Summer of Fear 2009: The Jaguar
Ok, I missed this on in the paper but it was pointed out to me by Stacey. A zoo keeper at the Catoctin Wildlife Preserve and Zoo was attacked by a Jaguar this week. Sounds like a pretty bad attack, according to Wikipedia* Jaguars attack by trying to punch through the target’s skull, which I imagine one would want to avoid. I suspect this attack was a case of someone making a mistake rather than true Summer of Fear fodder, but hey, its a Jaguar attack what more does it really need to be.
*Wikipedia is a useful first check, not a reference. Kids repeat that one after me.

January 25th, 2009 at 8:07 pm
The door between the inside and outside sections of the enclosure was secured properly, it’s just that the cat was on the wrong side of it. Ouch!