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u/Ok-Pea8209 5h ago edited 5h ago

The Amur tiger, which this one was. Is only about 400-600 left. Maybe less.

Harambe, who was a western lowland gorilla have a population of over 300k

Not saying that makes it right but those are the numbers. Aswell Harambe was in the past and it caused a huge uproar. Do you not think this zoo has learnt from those mistakes?

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u/EstablishmentLate532 4h ago

It wasn't a choice. If the zoo intentionally refused to save a man for the life of a tiger, they would have committed manslaughter. The personnel simply weren't quick enough to reach the man before tragedy occurred.

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u/expiredcoupon11 2h ago

wouldnt it be some degree of murder to kill the tiger as well or

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u/EstablishmentLate532 1h ago

Not in the slightest. Murder requires the killing of a person.

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u/expiredcoupon11 1h ago

interesting.. feels like that should count as well

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u/PhobiaRice 49m ago

Yeah but legally it's usually something like destruction of property (depending on where exactly you are)

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u/rationalguy2 8m ago

Murder is also a legal term for unlawful killing. Murder typically has many exceptions, like self defense, accidental killing (manslaughter), soldiers fighting in battle, etc.

Even if the tiger was a person, it usually isn't murder to kill an attacker. (Depending on jurisdiction and circumstances.)

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u/EstablishmentLate532 0m ago

Muder is not a blanket term for unlawful killing. Thats criminal homicide. The traditional definition of murder is the unlawful killing of a person with malice aforethought. Self-defense isn't murder because it is a justified killing. Accidental killing requires recklessness or negligence to be manslaughter, and soldiers fighting in battle isn't generally unlawful.