Friday September 21, 2012, 11:46 pm
What a dumb ass! He got just what he deserved! And something that woke him up and out of the trance he was in to do such a STUPID THING!

Saturday September 22, 2012, 12:49 am
"The mauling happened Friday afternoon in the Wild Asia exhibit, where a train with open sides takes visitors over the Bronx River and through a forest, where they glide along the top edge of a fence past elephants, deer and a tiger enclosure.

Passengers aren't strapped in on the ride, and the man apparently jumped out of his train car with a leap powerful enough to clear the 16-foot-high perimeter fence.

The 25-year-old man was alone with a male Siberian tiger named Bashuta for about 10 minutes before he was rescued by zoo officials, who used a fire extinguisher to chase the animal away, said zoo director Jim Breheny. He suffered bites and punctures on his arms, legs, shoulders and back and broke an arm and a leg.

"When someone is determined to do something harmful to themselves," Breheny said, "it's very hard to stop that."

Bashuta was returned to a holding area where it usually sleeps at night and will not be euthanized, zoo officials said."

Saturday September 22, 2012, 2:00 am
What a stupid idiot! Talk about someone going the distance to call themselves "victim". Undoubtly it was for some kind attention/sympathy.

Saturday September 22, 2012, 3:29 am
There are far easier ways than that to kill yourself. Then again, who knows what his mental state was like at the time as surely no sane person who do a thing like that.

Saturday September 22, 2012, 3:44 am
.....sigh. Had he been killed I'd just say...thin'n of the herd...but since he lived...He or his family will probably sue the zoo..and win ...........

Saturday September 22, 2012, 4:56 am
great that the tiger was spared... if he had wanted to kill the idiot, he could have done it with the first swipe... maybe "idiot" has a bitter taste

Saturday September 22, 2012, 7:05 am
Good thing they didn't kill the tiger!

Saturday September 22, 2012, 8:24 am
im glad the tiger wasn't hurt :-)

Saturday September 22, 2012, 9:16 am
what a idoit!

Saturday September 22, 2012, 10:05 am
People are going crazy!

Saturday September 22, 2012, 10:15 am
I'm glad the tiger won't be killed, it probably scared him to see this thing falling out of the sky! As Cheryl said, if he wanted to kill him he'd have done it with the first swipe! I hope the zoo does not get sued.

Saturday September 22, 2012, 10:15 am
Darn fool. The tiger was only being a tiger.

Saturday September 22, 2012, 10:23 am
Idiot. They should have left him to Bashuta.

Saturday September 22, 2012, 11:39 am
Humans want to go where Nature never intended them to go in first place. How Arrogant is the human species. L♥ve ☮ Peace.

Saturday September 22, 2012, 11:53 am
I have no sympathy for this idiot!
I'm just glad the tiger is ok.

Saturday September 22, 2012, 12:34 pm
Connard !

Saturday September 22, 2012, 12:46 pm
This insipid fool could have caused Bashuta to be killed,and for what a moron?Good for you Bronx Zoo for caring enough for your animals that you have a non-lethal method of getting freaks out of wild animal exhibits,without harming the poor creatures who live there.

Saturday September 22, 2012, 12:48 pm
I'm hoping this was an accident.

Saturday September 22, 2012, 12:59 pm
Glad they didn't kill the tiger.

Saturday September 22, 2012, 1:28 pm
testing

Saturday September 22, 2012, 1:32 pm
Idiot.

Saturday September 22, 2012, 1:39 pm
The testing was because I have not been able to comment for a long time and so wanted to see if I could.

The man is an idiot who lives in another world. Who jumps into an enclosure with tigers or any wild animals? One respects wild animals, not jumps into the middle of them without expecting to get mauled. IT wasn't the tiger's fault-she was just doing what tigers do to people who land in the middle of their homes. I do not like the term "on display" as was used. They should not be considered exhibits, they are living beings, not museum pieces.

Saturday September 22, 2012, 2:43 pm
What a wonderful tiger it bite but it did not kill. I hope the zoo sues for pyschological damage to the poor tiger.

Saturday September 22, 2012, 2:44 pm
I have no sympathy with such a disturbed person!

Saturday September 22, 2012, 2:51 pm
He says he wanted to "be one with the tiger." And, you know, he almost was.

Saturday September 22, 2012, 3:23 pm
What a moron.Pity this looser psycho wsn't killed.
Glad the tiger is ok.
This looser needs to be charged for tresspassing and for causing distress to the poor tiger.Throw the book at this nutter

Saturday September 22, 2012, 4:42 pm
They should have let the tiger eat the fool. Let natural selection take its course.

Saturday September 22, 2012, 5:05 pm
to take Joanne Dixon's comment one BITE further...he wanted to be one IN the tiger.

Saturday September 22, 2012, 5:33 pm
Idiot. The one who would have been killed is the tiger. Very typical of man is doing to all wildlife. They do stupid things and the animals pay the price.

Saturday September 22, 2012, 6:01 pm
If he truly wanted to be one with the tiger, he should have let it eat him. Another B.S.'er.

Saturday September 22, 2012, 6:46 pm
I also have a great admiration for the big cats and have numerous pictures of them on Facebook but I respect them enough to not invade their space is guys was a complete moron.Bashuta could have killed him with one bite to the throat.At least Bashuta won't die because of this guy like the guy from the zoo said the tiger did nothing wrong.

Saturday September 22, 2012, 8:44 pm
that dude has issues. what an inconsiderate fool. he could've gotten the tiger killed. very selfish act.

Saturday September 22, 2012, 9:22 pm
I'm just happy that nothing happened to the tiger. This happens too many times where the animal is killed. The animal did nothing wrong but it is the one who suffer the consequences.

Sunday September 23, 2012, 12:02 am
If the zoo officials hadn't rescued him, he might have been eaten; thereby satisfying his wanting to 'be one with the tiger', and giving Darwin a good chuckle.

Sunday September 23, 2012, 4:25 am
noted....what a complete idiot....so was he going to pet the tiger as would pet a dog???? does he think he is invincible and not be killed by this tiger??? the guy should be mentally evaluated!!!!! thank God they did not kill the tiger, which would have really pissed me off, because it would not have been the fault of the tiger at all.....that is what wild animals do to survive....uh duh!!!!!!!!!

Sunday September 23, 2012, 6:22 am
What a complete moron!

I'm glad that they did nothing to the Tiger, because when stupid people do stupid things like this they always blame the animals for it, and the animals always pay with their live's!

Sunday September 23, 2012, 6:46 pm
I'm not certain, how cards in this man's deck are missing.
Either, he was raised with wild animals, or he requires considerable attention. Probably, therapy is needed.

Monday September 24, 2012, 3:39 am
Crazy man. A young man got into the tigers in a Danish zoo and got killed. Nobody know why he did it.

Monday September 24, 2012, 6:21 am
I'm disappointed that man didn't make the Darwin award's qualification. It would have been a help to the gene pool.

Monday September 24, 2012, 9:00 am
How stupid!

Sunday September 30, 2012, 11:33 pm
What a nutjob