I obviously had not had my coffee this morning and was not terribly mindful with my comments. Reading them over again now, I see I was being a bit harsh. Probably a reflection of spending years being taunted myself, and growing up with a step-father who was abusive to animals and me unable to do anything about it.

I agree with you that it is foolish to think no one will tease the animals.

Taking satisfaction in his death is creepy. And sin_agua, if the "death" part of your equation was correct, there would be far, far fewer people walking this planet.

If I did take any satisfaction, it was only momentary, and I was speaking a bit emotionally this morning, as I said. But I still feel more sympathy for the tiger than the kid. As for the equation, well...I've seen a lot of stupid people (myself included) miss out on getting themselves killed simply by dumb luck. So yeah, I guess that's why there's still so many of us around. ;)