"I just wanted to touch the jaguar"

DUH - why does this story sound like a "RICHARD" story??? :)

Albuquerque - A New Mexico man made a hasty exit from a zoo after climbing close to a cage to illegally pet a jaguar, but police were able to track him down by the severed finger he left behind.

The shrivelled and dried finger from the man's right hand was found outside the cat cage last week by a groundskeeper, Tom Silva, assistant director of the Albuquerque Biological Park, which includes the zoo, said on Tuesday.

The owner of the finger has been identified and is forbidden to return to the zoo, Silva said, adding the park is not planning to press criminal charges.

"I think he's suffered enough," he said.

The man was a frequent visitor and an official zoo member. Eyewitnesses had seen him fleeing the zoo last Tuesday holding his bloodied hand.

The man, who was not identified, said he climbed a steel barrier and scrambled over bushes to get closer to the jaguar to pet it, zoo officials said.

The zoo has a policy of turning to law enforcement officials when contact between visitors and animals turns violent.

"When we find a body part, we are required to call police," Silva said, adding. "He's been summarily banned from the zoo, for the animals' safety and for his own."

buuuuhh, is he smart or what?

he'll only do this once i guess.:rolleyes:

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Originally posted by Ally Cat's Mommy
DUH - why does this story sound like a "RICHARD" story??? :)

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:D :D

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Originally posted by Ally Cat's Mommy
DUH - why does this story sound like a "RICHARD" story??? :)

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Damn!

You beat me to that one....;)

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All I have to say is...

"When we find a body part, we are required to call police," Silva said, adding. "He's been summarily banned
from the zoo, for the animals' safety and for his own."


Remind me to stay away from THAT zoo!!!:eek:

So the pussy cat wants to scraaaatch me. :D

Gives a new meaning to the expression "give him the finger".:D :D :D

Oh Slick :rolleyes: :D :D

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Originally posted by slick
Gives a new meaning to the expression "give him the finger".:D :D :D

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***snort***fizz***

THANKS a bunch for the Diet Pepsi through the nose, my dear;)

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Originally posted by Ally Cat's Mommy
***snort***fizz***

THANKS a bunch for the Diet Pepsi through the nose, my dear;)

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LMAO!

"Huge belly laughing and tears " you guys are sooooo out there .

Heeeere kitty, kitty, kitty! Hey, what the heck, he's got 9 fingers left to go, right???

Yutz!!

OMG, this is just too funny, yeap he still has 9 fingers to go. Ouch, I would NOT want to pet that big kitty. :eek:

Willie

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Originally posted by Ally Cat's Mommy
"When we find a body part, we are required to call police,"

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... one would hope :rolleyes:

[QUOTE]Gives a new meaning to the expression "give him the finger".

ROFLMAO!!!!!!!! Oh Slick, only YOU would say something SOOOOOOO hysterical!!!!

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Originally posted by RedHedd
... one would hope :rolleyes:

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That's exactly what I was going to say.......:D

The guy is more than strange...:rolleyes:

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Originally posted by RedHedd
... one would hope :rolleyes:

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Originally posted by slick
Gives a new meaning to the expression "give him the finger".:D :D :D

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** snort ...... puh ...........**

Oh Slick, aren't you just fantastic!

Sorry I couldn't help myself **bows head**
I take lessons from Richard......

ha ha, you are all too funny!! :)

What an idiot...some people deserve what happens to them. ;)

I heard an interview with the guy that runs the zoo where this happened....

Last year there was a keeper who lost the tip of his finger, he said that a rock fell on it and chopped it off....


They found his leather glove, with the tip of the missing finger in the jaguar's cage..


This cat must be a gorgeous creature....

I am sure that there is someone out there that thinks...."I bet I could touch that cat without getting bit......."
:rolleyes:

For the record....


http://www.angelfire.com/tx4/catlady/jaguar.html

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Originally posted by RICHARD

This cat must be a gorgeous creature....

I am sure that there is someone out there that thinks...."I bet I could touch that cat without getting bit......."
:rolleyes:

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I am sure there is :) I am one of them (kidding).