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A Man Dressed Up as a Snow Leopard

Posted by 4mikalakenkel on February 20, 2015 at 12:51pm

An employee from the Tama Zoo in Tokyo dressed up as a snow leopard while another employee in a zebra striped van, pretended to tranquilize him. This was a annual drill to practice what to do when an animal escaped. 

http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/13/world/gallery/week-in-photos-0213/index.html

Would you like to be a the guy dressed up as the leopard or the guy who gets to pretend to tranquilize him?

Do you think that the drill is a good form of practice or do you think that they should do something else? 

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  • Mr. Bruns February 27, 2015 at 3:40pm

    Well done overall. I would say your summary is a bit brief.

  • 5Frank February 27, 2015 at 11:18am

    I would pretend to be the guy who tranquilized him. I think that they should have an animal that is tamed and not very harmful

  • 1Maggie February 27, 2015 at 11:13am

    I think that I would want to be the guy that got to pretend to tranquilize the other guy. 
    I think that it would be a good practice for the people so they would know what to do in an emergency and they would have a chance to actually do what they are suppose to do and not just being told what to do. 

  • 3 Devin February 27, 2015 at 10:27am

    I think they can think of something else for practice. But i wouldn't want to be the one dressed up like a snow leopard. 

  • 3Kyle February 27, 2015 at 9:57am

    I think any type of practice will help when an animal does escape.

  • 2Erik February 26, 2015 at 10:48pm

    lol this would be funny entertainment!!, rather not be dressed as a leopard though.

    this is a pointless idea the big difference is they know this is a person not an animal,There not gonna be afraid of a person dressed up like an leopard. if the personnel ever have to tranquilize an animal they better know that animal may charge at them.They should just make sure the employees know about the animals in the zoo so they know if the animals more likely to run or just go on rampage. 

    • 4mikalakenkel > 2Erik February 27, 2015 at 9:07am

      very true, they would be more rough with an actual animal than with a person.

  • 2Will February 26, 2015 at 3:25pm

    I would 100% want to be the one tranquilizing the guy dressed as a snow leopard. Why would you want to be the guy that might get tranquilized. I think this is kinda stupid because there is no way a human could follow the instincts of a snow leopard. This is a funny but stupid idea.

    • 4mikalakenkel > 2Will February 27, 2015 at 9:10am

      Ya, I don't see how anyone would want to be the leopard, I think just about everyone would rather be the guy who tranquilizes the leopard.

  • 5Sophie February 26, 2015 at 9:10am

    People might think it's funny but I think it's stupid. People don't react like leopard, that's not even a practice. It maybe is a joke used to make people talk the zoo

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