(CBS/AP) Wildlife officers are investigating after two cheetahs mauled a woman at a wildlife sanctuary in Florida. Yes -- we better "investigate" this mystery.
Judy Berens, who owns and operates the Panther Ridge Conservation Center near West Palm Beach, has been hospitalized after the two animals attacked her during an exhibition Saturday. Wait -- she "owns" it? You mean she's making a profit by caging wild animals?
CBS Affiliate WPEC reports that Berens was airlifted to the Delray Medical Center with about 40 puncture wounds on her torso, arms and legs. 40? Ouchie.
The sanctuary provides homes for exotic cats. Yes -- it's a "sanctuary." You know -- for wild animals who want to be caged up -- this is where they come for "sanctuary." They should start calling prisons "sanctuaries."
Witnesses say Berens was alone in an enclosure with two male cheetahs conducting an exhibition when a ball bouncing nearby distracted one of the animals. Now what weird set of circumstances led to her "being alone in an enclosure" with dangerous wild animals with large claws and teeth? I'm sure she'll laugh and laugh when she tells stories later about how this came to be.
Judy Berens, who owns and operates the Panther Ridge Conservation Center near West Palm Beach, has been hospitalized after the two animals attacked her during an exhibition Saturday. Wait -- she "owns" it? You mean she's making a profit by caging wild animals?
CBS Affiliate WPEC reports that Berens was airlifted to the Delray Medical Center with about 40 puncture wounds on her torso, arms and legs. 40? Ouchie.
The sanctuary provides homes for exotic cats. Yes -- it's a "sanctuary." You know -- for wild animals who want to be caged up -- this is where they come for "sanctuary." They should start calling prisons "sanctuaries."
Witnesses say Berens was alone in an enclosure with two male cheetahs conducting an exhibition when a ball bouncing nearby distracted one of the animals. Now what weird set of circumstances led to her "being alone in an enclosure" with dangerous wild animals with large claws and teeth? I'm sure she'll laugh and laugh when she tells stories later about how this came to be.
Witnesses say Berens was knocked down when the cheetah moved toward the ball. They say the cheetah then started biting and clawing her. The other cheetah attacked shortly after.
Several people entered the enclosure and rescued her. Sure they did -- the cats are ripping her apart and, boom, in they went to save her. The Klown has to call "shit-crock" on that one. The Klown says the cats got tired of tearing her a new asshole and they went to lay down or something -- then the peeps got themselves some weapons like tire-irons or something -- and THEN they went in to rescue her. The Klown figures, if they really went in during the attack, the reporter would have said so -- you know how they're always looking for heroes -- heroes that aren't in the military.
"Anytime you work with animals, and I don't care what it is, I don't care if it's domesticated animals, wild animals, there is always a risk factor," wildlife sanctuary curator David Hitzig told WPEC. "And yes, there is a greater risk factor when you're working with large, wild animals." Wait -- let me write that down -- working with domesticated animals is a risk -- BUT -- there is a GREATER risk factor working with wild animals. What a genius -- it must be a great pleasure working with him each day at the "sanctuary." He must have received his masters in "The Obvious."
Several people entered the enclosure and rescued her. Sure they did -- the cats are ripping her apart and, boom, in they went to save her. The Klown has to call "shit-crock" on that one. The Klown says the cats got tired of tearing her a new asshole and they went to lay down or something -- then the peeps got themselves some weapons like tire-irons or something -- and THEN they went in to rescue her. The Klown figures, if they really went in during the attack, the reporter would have said so -- you know how they're always looking for heroes -- heroes that aren't in the military.
"Anytime you work with animals, and I don't care what it is, I don't care if it's domesticated animals, wild animals, there is always a risk factor," wildlife sanctuary curator David Hitzig told WPEC. "And yes, there is a greater risk factor when you're working with large, wild animals." Wait -- let me write that down -- working with domesticated animals is a risk -- BUT -- there is a GREATER risk factor working with wild animals. What a genius -- it must be a great pleasure working with him each day at the "sanctuary." He must have received his masters in "The Obvious."
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prisons=sanctuaries
I like it and shall steal it and make it my own.
Thanks for the post I had no idea that the risk factor was greater when working with a wild member of the large cat family as opposed to lets say a Chihuahua.
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