TigerAttack

Days before, a malaysian who worked as a zoo keeper in the Singapore Zoo was mauled to death by three white tigers.
How so?
He deliberately jumped into the tiger enclosure with the full intention of dying.
He said goodbye to his fellow zoo keepers before approaching the tigers.
What happened was he later realised that dying is actually not something that he really wanted but unfortunately he couldn't manage to escape from the tigers even if he wanted it so much.
Licensed shooters were going over to the area after being alerted of the attack.
However, when they reached, the tigers were nowhere in sight as they had retreated back into their den.
By that time, the man's breathing was already very shallow and he subsequently lost his life despite the first aid provided by veterinarian.
You know how tigers attack.
They bite at the neck.
I feel so sorry for that man.
Even if he wanted to die, there were so many better ways of dying and why chose this.

Anyway, what disturbed me was that a discussion on whether the tigers should be "removed" as a punishment was raised.
Why would people even think of killing the animals in the first place?
What had the tigers done wrong?
They are not like human.
They can't think cognitively like us.
They do not know that we humans are so superior that we cannot afford to be harmed.
It's their nature of hunting down perceived enemy or prey.
They might also do it out of curiosity.
So, why is the blame on them?
I understand that some people might think that the man changed his mind.
He wanted to live but if the tigers weren't that wild, perhaps he might still escaped.
Hence, they came to this conclusion that the tigers deserve the punishment.
First of all, I would like to say that at the very first second he stepped into the enclosure, he had to be all prepared to die.
There was no guarantee that you would escape alive.
It's no joke.
Well, the tiger might see you as a deer? a zebra? I don't know.
You can't just say that once you change your mind that you don't want to die anymore, the blame will now be on the tigers if you couldn't escape.
That doesn't make sense at all.
Moreover, it is expected that he will change his mind.
It's basic instinct to stay alive.
No matter what, people struggle to survive.
I am sure even those who wanted to commit suicide, at the point when they are that near to death, they will be overwhelmed by fear and start to struggle for survival.
Poeple will only want to die when they think that they are better off dead based on the simple fact that no one knows what is going to happen after death and I am sure not everyone go for euthanasia sincerely feel that they should die, if not all.
Their state of mind must have been influence by their false perception on the suffering of intolerable pain, the unnecessary burden caused to the family memebers, the unbearable quality of life and so on.
Therefore, it is not justifiable, given the above reasons, that the tigers should be killed.
If the tigers were killed on the spot so as to stop them from attacking the man at that time, then it is still reasonable.
But after the incident people are still thinking of whether or not to kill them is ridiculous.
In additional, just a bonus point, those are rare white tigers.
It's funny to see that poeple are not looking into other more important areas and instead, focusing on what is totally irrelevant.

Questions on the safety measures that the zoo prescribes were also raised.
This I think is a good point although I think that we cannot possibly stop everyone who tries to commit suicide.
At least we can put in more effort on eliminating all or most of the opportunities that can allow such incident to happen.
From what I understood, the zoo's security was quite well but definitely, there are still rooms for improvement.
Working on this certainly yields no harm but benefits.

By the way, from the report I got to know that the man was actually a family person.
He placed family first in everything.
For this, I respect him.
He called back to his Malaysian home every morning, and up to 4 times in a day.
He even kept his family photos in his wallet which his family also did not know.
He came over to work in Singapore so that he could earn some money and send back to his family.
He was also a very helpful and dilligent worker.
What a waste that he died.
It's still unknown as to what triggered him to commit suicide.
Rest in peace.