Well shit, that wasn't a very good idea.

So should we, like, boycott Goya or something now?

It`s a shame they killed the cat.

I always hate it when they kill an animal for, well, acting like an animal. It's sad that the kid who snuck into the polar bear den was mauled and eaten, but it's not the polar bear's fault.

"Oltz was cited for a wildlife cage violation in a similar attack in 1999, court records showed. In 2001, a Wild Animal World leopard attacked a child at a company picnic."

Before this incident, the guy had big cats attack a kid twice in two years and still didn't get the hint. It's starting to seem like he just likes maimed children.

M/tch, they claimed they killed it to test for rabies. (Is it actually necessary to kill the thing to do that test?) Or, rather, they "destroyed" the cat. Fucked-up usage of "destroyed".

Is it actually necessary to kill the thing to do that test?

Yeah, they need to test brain tissue for it to really be accurate. This is hard to do with a live animal.

thanks, Matt.

Why would they hire an older woman on the lookout for young men to perform at a little kid's party? Completely inappropriate.

Alternatively, they could have just gone ahead and administered the anti-rabies shots to the mauled little girl, and kept the cougar under observation for mouth-foaming-related program activities. I'm sure she was on pain medication anyway, so probably would have barely even noticed a few dozen injections into her stomach.

The real villains here are the a$$hole who runs the service and the moronic parents who pay him to do so. Large predators really don't belong in captivity, much less in close proximity to children (unless those children did something to deserve it, of course, for example by loving hockey more than their parents).

If it's a large, well-run and funded zoo, okay maybe the educational and preservation benefits outweigh the inherent cruelty, but some idiot running a roadside stand or a birthday party service? Nope.

Not all rabid animals foam at the mouth - some are just overly affectionate and friendly. (Not, it seems, a problem this animal had.) Think of it from an evolutionary point of view - to spread itself, the virus can either get the host to run around biting everything, or it can get it to stay with the rest of its pack and lick them...

The vaccine injections are intramuscular now, not stomach wall, so not as painful.

Gaijin, are you in chicago?

Gaijin Biker lives in Japan.