MONTECORE TIGER'S JUST A BIG PUSSY CAT
It has to be one one of the most inaccurate descriptions of the week. Steve Wynn, former chairman and CEO of the Mirage in Vegas, said of the tiger that attacked Roy Horn that "(T)here wasn't a speck of violence in anything that Montecore did." Now considering the tiger damn near RIPPED ROY'S THROAT OUT, I'd like to propose that we begin recognizing this sort of behavior as violent. The 600lb killing machine also dragged him off the stage, leaving him in critical condition in hospital after loosing more blood than you can see in a Quentin Tarantino movie.

Just like our brainless bear-hugger from a couple of days ago, Steve appears to have missed the point that lions and tigers and bears (oh my) are wild animals and, as such, prone to being somewhat less that cute and cuddly. The reason they are blessed with sharp teeth and retractable claws is not so they can appear in Disney movies doing a song-and-dance with Mowgli the Jungle Boy.

So, the Bystander's safety tip of the week is as follows: if it bigger, heavier, and hairier than you, do NOT try to hug, kiss, smack-with-a-microphone, or in any way interact with it at close range. Otherwise you are very likely to find yourself being fitted for wings.