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- shadus, on 10/12/2007, -1/+121We call this "Natural Selection", the person is an idiot. Maybe they'll win a darwin award!
wtf is up with salon.com... its like an advertisement hell. Someone wanna paste a copy of the article up here so people don't have to suffer? - Disclaimer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+83Cheetahs Kill Zoo-Goer Who Entered Cage
February 12,2007 | BRUSSELS, Belgium -- An animal lover was mauled to death by cheetahs after entering their cage at a zoo in northern Belgium, authorities and zoo officials said Monday.
Karen Aerts, 37, of Antwerp, was found dead in the cage, Olmense Zoo spokesman Jan Libot said. Police said they ruled out any foul play.
Authorities believe Aerts, a regular visitor to the zoo, hid in the park late Sunday until it closed and managed to find the keys to the cheetah cage. "Karen loved animals. Unfortunately the cheetahs betrayed her trust," Libot said. One of the cats that killed Aerts was named Bongo, whom the woman had adopted under a special program. She paid for Bongo's food, Libot said. Animal rights group GAIA called for the immediate closure of the zoo, located 55 miles northeast of Brussels, saying it was unsafe for both visitors and the cats. Rudy Demotte, the Belgian minister responsible for animal welfare, sent a team to investigate.
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Some people may be asking what got in to her? I blame all those misleading Cheetos® commercials.
© 2007 Frito-Lay You In A Cage, North America, Inc. - laterthandawn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+73"betrayed her trust?" not to be a dick here, but as far as i can tell, those cheetahs were just giving her what she was asking for.
- Seruphim, on 10/12/2007, -3/+57I've developed a simple math problem to show why this happened
Human - intelligence + cheetah = one dead moron - floridiot2, on 10/12/2007, -2/+47Chris Rock said it best.. replace tiger with cheeta
"The whole world's going crazy, man. Siegfried and Roy, the tiger bit the man in the head, and everybody's mad at the tiger. Talk about the tiger went crazy. That tiger ain't go crazy, that tiger went tiger! You know when the tiger went crazy? When the tiger was riding round on a little bike with a Hitler helmet on. "Oh, sh*t, I'm a crazy tiger. Oh, Lord, I'm crazy. What is I gon' do?" - noahhoward, on 10/12/2007, -2/+45"Animal rights group GAIA called for the immediate closure of the zoo, located 55 miles northeast of Brussels, saying it was unsafe for both visitors and the cats."
What? Some ***** breaks into the cage to play with the kitties and suddenly the Zoo is dangerous? Nice try there folks. - ray901, on 10/12/2007, -2/+43Agreed, there are hardly any (if any at all) incidents of cheetahs attacking people, the just don't tend to do it. They are the safest of all big cats. She puts a cheetah in a cage for life, interferes with it by getting in it's space (cage), and then they bitch that ithe cat "broke the trust" - gimme a ***** break.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+34Creative suicide?
- cameron074, on 10/12/2007, -6/+38@mindtattoos
PETA doesn't care about people - Anrkist, on 10/12/2007, -3/+30Click on the advertisment to read the full article? I feel like I'm stuck in the late 90s trying to downloading music from an ad banner hell FTP.
- ohthehumanity, on 10/12/2007, -2/+28 She paid for Bongo's food, Libot said
Yeah she paid the ultimate price.. - crilen007, on 10/12/2007, -4/+29I thought I saw a puddy cat.
I DID! I DI.... - 405994, on 10/12/2007, -7/+30Awww, another furry bites the dust.
- tmessing, on 10/12/2007, -2/+19"She paid for Bongo's food, Libot said"
She was Bongo's food.. - ateoto, on 10/12/2007, -2/+18Just more proof that the things you love, don't necessarily love you back.
- Cytranic, on 10/12/2007, -3/+17I'm in ur cage, pettin ur cheetas
- Akaji, on 10/12/2007, -8/+20Just more proof that commas, aren't always necessary.
