Palm Beach Zoo Tiger Kills Keeper: It Should Have Been a Defensive Gun Use

By Robert Farago

There are places to which I’d never go. There are places to which I’d never go unarmed. Inside a cage with tigers is qualifies on both counts. Also, I wear a gun when I visit a zoo. I know what you’re thinking: the chances of being attacked by an animal at a zoo are less than the chances of being attacked at, say, a movie theater (where I also carry). Here’s the funny thing: not three weeks ago my daughter and I visited the Palm Beach Zoo and watched a tiger talk by Stacey Konwiser. (Pic of LF looking grossed-out by a smelly animal below.) That would be the same Stacey Konwiser in this news story from cbsnews.com . . .

For three years, Stacey Konwiser pursued her passion at the Palm Beach Zoo – working with the zoo’s 4 Malayan tigers.

On Friday, as she prepared behind the scenes for her routine “Tiger Talk” with the public at 2 p.m., something went terribly wrong with one of the tigers she worked with.

Palm Beach Zoo spokesperson Naki Carter would not say exactly what happened other than the attack occurred in a “night house” where the tigers eat and sleep.

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Source:: Truth About Guns