the owner says at the end of the video. Other pet attacks include tigers, lepords, snakes, and komodo dragons. Also note this is not the first time a chimp has attacked a person and almost killed them. I have named the most abnormal animals for attacks.
Dogs are mans best freind right? In 2007 33 people were killed by dogs, 23 in 2008 and 33 in 2009. Just this year alone as of right now there has been 8 fatal dog attacks. Dogs killing poeople! Yah I know right! 77.5 dogs are owned in the US. Dogs are not the only regular household pets to hold resposible for attacks, cats have also been know to attack their owners. Even though we call them domesticated they still are animals and we as people should respect that. All animals have their limits. A lot of the time people push them over and then people get attacked. Respect all animals even if they are your pet because at heart they still have their wild instincts.
Cited sources
http://www.dogbitlaw.com/
http://www.animalplanet.com/
http://www.humansociety.org/issues/pet_overpopulation/facts/pet_ownership_statistics.html
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I totally agree with you on the fact that wild animals are exactly that wild. There are some animals that I don’t think should ever leave in the same home as humans, such as: chimps, tigers, and snakes. When the chimp had attacked that woman’s friend and the hysterical phone call to the police. The attack made by her friend’s “pet” left her with no hands or nose and her face was crushed boneless. How can people be so stupid to think they can actually change a wild animal into a domesticated pet? Like you said dogs and cats attack humans every year, but they only attack because they have been pushed to the brink and they are annoyed with you. Your last statement was very good, and I agree with you that even though your pets might be your best friend, they still have their wild animal instincts.
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