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Liberal_in_LA

(44,397 posts) Fri Mar 2, 2012, 04:40 PM Mar 2012

Family got out of car at Safari park [View all]

Boy attacked by cheetah in safari park

A Dutch safari park says a cheetah attacked and lightly injured a 9-year-old boy who got out of a car in an enclosure full of African animals.

Beekse Bergen Safari Park in the southern Netherlands says on its website the boy suffered a flesh wound on his arm in the attack Friday.

The boy was with his mother, a friend and another adult driving through the park when all four decided to get out of their car.

The park said in a statement that, "Sadly, they missed the warning signs telling them to keep doors and windows shut."

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/03/02/international/i112428S62.DTL#ixzz1nzg36zzV

pic from another website one of their Cheetahs:

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Family got out of car at Safari park [View all] Liberal_in_LA Mar 2012 OP

A narrowly-missed Darwin award. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2012 #1

you got that right! mimitabby Mar 2012 #5

My reaction to that title was "this will not end well". Ruby the Liberal Mar 2012 #2

That cat Is The Shit! HangOnKids Mar 2012 #9

And he just knows it! What a great pose. He could be a centerfold in a magazine...n/t monmouth Mar 2012 #12

that cat is supremely REGAL Skittles Mar 2012 #15

Kibble? Antelope guts would be far more to its taste. FarCenter Mar 2012 #20

I can hear the voiceover now: "You talkin' to ME?..." nt Buns_of_Fire Mar 2012 #23

LOL - perfect! Ruby the Liberal Mar 2012 #24

it sure is! Liberal_in_LA Mar 2012 #35

I'm glad no one was hurt badly lunatica Mar 2012 #3

Darwin award. HopeHoops Mar 2012 #4

hopefully the cheetah will not be harmed. mimitabby Mar 2012 #6

my first thought. stuntcat Mar 2012 #27

The adults in that story are, strictly-speaking, not fit to live on Earth. Poll_Blind Mar 2012 #7

"Some people have to be reminded that the rest of the world is real." dixiegrrrrl Mar 2012 #31

People need "warning signs" to keep away from Cheetahs? . . . Journeyman Mar 2012 #8

As My Ole Gran Henny Used To Say HangOnKids Mar 2012 #11

LOL!! lastlib Mar 2012 #14

That's a keeper. . . Journeyman Mar 2012 #16

"It's only a flesh-wound!" PCIntern Mar 2012 #10

Kitty over there! ellie Mar 2012 #13

Jurassic Park flashbacks... FirstLight Mar 2012 #17

Stupid people! frogmarch Mar 2012 #18

"tried to put their children on the animals' backs to photograph them" Ruby the Liberal Mar 2012 #25

Some tourists frogmarch Mar 2012 #26

"tried to put their children on the animals" - I saw that in person one time. FSogol Mar 2012 #28

Wow, that must have been frogmarch Mar 2012 #30

Some folks are just incredibly stupid... MineralMan Mar 2012 #19

People see deer as docile and benign. alphafemale Mar 2012 #22

I saw a video of one standing on it's hooves kicking a guy Liberal_in_LA Mar 2012 #36

The kid will always have a story to tell now, especially if there is any scar. eom yawnmaster Mar 2012 #21

I use to see parents stop their cars to take pics..... AnneD Mar 2012 #29

Grizzlies! omg. Liberal_in_LA Mar 2012 #34

You can't fix stupid. But apparently cheetahs can. Bruce Wayne Mar 2012 #32

The Arrogance of Man. Yavin4 Mar 2012 #33

Why do people forget that these are WILD ANIMALS??? Odin2005 Mar 2012 #37

True. You have to expect animals to act like animals. Louisiana1976 Mar 2012 #38