Wild Jaguar chained up for Olympic Ceremony in Brazil, then shot
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WeAreStarStuff
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Awful. Just shut down the Olympics this year already.
I genuinely think this is the year I just stop watching the Olympics outright. Costs tons to put on with very little long term benefit to local economies, no human rights requirements since they'll give these things to any body, and seemingly no moral standard for host nations. Chaining a borderline endangered animal, armed military right near the torch, and shooting the poor thing. Where is the Olympics being held, the middle ages?
I feel bad for the athletes but this thing isn't worth supporting in the 21st century. Sorry.
I feel bad for the athletes but this thing isn't worth supporting in the 21st century. Sorry.
bootsthecat
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Tragic, and hopefully whoever set this stunt up should be thrown to the lions (or jaguars).
Assuming the soldier thought they were in danger (I sure would be, if a jaguar was coming towards me) can't really blame him for firing.
Yep, shitshow.
Assuming the soldier thought they were in danger (I sure would be, if a jaguar was coming towards me) can't really blame him for firing.
Yep, shitshow.
itsbenoclock
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The London Olympics was the first one I watched in my young life and it filled me with so much optimism from a united event of competing countries, and it was in my own country which was nice.
Rio, however, Rio seems like the most cynical, dangerous shit show of an Olympics history has ever seen second only to the 1938 Olympics perhaps...I just don't understand how it went all so wrong. Really is the epitome of how I feel about the world in 2016.
Rio, however, Rio seems like the most cynical, dangerous shit show of an Olympics history has ever seen second only to the 1938 Olympics perhaps...I just don't understand how it went all so wrong. Really is the epitome of how I feel about the world in 2016.
So sadYep. Barbaric monkeys, the lot of them.
The Wild Kind
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Another black spot on these games smh
That's unfair to monkeys.
#notallmonkeys
eyeball_kid
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The Rio Olympics are turning into a dumpster fire. The worst I've ever seen.
The zoo that let them "borrow" this jaguar should be shut down immediately. They are obviously incapable of caring for the animals' welfare. In fact, shut down all the zoos.
BTW, this NPR article has a more complete story.
The zoo that let them "borrow" this jaguar should be shut down immediately. They are obviously incapable of caring for the animals' welfare. In fact, shut down all the zoos.
BTW, this NPR article has a more complete story.
Head of Vengarl
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That picture in the OP + the front page thread with the stupid cunt who vandalized several U.S. National Parks... maybe the villains in Rainbow Six were on to something.
BrianRoyale
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Everytime I hear my wife's family talk about it, sounds like no one in Brazil wants it.
Weren't Vancouver and London considered "good" Olympics?
Dynamite Shikoku
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Olympics should really only be held in highly developed countries. It's just embarrassing.
Sumio Mondo
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News like this pisses me right off. Such barbarism reminds me that humans haven't really evolved much since historical times. We like to think we have but such acts of cruelty as this proves otherwise.
Totally agreed. Fuck the Olympics this year until Japan get it. At least I don't think Japan will chain an endangered species or just any old animal up and then shoot it, at least (unless they do something cruel to some sea creature instead).
Totally agreed. Fuck the Olympics this year until Japan get it. At least I don't think Japan will chain an endangered species or just any old animal up and then shoot it, at least (unless they do something cruel to some sea creature instead).
gutter_trash
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couldn't they just a guy in a mascot suit instead?
total lack of respect for the animal
total lack of respect for the animal
Ragnorok64
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From this thread it seemed like the jaguar was chained, sedated, and shot at the same time. If I'm reading the NPR article correctly. It was used in the ceremony, then when being returned to the zoo it was on loan from it got loose. They tranq'ed it, but it still made a move toward a soldier who then shot it. Is that the correct sequence of events?
This is clearly just a show of power and money from the corrupt officials running the event. They're just too stupid to realize that nobody else, not even their own countrymen, falls for this shit, especially when an innocent endangered animal dies because of it.
Such a shit state of affairs this entire Olympics is turning out to be.
Such a shit state of affairs this entire Olympics is turning out to be.
ldcommando
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I'm loving it. A lot of shit that I use on a daily basis is getting improved. But I do feel bad for the animal, of course.
BennyBlanco
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Way too late in the game for that.
Vulcano's assistant
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Will feel bad for the athletes that are at the peak of their careers this year if things don't quite work out.
ldcommando
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Had no part on anything Olympics related, but thank you man.
sturgboski
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So at what point do we actually boycott these Olympics? Clearly the country has a lot of problems and this is just icing on the cake. Also shut down the zoo and relocate the animals.
Whatever "shit" you're getting it's not worth the hassle, AND it's going away as soon as the olympic games end.
brandonh83
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God, people are fucking shit.
ldcommando
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Not everything. But this is my life, man. I live here. The games are going to happen no matter what I have to say on the situation. So I better make the most of it. They've built a lot a stuff for the games and I will enjoy it as much as I can. Shitting on my city on an international video game forum accomplishes nothing . We have plenty of people doing this already, Brazilians even.
My stepmother just keeps facepalming and saying "it's a mess" over and over.
Darryl M R
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Wait the Olympics is this year? I feel like there is little to no advertisement about it.
Very good.
Calgary is talking about hosting another winter olympics. When it's done right, hosting an olympics can be very beneficial for a community. Cities just need to think long term instead of overspending and making it only a temporary event.
For sports sake, I think the olympics are important. It's a high profile international event that means a lot to those athletes and those sports. I like watching for the sports. I hate seeing the event poorly hosted.
It's just unfortunate that some olympics end up being a shitstorm, politically and/or financially, and it sure doesn't help when the IOC is horribly corrupt. FIFA is also corrupt, but you don't stop having international matches.
For the sake of sports, the olympics need to happen. It's just horrible that it gets messed up so often.
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