Leopard kills woman on television shoot

Post by **Stuart** » 17 Mar 2011, 06:40

Berlin - A leopard not previously thought to be dangerous has killed a member of a German television crew making an episode of a popular series in Namibia just outside Windhoek.

A spokesperson for the production company ndF said on Wednesday: "The animal was thought to be completely docile.

"Some members of the team even stroked him before."

The 46-year-old woman, who has not been named, was part of a team preparing an episode of Um Himmels Willen (For Heaven's Sake), a light-hearted and long-running series set in and around a Bavarian nunnery.

"He unexpectedly went for her throat," Ulf Tubbesing, a Namibian-German television vet who owned the farm where the tragedy took place, told the Bild daily.

"I immediately ordered my farm manager to shoot the animal."

Not previously thought to be dangerous? Seriously? Some people are just utterly stupid, aren't they?

Website · Post by **hamin_aus** » 17 Mar 2011, 07:05

ah, those crazy Germans...

Koko_Lion · Post by **Koko_Lion** » 17 Mar 2011, 07:44

Poor leopard!

Nuke · Post by **Nuke** » 17 Mar 2011, 07:45

It reminds me of a certain guy with a stingray.....

Mori · Post by **Mori** » 17 Mar 2011, 07:52

Berlin - A leopard not previously thought to be dangerous...

This yust might be were things went wrong. It's a leopard for crying out loud !
I feel much safer watching these magnificent creatures on discovery channel, rather than trying to go out
and play with one.
These animals belong in their natural habitat, not on a film shoot !

Website · Post by **hamin_aus** » 17 Mar 2011, 08:01

Yes, and IIRC leopards are the most bad-tempered of all the big cats - and just a few hundred thousand years ago they were hunting us, so why would you think that you are perfectly safe around one

StarBound · Post by **StarBound** » 17 Mar 2011, 08:14

Nonsense! That leopard is as safe of the Fukoshima nuclear reactor. ...oh wait.

Post by **ryanrich** » 17 Mar 2011, 08:39

Koko_Lion wrote:Poor leopard!

Yup, it actually really annoys me that they kill the animals after things like this... If you're gonna play around with a wild animal then you handle the consequences that come along with it!

Tribble · Post by **Tribble** » 17 Mar 2011, 08:49

How dare they shoot it for doing what it is designed to do. We got to touch a leopard at the Rhino and Lion park but the handler warned us not to make any noise or sudden movements, not to approach it from behind, not to touch any other part of its head other than the top. And this for a "tame" leopard. As soon as the animal seemed to get restless, he stopped the people from coming near and took it for a time out.

Being in human company is stressful for most animals (and other humans too) - they should leave the animals where they belong - in the great outdoors.

Website · Post by **hamin_aus** » 17 Mar 2011, 09:04

Tribble wrote:How dare they shoot it for doing what it is designed to do.

Get real.
Once an animal attacks and seriously injures or kills a human I'm all for destroying it.
But questions should definitely be asked about why a leopard was left unsupervised around untrained humans.
Someone should face charges for this.

JollyJamma · Post by **JollyJamma** » 17 Mar 2011, 09:04

Yeah I'm with everyone in feeling sorry for the leopard. One of my favorite animals. Shoot the lady, save the cat.

Millions of years of evolution and they think they can teach it to eat Tofu and play chess? Fools.

Tribble · Post by **Tribble** » 17 Mar 2011, 09:06

jamin_za wrote:
Tribble wrote:How dare they shoot it for doing what it is designed to do.
Get real.
Once an animal attacks and seriously injures or kills a human I'm all for destroying it.

Then you are in the right country

Website · Post by **hamin_aus** » 17 Mar 2011, 09:07

It's just common sense.
An animal that has attacked a human has essentially lost all fear of humans and will be more likely to attack again with less provocation that originally.

JollyJamma · Post by **JollyJamma** » 17 Mar 2011, 09:10

Reminds me of Shaik.

