Zookeeper mauled by tiger in Pattaya

 

Image: Siamchonn News

 

A zookeeper suffered serious injuries after being mauled by a tiger at the Elephant Kingdom in Pattaya on Saturday.

 

Thitipong Makarom, 32, said he was tending to the three tigers at the park, as he does everyday, when one of the tigers suddenly pounced on him.

 

Thitipong was only saved after co-workers entered the cage and was able to pull him to safety. 

 

He suffered injuries to arms, legs and ear and was taken to hospital for further treatment. 

 

Thitiphong told reporters that he had never had any problems with the tigers before. 

 

Elephant Kingdom Pattaya has been closed since March because of a lack of tourists due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

The incident is being investigated by animal welfare officials.
 

Source: Siamchonn News

 

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1 hour ago, rooster59 said:

Thitiphong told reporters that he had never had any problems with the tigers before. 

It only takes for one Tiger to get out of the wrong side of the bed in the morning.

I think he got too casual with the Tigers,as nothing had happened before.

regards Worgeordie

When people pouncing on other people who are we to judge when a tiger act his nature being a tiger...

1 hour ago, worgeordie said:

It only takes for one Tiger to get out of the wrong side of the bed in the morning.

I think he got too casual with the Tigers,as nothing had happened before.

regards Worgeordie

my pet cat used to turn on me from time to time.....he had his claws in me many times.....

Moral is they try protect themselves from any danger they can hear/smell or see

Another victim of the Covid 19 virus ! tigers lack of tourists to build up an appetite ear your zookeeper in stead !

2 hours ago, essox essox said:

my pet cat used to turn on me from time to time.....he had his claws in me many times.....

Moral is they try protect themselves from any danger they can hear/smell or see

And now and again they are grumpy and wish to be left alone.....

O, Mr. Tiger why did you maul me today, you promised me you would not. O, Mr. Tiger keeper it is just my nature

4 hours ago, worgeordie said:

It only takes for one Tiger to get out of the wrong side of the bed in the morning.

I think he got too casual with the Tigers,as nothing had happened before.

regards Worgeordie

Moral of the story: "don't get in the same cage as a tiger"

5 hours ago, rooster59 said:

The incident is being investigated by animal welfare officials.

They'd be better investigating using zookeeper welfare officers going by the outcome of the incident.

Zookeepers have been attacked & killed by tigers for a very long time. These reports from John Aspinall's zoo in the UK:

 

"However, in 1980, he was forced to shoot two Siberian tigresses that killed two keepers at Howletts, and four years later a keeper was crushed to death by an Indian bull elephant in Port Lympne".

"In 1994, the head keeper at Howletts was killed by a Siberian tiger".

"In 1996, Aspinall won a high court case to maintain the controversial practice of keepers mingling with tigers, even though in May of that year, a boy was awarded £132,000 because his arm was ripped off by a chimpanzee at Port Lympne in 1989".

No tourist may well mean the Tigers don't receive their usual dose of sedative.

Wild animals belong in the wild.

Claude !

2 hours ago, moe666 said:

O, Mr. Tiger why did you maul me today, you promised me you would not. O, Mr. Tiger keeper it is just my nature

Maybe 7-11 didn't "wave" the sausages long enough?

7 hours ago, rooster59 said:

never had any problems with the tigers before

well .... there's always a first time.  Hope he fully recovers but never go in the tigers cage without your chair & whip

The poor old tiger was home sick for the great outdoors and a bit of fresh meat 

I hope the tiger has no ill affects from his snack 

Edited September 20, 20205 yr by Grumpy one

20 minutes ago, steven100 said:

well .... there's always a first time.  Hope he fully recovers but never go in the tigers cage without your chair & whip

Reminds me of a few "cat houses" I've strayed into... but never a tigers cage.

Tigers don’t belong in cages ! People don’t belong in tiger cages ! ????????

2 hours ago, ronaldo0 said:

Tigers don’t belong in cages ! People don’t belong in tiger cages ! ????????

well  ..... Sole brother's circus was pretty neat when I went

10 hours ago, worgeordie said:

It only takes for one Tiger to get out of the wrong side of the bed in the morning.

I think he got too casual with the Tigers,as nothing had happened before.

regards Worgeordie

The actual problem is that human start treating (wild) animals more and more as a human or see then as children.

 

With this losing the needed respect for nature. Then small error results in bad accidents like this or even worse.

 

They put the blame on the (wild) animal, forgetting it is the human who has to be blamed and did invade the hazardous danger space which one normally would stay out and far way from

20 hours ago, trucking said:

Wild animals belong in the wild.

'Domesticated' wild animals, raised in zoos die in the wild.

15 hours ago, Hi Tea said:

'Domesticated' wild animals, raised in zoos die in the wild.

 No they don't if properly introduced to their proper habitat. You don't just boot them out of the back of a truck in the middle of nowhere.

 

Plenty of documentaries about animals being released into the wild.

 

However , my point was that wild animals should not be taken from their natural habitat or bred in captivity in the first place just for humans to gawk at.

 

 

 

 

 

On 9/20/2020 at 5:26 AM, steven100 said:

well  ..... Sole brother's circus was pretty neat when I went

 

I should love to put you in a cage then come along and poke you with a stick through the bars. I am sure it would be amusing.

8 minutes ago, trucking said:

 

I should love to put you in a cage then come along and poke you with a stick through the bars. I am sure it would be amusing.

that's not very nice. I'm just saying when i was kid we went to the circus.

19 hours ago, ronaldo0 said:

Tigers don’t belong in cages ! People don’t belong in tiger cages ! ????????

not unless you have a chair & whip ????????

I would get in a bad mood as well in case I wouldn‘t get my balls scratched for months ...

18 hours ago, trucking said:

No they don't if properly introduced to their proper habitat. You don't just boot them out of the back of a truck in the middle of nowhere.

Like an unwanted dog.....

22 hours ago, trucking said:

Plenty of documentaries about animals being released into the wild.

And plenty of reports about why wild animals are not released into the wild because  many more cannot survive there now.

Edited September 22, 20205 yr by Hi Tea