- Fission, on 10/12/2007, -5/+17Those cheetahs are dangerously cheesy!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10What happens in the US when some kid gets creatively stupid and goes to great effort to sneak into the bear cage and gets killed by bears:
-- Bears are shot
-- Parents sue zoo.
What should happen if there was any justice in this country:
-- Bears are given public service award for improving the human gene pool.
-- Tattered clothing remains hung on fence as a deterrent to future stupidity.
-- Bears get frozen chunks of the parents as dessert. - plugues, on 10/12/2007, -4/+14no problem unless you write erotic star trek fanfic where all the characters are furries, like captain kirk is an ocelot or something, and you put yourself as a furry in the story
- davesbrain, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11This is good. I was going to sneak in to the Polar Bear cage and give one of those large, furry rascals a big ol' bear hug. Now I might not.
- mwmccullough, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8This is the best part of the article, "Karen loved animals. Unfortunately the cheetahs betrayed her trust." Just like a bunch of ***** cheetah's to go and backstab a bitch when she's down. It's like my Great Grandmother always said "Never trust a ***** cheetah, let alone a bunch of those sonsabitches, never." Poor Memaw, sadly she was carjacked by the same vengeful beast that she so dearly hated, I'll always love you Memaw, you crazy ***** psycho, I'll always love you.
- extratired, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8it wasn't the first time people have been in the cage with these animals. a local music band has even recorded one of their videos in there. at rehearsal one of the cheetas jumped up against the guitar player and ripped up his jacket :)
this zoo is more like a farm with some wild animals and a bad reputation. struggling for budget they allow all sorts of these things to get some quick cash. no wonder that woman thought she would be ok in the cage alone with the cheetas. bad management, stupidity, wild animals... it was bound to happen one day. - tarmithius, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8What I do not understand is they are saying the zoo is unsafe for visitors. How exactly is that? She stayed in the zoo illegally after it closed and broke into the cheetah's cage.
- ZennZero, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Wow. Being eaten alive isn't the way I would want to go. Still, I am sure the cheetahs appreciated her participation in the ol' circle of life.
- aaronkarp, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6To spare you from salon.com
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&ie=UTF-8&ncl=1113571780 - av4rice, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9"this dude"... named Karen?
- xs650, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Predators Eating Tasty Adults
- deuceswilde, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8Seriously, that was dumb as hell and it's just an AP article, next time find a site that isn't so absurd on their "membership" system especially when they don't do any work on the articles themselves.
- cJw314, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8That's what I was thinking...
- gaoshan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5And now, the translated version:
Cheetahs Make Meal of Meat That Makes Itself Available
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February 12, 2007 | BRUSSELS, Belgium -- An animal lover and apparent tasty morsel was mauled to death by cheetahs after entering their cage at a zoo in northern Belgium, authorities and zoo officials said Monday.
Karen Aerts, 37, of Antwerp, was found dead in the cage, Olmense Zoo spokesman Jan Libot said. Police said the cheetahs did exactly what they were supposed to do.
Authorities believe Aerts, a regular visitor to the zoo, either hid in the park late Sunday until it closed and managed to find the keys to the cheetah cage or she magically teleported in.
"Karen loved animals and they her. Unfortunately for Karen, they loved her in the way that, say, a hungry fat man loves a good steak." Libot said.
One of the cats that killed Aerts was named Bongo, whom the woman had adopted under a special program. She became Bongo's food, Libot said.
Animal rights group GAIA called for an immediate change of rules at the zoo, located 55 miles northeast of Brussels, saying it was unsafe for both people who liked to sneak into zoos and enter large cat cages and the cats (as said cats may develop indigestion from an improperly prepared visitor). They asked that all GAIA/PETA following visitors please lightly salt themselves prior to entering animals cages.
Rudy Demotte, the Belgian minister responsible for animal welfare, reports that a team sent to investigate concluded that the woman died because, 1. she is meat, 2. she was in a cheetah cage. - jellygraph, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5>> -- Tattered clothing remains hung on fence as a deterrent to future stupidity.