IcePick88 · Post by **IcePick88** » 17 Mar 2011, 09:26

jamin_za wrote:Get real.
Once an animal attacks and seriously injures or kills a human I'm all for destroying it.
But questions should definitely be asked about why a leopard was left unsupervised around untrained humans.
Someone should face charges for this.

Seriously?

Judging by your post I can then safely say that if a lion chows a poacher then the lion should be shot?

The farm owner should be shot man!

Tribble · Post by **Tribble** » 17 Mar 2011, 09:29

I agree with the ice pick there

Website · Post by **hamin_aus** » 17 Mar 2011, 09:35

IcePick88 wrote:Judging by your post I can then safely say that if a lion chows a poacher then the lion should be shot?

Yes, that's exactly what I was saying. You're not taking me completely out of context at all

Tribble wrote:I agree with the ice pick there

Yeah, well, I agree with Hitler, Stalin and Mugabe on some things...

Tribble · Post by **Tribble** » 17 Mar 2011, 09:35

Bwahahahahahaha oh Jamin - can turn the worst tragedy into something we can laugh at

IcePick88 · Post by **IcePick88** » 17 Mar 2011, 09:38

jamin_za wrote:
IcePick88 wrote:Judging by your post I can then safely say that if a lion chows a poacher then the lion should be shot?
Yes, that's exactly what I was saying. You're not taking me completely out of context at all

If humans decide to domesticate known wild animals, they should bear the consequences if the animal attacks a human. Not the lion/leopard/hyena ect ect.
The animal did not ask to be there. So why should it then suffer when it acts on instinct?

Website · Post by **hamin_aus** » 17 Mar 2011, 09:48

IcePick88 wrote:If humans decide to domesticate known wild animals, they should bear the consequences if the animal attacks a human. Not the lion/leopard/hyena ect ect.
The animal did not ask to be there. So why should it then suffer when it acts on instinct?

It doesn't suffer, a bullet in the head is not suffering. Also, it's an animal, it doesn't have a choice about anything. You think if you gave a gazelle the choice between being hunted and possibly killed every day or living in an enclosure it would want to be hunted? So do we then remove all gazelles from the wild so they cant be hunted?

I'm saying that if an animal is not properly trained and supervised, and as a result of that a human is injured or killed, the only recourse is to destroy the animal. Yes, it may not be the animals fault, but the animal can no longer be trusted around humans, and it cant be released into the wild.
I also think the persons responsible for training and looking after the animals should be held liable for it's actions. In the case of gross negligence, criminal charges should be filed.

Or we could just leave the animals to kill again, like you want. maybe we could put them somewhere like a zoo for man-killers. and then you and tribble could pay for the care and upkeep of these animals out of your pocket, since you love them so much.

JollyJamma · Post by **JollyJamma** » 17 Mar 2011, 09:50

If humans decide to domesticate known wild animals

No animal has been domesticated in 2000 years, I think Jamin was pointing out you should quite whilst you are ahead and not frikken put bells and PomPoms on a thing with big teeth and a tenancy for ripping you apart.

I love reading Jamins responses-it's like he's given in to stupid and just goes with it to humor the rest of us.

RiaX · Post by **RiaX** » 17 Mar 2011, 10:00

tough luck for the animal. Yeah it was stupid but ask yourself this? if your best friend is getting chomped you wont shoot it?

thats what it means to be on the top of the food chain

Anyways i dont blame the germans i blame their tour guide

Koko_Lion · Post by **Koko_Lion** » 17 Mar 2011, 10:01

Kevin Richardson's day is coming

Tribble · Post by **Tribble** » 17 Mar 2011, 10:20

The lady was already dead when they shot it.

senile · Post by **senile** » 17 Mar 2011, 10:24

Koko_Lion wrote:Kevin Richardson's day is coming

Might as well add the rest of the Backstreet boys to that list

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