Man Hospitalized After Jumping into Bronx Zoo Tiger Den

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By RICHARD ESPOSITO and COLLEEN CURRY
Sept. 21, 2012
A man was hospitalized after apparently jumping off an electric monorail ride and over an electric fence into the tiger den at New York's Bronx Zoo this afternoon.

The victim, who zoo officials said was approximately 25 years old, suffered multiple wounds, including tiger bites and fractures, according to Emergency Medical Services and police. Among the injuries were a deep wound to the back, a tiger bite to the right ankle that possibly caused a fracture and a right knee injury.

Earlier, police said the man had to have a foot amputated, but officials later said that was not the case.

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[bpositive]

1. I'm sorry, this is f**ckin stupid

And a good candidate for the Darwin awards

[jberryhill]

2. He may be mentally ill

Perhaps we can throw the mentally ill to the lions for entertainment.

[Drahthaardogs]

5. He could have been higher than a kite too.

Conjecture is conjecture.

[XemaSab]

9. The guy who was killed by the tiger in SF

was a jackass.

I feel bad for the tiger, though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Zoo_tiger_attacks

[jberryhill]

10. Tigers should not be able to escape zoo enclosures

I don't care what he was. A live angry tiger was able to escape its enclosure at a zoo.

[XemaSab]

13. Tigers should be in the wild

n/t

[abumbyanyothername]

14. Tigers should not be at zoos. PETA supporter. nt

[jberryhill]

15. The problem is...

...I am not in charge of the world. There are zoos. They should keep the animals separate from the visitors.

[surrealAmerican]

3. He jumped from the monorail.

This was likely a suicide attempt.

[flvegan]

4. I hope he can be taken care of

and that no harm comes to the big cats that reacted to his actions.

[lonestarnot]

6. These jump'n in the cat cage incidents make me think of Cat Williams.

Sorry. I feel sorry for the dude. Must be mentally disturbed, but who the fuck isn't these days.

[Zax2me]

7. He listed 'Mother Earth' as his religion on Facebook.

Maybe he thought she would protect him?!

[musette_sf]

8. I would hate to think

that Beavis and Butt-head Dhaliwal are inspiring copycat (pardon the pun) douchecanoes:

http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/bay-area/2010/11/tiger-attack-tapes-turn-tasty-treat

[DisgustipatedinCA]

11. I believe Kat Williams covered this a few years back

[Logical]

12. Well, not something you see happening every day. I bet he never forgets that story.

[jberryhill]

16. Sound like a lot of his injuries were from the jump

How high a jump are we talking about here?

He could have easily broken his ankles just from that alone. Especially if it was a concrete surface.