I concur! - Arahka, on 10/12/2007, -7/+12For those of you who don't want to deal with the crappy site.
Cheetahs Kill Zoo-Goer Who Entered Cage
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February 12,2007 | BRUSSELS, Belgium -- An animal lover was mauled to death by cheetahs after entering their cage at a zoo in northern Belgium, authorities and zoo officials said Monday.
Karen Aerts, 37, of Antwerp, was found dead in the cage, Olmense Zoo spokesman Jan Libot said. Police said they ruled out any foul play.
Authorities believe Aerts, a regular visitor to the zoo, hid in the park late Sunday until it closed and managed to find the keys to the cheetah cage.
"Karen loved animals. Unfortunately the cheetahs betrayed her trust," Libot said.
One of the cats that killed Aerts was named Bongo, whom the woman had adopted under a special program. She paid for Bongo's food, Libot said.
Animal rights group GAIA called for the immediate closure of the zoo, located 55 miles northeast of Brussels, saying it was unsafe for both visitors and the cats.
Rudy Demotte, the Belgian minister responsible for animal welfare, sent a team to investigate. - mandarin, on 10/12/2007, -4/+9First of all, I really hate Salon.com.
There's actually a minister for animal welfare? - plugues, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7she pulled a treadwell, as we say in the business
- jellygraph, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Eerrrr, so how is this the Cheetahs fault? They are predators... they are animals... they are large cats... The woman was an idiot. There's nothing more to the story.
- crilen007, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Then technically she paid the ultimate price.
- commiecat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Who the hell taught you about haiku?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5If we're trying to "thin the herd" why would we leave 'Tattered clothing'... 'on fence as a deterrent to future stupidity'?
Let the morons go in the cage. One less retard to worry about.
The only 'Deterrent' I need is the sharp teeth/claws. I know if I get in a fight with a bear (or cheetah, in this case), I'm gonna lose!
Refer to the song "I'm no fool" by Jiminy Cricket. Wise words to live by ;) - benjaminooo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I hope they don't kill the cheetahs because of this..
- anodos, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Either she was suicidal or she really honestly believed that because she held so much love for these cats, her love defied nature itself. Did she think the cats understood her love and mutually loved her back in return? The reality is that these wild beasts live according to their own law. Her faith crashed against the hard rocks of reality and broke her.
- meadtower, on 10/12/2007, -4/+8cheetas - 1, human race - 999,999,999,999
- baalzebub, on 10/12/2007, -6/+9sounds like another Darwin Award nominee...
buried for solan.com's requirement to register, i have enough user names & passwords to remember already, and i don't need another... - prax, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5If this had happened in the US someone would say "stupid American!" so I'll say it here...
Stupid Belgian!
Or more appropriate...
stupid humans!
Cuz, it's never been about the US except for jealousy. Stupidity is equal across all nations and races. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Perfect for Charles Darwin's birthday a Darwin award nominee.
- skydivingdutch, on 10/12/2007, -5/+8im in ur zooz, maulin ur visitorz
- jmzook, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5Yeah, this has Darwin Award written all over it. It reminds me of that guy who lived with Grizzly Bears.
- shanimal, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3That cheetah better not starve since that idiot can't pay for Bongo's food anymore!!
...I feel sorry for idiots who believe they can be "one with nature" when it comes to dangerous animals. My cousin was stupid enough to believe someone who told her that if she let a bee sting her, the bee would become her friend. Doh! - opennet, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3first off smells like flamebait...but I'll comment
too bad lady was so misinformed
maybe mentally unstable or whatever, really a tragedy for all involved.
the world is one wacky place sometimes. - twmsdude, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5Seriously...how freaking stupid can you get. "he lets go in a cage full of flesh eating mamals and try to survive. Kinda like putting your self in an oven and seeing how long you last. Pure stupidity.
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