A Belgium woman climbed into a cheetah cage in a zoo in Brussels and was mauled to death by the cheetahs.
In what has to be one of the dumbest quotations I have ever heard about animal behavior, a zoo spokesperson said
"Karen loved animals. Unfortunately the cheetahs betrayed her trust," he said.
Er, what? Since when did the cheetahs 'betray' her? The cheetahs did exactly what a cheetah is going to do in the wild--kill a prey animal. How is that a betrayal? As far as I know, no cheetah has ever signed a contract to the do the opposite.
Not to say I don't feel sorry for the woman or her family, but she took a bad risk when deciding cheetahs were big kitty cats, not wild animals.
