This is black humor at its' best eh?I mean really

I have a feeling that more will come out about this story. Did one of the kids do something to provoke the cheetahs?? It seems odd that people would be allowed this close to full grown cheetahs without professional handlers there managing the interaction. This seems like it was a disaster waiting to happen.

The moral of the story is; Stay away from any large animal that has big teeth, sharp claws, and an attitude.

I am glad that the husband of this woman was able to remain calm enough to take pictures.

I've been tossing around the idea of a petting zoo with Grizzlies,Polar Bears and Lions. Should be safe enough for people :)

I was thinking of letting my 6 year old play with lions ): I do not care what people tell me, there is no way I would ever let myself around one of these animals let alone my child. They are called wild animals for a reason.

No matter if any predator was hand raised from a baby...they are inherently predatory. All of them should NEVER be placed in an open petting area to let the public (untrained in the ways of wild, dangerous animals) have access to touching them. These creatures are beautiful - but very dangerous. Will we never learn.....I am glad no one was killed accidentally because they made a quick move that triggered a natural instinctive response of a predator.

wtfjes66: Apparently we won't ever learn because no matter how many times this happens, there are still those people out there who think they can keep an apex predator as a pet. It's like russian roullette. Everything is fine until the day they decide to attack.

the two brothers in all likely-hood will be the new autumn coat for joan rivers

"I was thinking of letting my 6 year old play with lions ): I do not care what people tell me, there is no way I would ever let myself around one of these animals let alone my child. They are called wild animals for a reason"

I was also thinking about getting a pet white shark for my swimming pool! Always loved to hang out with carnivores. Don't they make awesome pets?

So seriously stupid. Anyone who has ever owned a house cat and has half a brain should know that a cat of that size will maul you even if it's just playing. All cats use claws and teeth when they play. The only reason we can have domestic cats is that they're too small to do much damage to us, and they choose to allow us to feed and shelter them. They hunt and kill for the fun of it.

Only two animals on the face of the earth hunt for the fun of it...Black Panthers and? ...you guessed it...

Cheetahs were once kept as domesticated pets. The Egyptian Pharaohs used them to assist in hunting. Their images are preserved in ancient tombs. They're beautiful animals. The records of their domestication go all the way back to 1700 BC.

Young and excitable cheetahs and children probably shouldn't be brought together. This was an unfortunate accident. Hopefully the cheetahs won't pay the price for the mistakes of the handler.

I would love to have cheetahs with frickin' laser beams on their frickin' heads.

Were they crunchy or fluffy cheetahs? I prefer the former. They're more cheesey.

Laser Cats!

even the cheetahs are deporting illegals !!

What kind of petting zoo is this that lets cheetahs in? That was a disaster just waiting to happen.

Quick, somebody go kill those cheetahs before they decide to act like cheetahs again.

@fagley dork; The woman, her husband and their kids were there as TOURISTS, you dipstick. But, hey, I guess to the Tea-Taggers anyone who wasn't born wherever they happen to be at the time just has to be an "illegal"..........

If you an animal is referred to as "A wild AnimaL"..........you have to have a death wis to go near it, unless it's like a wild bunny rabbit,...which,come to think of it,can be rabid, because it is a wild animal....the folks in this story are at the bottom of the gene pool....dummies/..

In England they have "killer rabbits." I saw that many times in a movie, of course it was the same movie that I watched many times....."Come back here, you coward!!!"

Actually rabbits have long back claws mostly used for digging, but they make more than adequate tools for defense. I have received severl serious slashes on my arms from rabbits who did not particulary want to be held.

Eeyeque180 SAID: “Only two animals on the face of the earth hunt for the fun of it...Black Panthers and? ...you guessed it...”

Ahhhh…city people. First we need to define “FUN”. If by that you mean hunt OR kill for other than food we are together on this. Whether they actually have the emotional reaction we might call fun is a bit harder to say. However, this behavior usually occurs in those animals intelligent enough to play extensively. There are a large number of animals that hunt for fun under this definition. Let’s start small: anyone with a domestic cat knows they will sometimes keep a mouse alive and play with it. Often letting it go when they are done. Other times they kill it but do not eat it. A domestic dog will do the same. More to the wild side: wolves most certainly do kill for fun. We usually see this when they kill an entire flock of sheep and eat none of them. It “looks” like they do it for fun and we know they often don't eat anything when they do this. Or maybe they just don’t like “range maggots”. Killer whales (Orca) have been seen “playing” with animals in the hunt sometimes letting them go after the game (I would guess they will die anyway). Dolphins clearly play with their food and this has been documented many times, Bears, lions (any cat), some monkeys/apes, meerkats, dingos, mink, martin…etc. Play is a relatively high concept which seemingly only occurs in animals with higher cognitive capabilities and more often than not, those with strong social bonds. Not all animals have it, but many do.

