Fang Ye said, "The right to life for humans is above all else. Just as a certain professor of criminal law said, if you are in an emergency situation, having starved for more than twenty days on a mountain and about to die of hunger, and then you come across a panda, eating that panda, whether by roasting or grilling it, is not a problem.
Freezing to death in a short-sleeved shirt, it would be fine to skin the panda and wear its fur to keep warm. If you see a golden hair monkey, a snow leopard, or a tiger, it would also be no problem to catch them and eat one a day. This would be a case of emergency avoidance."
Despite the seriousness of the topic, the tourists couldn’t help but burst into laughter.
Fang Ye shrugged, "Of course, if everyone has visited the panda exhibit before, they would know that subduing a panda is a problem. Let alone if you’ve been starving for more than twenty days, even if you’re a strong, young man, you wouldn’t be able to beat it.
Rather than thinking about killing a panda to roast and eat, it would make more sense to dig up some bamboo shoots."
Should you kill a tiger? If a tiger is attacking a human, even if it was the last one in the world, of unparalleled rarity, it could be killed to protect human life.
However, if a tiger just encounters a person and does not harm them, we cannot harm the tiger out of fear, because it is a precious protected animal. Killing a tiger would result in criminal responsibility. Of course, most people do not have the ability to kill a tiger.
If a tiger has injured someone and left, even if the victim is killed, the response is to control the tiger, not to kill it. Only if the tiger cannot be controlled after an attack and there is a potential danger to others nearby would it be permissible to kill the tiger according to the principle of emergency avoidance. Thus, the notion that a tiger must be executed after harming a person is a rumor."
"The tiger won’t be executed even if it kills someone? Why not?" Someone asked, puzzled.
Fang Ye reiterated, "That’s right, in the legal sense, an animal is a thing, not a person. It does not have rights and cannot bear responsibilities. Humans must act according to the law. Tigers are a key protected species of endangered wildlife, receiving rigorous protection from the ’Wildlife Protection Law’ and related laws. All units and individuals have the obligation to protect them and are not allowed to kill them arbitrarily.
If it is a tiger from a zoo that injures someone, the zoo will bear the responsibility. Of course, if the zoo can prove they have fulfilled their duty and it was the victim’s own fault, they won’t have to bear the responsibility. For wildlife damaging crops or causing injury, compensation can be requested from the local government; the nation will take responsibility on their behalf.
An eye for an eye does not apply to animals."
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"I’ve always felt that the claim that a tiger must be killed if it injures someone was unfounded, and yet many people assert it so confidently."
"Will the tiger still be released back into the wild after it has injured someone?"
Fang Ye said, "There is also a widely spread belief that if a tiger bites or eats a human, it will start to actively attack humans and consider them prey. This, too, is a rumor.
Tigers generally tend to avoid humans. When tigers with radio collars were tracked, it was observed that a tiger resting in the bushes beside the road would remain indifferent as hundreds of people walked by. If a human angered a tiger, the tiger would first growl as a warning, allowing the person to retreat on their own. They only attack if the warning is ignored.
If a tiger kills a person out of anger, it has no interest in consuming the corpse.
Tigers have their own diets; what they eat and how they hunt for food is taught by their parents. They won’t randomly try new prey. Scientists studying man-eating tigers found that nine out of ten were disabled or old, unable to hunt their natural prey normally. Only after accidentally killing a human and discovering that humans could be eaten did they become man-eaters, even passing this behavior on to their offspring.
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The behavior exhibited by Mount Wanda No.1 was a normal tiger’s defensive response when provoked, not a man-eater hunting and attacking humans. There is no need to worry that it will turn into a man-eater after injuring someone.
As long as it has the ability to hunt and retains the wild animal’s instinctive caution towards humans, actively avoiding them, then releasing it back into the wild is appropriate and inevitable. There are no other options."
"If we were to reintroduce tigers, experts would definitely give careful consideration to choosing a location suitable for the tigers’ survival, far from human habitation. They would also fit it with a collar to monitor its movements and provide early warnings if it approaches human living areas. Otherwise, why would it be called ’scientific reintroduction’?"
"I see!"
"There are those who say they support reintroduction, telling you to release a tiger right at your doorstep—such people are both stupid and malicious! They deserve to be scolded!"
Fang Ye said, "Our tiger exhibit, including the wolf exhibit, has display boards telling everyone what they should do if they encounter these animals in the wild. I wonder if anyone has read them.
First and foremost, have the right understanding: you’re afraid of the tiger, and the tiger is also afraid of you. It won’t attack humans without cause.
Keep calm and slowly back away, and everyone will be fine."
Think of it like this with an example: "It’s like if you encounter a burly man with tattoos on the street, with dragons and tigers inked on his arms, making him look like he’s from the underworld. If you’re scared, you walk around him. But what if the big guy is just a tattoo artist and also feels awkward, pretending not to see you.
You can’t just assume he’s a bad person and strike first by smashing a bottle over his head, nor should you provoke him for no reason. If you irritate him and he beats you up, where are you going to argue your case?"
The tourists all laughed!
After listening to Fang Ye’s explanation, they felt their understanding of tigers was indeed more rational and they were less afraid.
"Don’t run away; you cannot outrun a tiger, which may instead trigger its hunting instinct. It might not have chased you, but seeing you run, it might start the chase. Also, don’t play dead or climb trees, tigers climb trees very quickly.
If you find a tiger entering a village, don’t be reckless and go to look on or even live stream; call the police and let the professionals handle it."
A tourist murmured, "Isn’t it just that after calling the police, journalists come and live stream the scene."
Fang Ye was at a loss for words!
Indeed, "professionals" are not necessarily professional.
He couldn’t help but recall the snow leopard rescue in March in Xining, and the gap in response just seemed so vast.
When the Amur tiger woke up from its anesthetized state to find itself being watched and filmed, only then did they start to block the view as it began to roar.
When the snow leopard woke up, everyone hid outside, stealthily observing it to minimize its stress.
Even if its eyes were red and bloodshot, and even if the tranquilizer dart accidentally hit the eye during the capture of the tiger, there’s no reason to blame, but one should at least report the specifics instead of waiting for questions to arise before responding; things were not handled well in many aspects.
"Director, I’ve heard another argument that it should be kept for breeding to improve the genetics of captive tigers?"
Fang Ye sighed and said, "Our country has 6,000 captive tigers, and their genetic diversity is very rich; there is absolutely no need for wild tigers to improve their genes. With so many bred in captivity and none suitable for reintroduction, do we lack even one tiger? Give the tiger some respect."