Tiger hunt update...Tigers kill, no shit!

From: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6390005.stm

Tiger kills girl at Chinese zoo

Tigers are a popular attraction at many zoos in China

A six-year-old girl has been killed by a tiger at a zoo in Kunming in south-western China's Yunnan province.

The girl was posing for photographs with the tiger when it was startled by camera flashes and pulled the girl's head into its mouth, state media said.

Staff beat the tiger until it released the girl, but she had suffered a crushed skull and died in hospital.

The zoo has stopped allowing visitors to pose with its tigers for a charge of $2 (£1), Xinhua news agency said.

The girl was identified as Rui Xin. Her mother was bitten on the arm while trying to rescue her.

A local newspaper said the zoo had been charging visitors for the opportunity to pose with the tiger since May 2005.

WTF!? How opportunistic can people get? I don't know what the most disturbing part of this article is (well, obviously that a little girl was killed), but come on, the zoo is CHARGING people to pose with beasts? I'm shocked that this is the first fatality. Remember when there was an overpopulation of elk in Banff, and tourists were taking pictures with their children posed on the creatures' backs?! Hell yeah folks got kicked and run over! I'm pretty sure I'd do the same if I were in the elks' position. Back to the cat, tigers kill. Period. Especially ones who are all bitchy and stuck in a cage while people poke at them and snap pictures while they're trying to sleep. I know I've bitten heads off for less.