Tama Zoo Drill: Tiger

By Miss Cellania in Video Clips on Feb 23, 2011 at 10:52 am


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The Tama Zoo and the Ueno Zoo (both in Tokyo) perform annual training drills so that zookeepers know what to do when an animal escapes. Since they cannot use a dangerous beast, workers dress as the escapee, which gives zoo visitors and web surfers an entertaining interlude. The drill this week at the Tama Zoo featured a Siberian tiger who got out of its pen during an earthquake. -via Pink Tentacle

Previously: Rhino and Zebra drills.


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  1. whitneyvegan
    Feb 23rd, 2011 at 11:10 am

    And next on Dateline: To Catch a ….[wait for it]… Predator.

    Bahahahaha.

  2. Kalel
    Feb 23rd, 2011 at 3:15 pm

    They should have given the ‘tiger’ a couple of knives for effect.

  3. ShyWarrior
    Feb 23rd, 2011 at 3:16 pm

    I miss Japan! Only in Japan can a drill be so “kawaii!!”

  4. lewen
    Feb 24th, 2011 at 8:23 am

    I have wondered how effective these drills are because I don’t think wild animals would stay on the paved areas. Nor does poking a enraged animal with a stick have any pacifying effect.

  5. Logan
    Feb 24th, 2011 at 10:06 am

    So this is how they deal with furries in Japan…

  6. vonskippy
    Feb 24th, 2011 at 10:33 am

    This is exactly how their JSDF (aka their “military”) trains for attacks by China/Nkorea.

  7. hmm
    Feb 24th, 2011 at 7:07 pm

    I’m waiting for the video with the real tiger.


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