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[–] 16 points 1 day ago (5 children)
  • [–] 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

    I can only imagine how much comfort all the leopard/face "jokes" will bring to the family of dead woman. I remember when it wasn't always snark week.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 day ago (3 children)

    Announcing her death, Beekse Bergen - in the south of the Netherlands - said the keeper began her career there when she was 17 and had worked there on-and-off for four decades.

    Damn, I would have expected handling leopards to be something you get better at with time, but these were outdoor cats dealing with bad weather, so I imagine they’re more nervous than normal

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  • [–] 4 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    Pretty much every person I’ve heard from who works with wild animals has said the same thing: they’re always wild animals. Just because they know you today and are gentle, that can change at a moment’s notice. This sounds like a really terrible and sad incident.

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