LA unrest is something of a charade for Trump
The US President congratulated the Guard for calming the streets before the deployment had even happened.
The year is 2003. Magician, Roy Horn, one half of the famous Las Vegas act, Siegfried and Roy, is attacked by Montecore, a White Bengal tiger, causing massive blood loss and a stroke. It leaves him paralysed.
The year is 2009. Stamford, Connecticut. Travis, a 14-year-old chimpanzee, who had appeared in numerous commercials and TV shows, turns on a friend of its owner, leaving the friend grievously mauled.
The year is 2010. SeaWorld, Orlando. Tilikum, an Orca, kills three in one of the most notorious cases of a captive animal becoming frenzied.
History is littered with examples of humans thinking they could tame a wild beast; each one a rational actor who thought they understood situations with some degree of unpredictability.
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