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- GeneralFailure0, on 02/04/2008, -0/+23As opposed to a tiger surgeon.
- inactive, on 02/04/2008, -0/+17wow, this species seems to be in real trouble. If it's almost dead in the wild and the ones bred in captivity are showing the effects of inbreeding.... well, I'd say it's time to concentrate on bringing them back in the wild.
- burkinaboy, on 02/04/2008, -0/+15Fascinating story -- and some good news for once.
- ila002, on 02/05/2008, -1/+8so this like one good thing vs the 500 bad things humans have done to animals....
- Zilk, on 02/05/2008, -2/+96 billion people - 5000 tigers. We can manage.
- chrisaug18, on 02/04/2008, -0/+6aww, that's lovely, keep up the good work. (and no i'm not being sarcastic)
- marioday, on 02/04/2008, -0/+6thank god,they saved the poor tiger.
- dheaddy, on 02/05/2008, -1/+6I can has eyesight?
- hakz, on 02/05/2008, -0/+5I thought it said human eye surgery, like they transplanted a human eye into a tiger.
- inactive, on 02/04/2008, -0/+3 Cataract surgery is common these days...Too bad these critters have reached a bottleneck in their evolution.
The cheetah is in the same predicament. - CAD420, on 02/05/2008, -1/+4No, I'm pretty sure the Surgeon had more to do with it than HE did.
Matter of fact, by rights, one should blame HIM for making the tiger blind in the first place.
Sickening. - bonkeykong, on 02/05/2008, -0/+2Feline eye surgeons are not up to par with their human counterparts.
- angryredplanet, on 02/05/2008, -0/+2These Southern Chinese tigers are critically endangered and effectively extinct (30 animals left in the wild). It inherited genes for cataracts from it's inbred parents as a result of small genetic diversity, meaning it's gene pool is "*****" anyway. Are you suggesting they should just leave this one to die blind in captivity when they can actually do something to assist it in this, the only life it will get to experience?
Life is not all about evolution and genetics, it's also about being humane and having a heart. This tiger may or may not not be used as breeding stock, so your concern about wrecking the already wrecked gene pool may be misplaced. Let it live a full life, as closely as it can to a wild tiger. - Khast, on 02/05/2008, -0/+2That is a very skilled surgeon. I hate hearing about how species are becoming extinct, but it is good to hear some good news once in a while....even if the species is functionally extinct.
Now let's prevent this from happening to the other great cats...or are we just waiting for news like this from the remaining 20 of them as well.... - inactive, on 02/04/2008, -0/+2Awww...
- unearth, on 02/05/2008, -1/+3Where'd you pinch the hooch? Is some blind tiger jerking suds on the side?
- BearinG, on 02/08/2008, -0/+1Yeah but its also nature.. fine nowadays its just brutal.. but before that humans hunted animals for food.. just like animals eat other animals too..
- oyourmom, on 02/05/2008, -0/+1"Dr. Fei has had much success in cataract surgeries before, operating on hundreds of human patients. This was, however, his first time operating on an animal."
9th grade Biology ftw, humans are animals... - aceakm, on 02/04/2008, -1/+2Now it can see it's victims...
- dheaddy, on 02/05/2008, -1/+2Idiot
- Foodeater133, on 02/05/2008, -2/+3Holy smokes. Liu Fei would make an amazing Dynasty warrior character name.
- Narcowski, on 02/05/2008, -0/+1Only 500?
- angryredplanet, on 02/05/2008, -1/+1The problem is the Chinese like to eat their genitalia etc amongst other things as a part of 'traditional medicine'. They really don't stand a chance unless there is a large educational program aimed at informing people that eating a tiger dick actually has no aphrodisiac effect at all and will not help somebody recover from erectile dysfunction (or whatever it is claimed to do). Then there are the poachers who are after their fur - unfortunately no amount of education can help there...
- skyfire1, on 02/05/2008, -1/+1Not that amazing. It's not like the eye was alien or anything.
- angryredplanet, on 02/05/2008, -1/+1On the contrary, we don't treat native species of animals very nicely at all. We also don't treat fellow humans nicely either. We are conditioned from youth to be competitive and not associative (unless it gives us the competitive edge), at the expense of each other, the environment and the animal kingdom.
- pandaboy99, on 02/05/2008, -2/+1It's the eye of the tiger, it's the thrill of the fight
Risin' up to the challenge of our rival
And the last known survivor stalks his prey in the night
And he's watchin' us all in the eye of the tiger
*hums rocky theme to himself*... - Wazzuper1, on 02/05/2008, -2/+0"China still cool!"
- zestyg, on 02/05/2008, -2/+0Now it can pass on the genes for cataracts to its progeny. Evolution 101, survival of the fittest. If you let the unfit pass on ***** genes then you ***** the gene pool. So now not only are the tigers endangered, but they are at risk of developing cataracts, going blind, and dying out anyway.
- inactive, on 02/05/2008, -3/+1BREAKING NEWS!!!
This just in, a couple of days after the surgery, the baby tiger started seeing dead people and other scary things. - RhodesSkolar, on 02/05/2008, -5/+2His life wasn't saved. His eyesight was partially restored. Bravo the the surgeon just the same. I hope no one refers to the surgeon as a hero.
- blitzer, on 02/04/2008, -6/+1The tiger's new eyesight helped it eat patrons in the cafeteria...
- inactive, on 02/05/2008, -5/+0I'm going to have to go with kolop1 on this. We treat animals better than humans. On the whole, we as individuals treat other humans like....well....animals. Aw what a wuvly baby tiger, aw yes you are.
- kolop1, on 02/05/2008, -9/+2 People with out insurance can't afford this, but let save the lion. What a waste of time and money.
- inactive, on 02/04/2008, -15/+1Buried for being stupid fluff. Praise Xenu.
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