Sounds kind of ridiculous having large dangerous animals, like a cheetah, in a petting area. These large cats can be a might unpredictable.

its very strange for a cheetah to attack a human it just is one of those wierd things. While not having the same interaction/relationship as humans and dolphins cheetah's almost never attack a human even in the wild. By the looks of the encounter/attack it was not really an attack they dont "pin" things down in a hunt they tear out the throat the only reason cheetahs specifically 2 brothers "pin" something down (most of the time its a female cheetah thats pinned down) Thats just what they do to mate. Its not a very nice but thats what they do.

Cheetahs were once kept as domesticated pets. The Egyptian Pharaohs used them to assist in hunting. Their images are preserved in ancient tombs. They're beautiful animals. The records of their domestication go all the way back to 1700 BC.

And they probably had their fair share of maulings. Cats, regardless of size, are predators. Even a house cat can do some damage if they want.

I don't think the cheetahs in question should be killed since they really were acting on their nature. The zoo should have known better. Leave the wild animals alone.

I hate to see people hurt, especially when it is by their own stupidity. We hear about so many people hurt and killed because they do not think. You are supposed to be smarter than the animals, so act like it! Quit setting yourselves and your children up as victims.

The Quacked One, where in that post did it say this person was a member of the Tea Party? You are a typical ignorant, pseudo intellectual liberal who thinks that they are so open-minded and inclusive when in actuality, you are the most intolerant people around.

I can remember going to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo when my kids were 2 and 4 years old. The lions and tigers would watch them, and lick their chops, then pace back and forth, then stare at the kids, licking their chops. My ex said to get the kids out of there, because he was tired of our children looking like dinner to the tigers and lions. when we were going away from the cages, one of the tigers roared and tried to get his paw and claws out of the cage bars, like trying his last ditch effort to get them for dinner.

I bet the cheetahs were actually going to go after the child, because its probably prey sized. When the woman got in the way, they probably thought she was trying to take their prey away from them. You couldn't get me to hang around a wildlife park with loose cheetahs. No way.

Not only are moose big and wild, some of them are mean. And is doesn't help that they look so benign. I've been around them all my life, and the first thing I tell visitors is to stay away from the moose. However, if charged by a moose, all you have to do is get behind a big tree. A human can circle around a tree much faster than a moose can.

Hmm... Why are they allowed to play with full grown cheetahs? Does anyone over there have any common sense??

Better kill all the moose, since they are big, dangerous animals -- and they eat the grass and other plants that cattle and horses could be eating! Moose are costing ranchers and farmers millions of dollars every year!!!!

funny kind of thing 4 legged predators dont pretend to be anything else so i cant argue about how folks dont belong in the same cage

Another "funny thing" is that the average house cat is also a PREDATOR.

My cat is definitely below average as a house cat. He has the predatory instincts of a rock. I agree with Sherry though, people need to realize wild animals need to be left alone. The only one who suffers in a human/wild animal relationship is the animal.

I am sure that the woman who lost her face to a chimp would disagree that the animal is the only on who suffers.

I most certainly agree with you.

How about putting the stupid people down, thereby improving the gene pool??

I totally agree! Some folks are just idiots and should not be allowed to repurduce.

Yes there are plenty of cases for retro-active abortion on this planet.

no, he's not missing a leg. Looking at the first picture, you can see someone trying to restrain the cheetah. I assume the same person is pulling him away by the arm in the second picture.

I'm sorry, his front "leg." This seems to be a critical mistake on my part that must be corrected immediately before Sneezy gets his panties in a bunch.

Maybe not panties in a bunch but more like his thong in a froth...Lol

No.

glv321 @14.2

Nice catch. When I read your error at 14.1 I thought "uh oh, she's gonna get mauled too". Whew!

I don't know but be glad it wasn't something worse than a cheetah. They're kind of the weaklings of the large predator world. I think it's all that inbreeding.

Someone who hates children?

LOL!!!!!!!

The anti-children petting zoo.

No sympathy for anyone going into a Big Game enclosure- none at all, and so then me too, why do we demand that Wild cats(Carnivores) obey us???

That person would seem to be her husband based on the photo credit!

It ain't easy being cheesy.

Really then, are there Gold diggers just trying to be hurt so they can sue and get Money? Big Game and all animals view us differently than we view ourselves- remember- we have disrupted their world and they have their right to attack us!!!!

Idiots come in all sizes,and sexes so my good ( but stupid) lady why not stick your hand in a tank in front of a Piranha and say,"No boy you can't have it!!!!!"