Hey Dan

I wanted to thank the person who posted this comment. You are standing up for a belief. Dialog is good. With the hope of extending that dialog I am posting my comment on the main page.

Comment made by Missy

I think this artical is tasteless! I agree that Tiger's are born killers and should be left alone as wild animals and should be free to roam. But if you "cheer for death or pain", you have issues and you should seek help!

Me:
True… I am cheering for someone else’s pain. You have a valid point. Roy Horn is fighting for his life. For that he has my prayers. If he dies he will have died doing what he loved. But individual death and pain in the face of extinction is the point. What he has done in life lead him here. The tiger that mauled him will most likely be put to death for Roy Horn forgetting he was a tiger. All true stories end in death, by the species survives. I am worried about the species, both human and tiger. Right now it is tigers that are in trouble.

This is not a case of the innocent tiger attacking the bad human nor the other way around. This is about a species facing extinction and a man who spent his life so far hurting their chances for survival. You could shoot a lot of white tigers before I would be worried about tigers being extinct. You shoot one normal tiger and you better have a really good reason. This is about extinction.