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Well, if you were hoping to see a tiger, you couldâve saved your ticket to the Leipzig Zoo yesterday. 
As youâve probably heard in the news a tiger escaped from a private enclosure and seriously injured a 73-year-old man. It then ran into a nearby garden, where the police had to shoot it. At least it died free. R.I.P. 
Can you imagine? Going for a walk and suddenly - BAM - a tiger is standing right in front of you. My goodness⊠
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@Constantin
I know the place where that happened. And I also know the story behind why there are tigers there. (There are only 7 left nowâand if animal welfare authorities intervene, there soon wonât be any at allâŠ)
They belong to a world-renowned animal trainer who maintains her winter quarters thereâor rather, lives thereâwhenever she doesnât have any performances scheduled. And since the start of the pandemic, the circus business has been in general decline, meaning she hasnât had a single performance in six years.
All in all: definitely not the kind of living conditions in which tigers should be keptâŠ
You can see the living and animal transport trailers arranged
like a wagon fort â along with the âoutdoor enclosure,â which is really nothing more than the protective fencing typically set up inside a circus ringâŠ
I sometimes drive through the area nearby, but I havenât actually seen them myself yetâŠ
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Yes, Iâve heard all the background details through the media as well. That makes it all the more surprising to me that thereâs no resistance from animal rights activists or the general public. When I think, by way of comparison, of all the fuss over the humpback whale âTimmy aka Hopeâ⊠And yet, with such a magnificent animal as a tiger, absolutely nothingâŠ?
Personally, I have mixed feelings about animals kept in captivity for public display (zoos). But these wonderful creatures definitely have no place in circuses. I condemn this in the strongest possible termsâŠ
There was resistanceâand had been for quite some time. But Timmy/Hope was far more prominent in the public eye than circus animals in general. It takes something specific to happen for the issue to resurface in the media; yet just as quickly, it vanishes again.
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