They are what they are

BRUSSELS, Belgium - An animal lover was mauled to death by cheetahs after entering their cage at a zoo in northern Belgium, authorities and zoo officials said Monday.

“Karen loved animals. Unfortunately the cheetahs betrayed her trust". Authorities believe the woman,, a regular visitor to the zoo, hid in the park late Sunday until it closed and managed to find the keys to the cheetah cage.

Animal rights group GAIA called for the immediate closure of the zoo, located 55 miles northeast of Brussels, saying it was unsafe for both visitors and the cats.

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Betrayed her trust? The wild animals didn’t throw a party at her house while she was out of town, they didn’t borrow her car and use it in a robbery, they didn’t bang her boyfriend! The wild animals sensed an intruder and they killed it. It is what they do . You don’t hang out with cheetahs, they aren’t your buds, they don’t want to eat Cheetos with you. They want to chew on you. You = Slow and fat and stupid, Them = Fast and lithe and bored . They really don’t think we’re cute. They don’t look at us through their enclosures and say “Ahhh! Look at the widdle people! Aren’t they cutest things evah! OMG! Bitty little humans! SO sweet!”. They look as us though their enclosures and say ” Nummy, Nummy...One more step... Climb the fence. Come on... A little closer, a littler nearer. Put your arm through the bars... Come to Papa, Mmmmmmmm.”

I watched a show on how big cats kill their prey. They are very efficient killers, very fast. The big cats snap their preys necks and then puncture the carotid. As the prey bleeds out, they move the body and save it for later. Bears on the other hand? No table manners whatsoever, what with the tearing and ripping. I would imagine that even cheetahs living in a long term care situation would still be very good at it. The poor woman probably didn’t suffer for long, hopefully. The cheetahs probably thought she was intrusive manna from heaven. Her poor family.

And as to the animal rights yahoos. I think the zoo was safe for visitors and animals. She had to fail to leave at closing, hide from the staff, steal keys and then bother the animals. The animals were fine. I would hope that in the future, visitor would look around, notice the lack of cameras and realize that they and the cheetahs and the other predators are not staring in another poorly conceived Disney movie.

I love Dogger and the other dogs at the park and they are really cute... right up to when they start playing rough, play- fighting, running as a pack. They morph before your eyes from cute and fluffy puppy rabbits into pack animals. Predators.

On a completely related note. A couple were their with their two dogs. Really, one and a quarter dogs. They just got a new puppy ! A nine week old dachshund/terrier/lab? mix . The other dog owners were lining up to see the baby and we all got a chance to hold her! A leetle, itty bitty, baby puppy! An infant dog. The puppy started to shiver and her people put on her sweater - it was a sock! the puppy could wear a sock! It wasn’t even a big sock. The puppy didn’t even bark yet, she grunted and I swear, when she got cuddled up, she purred.