A tiger by the tail?

I am somewhat bemused at the howls of anguish - emanating from some quarters - about the decision to put down the tiger that mauled a man to death at a game park in Whangarei last week?
One is sorely tempted to ask just what planet do these detractors and animal lovers actually live on. And if these people live anywhere near me - could they please shift!
To the Saint, it seems the-powers-that-be made an immanently sensible call to put out of action - as quickly as possible - a wild beast that had just ripped a man apart before it struck again. However, some of the less enlightened inhabitants of this country, seem to think it is perfectly okay for a man-eating, big cat to be walking freely around a public enclosure... because 'that's what they do in the wild'.
Now without wanting to put too finer point on it, the Saint suggests this is the sort of logic why these kind of people should not be allowed to procreate. They say stupidity is hereditary and New Zealand as a country just cannot afford to have this level of outright wackiness in the general population. Mind you, we already do have the likes of Sue Bradford in Parliament, which proves that New Zealanders do give stupid people far too much of an opportunity in this country. However, back to the matter at hand, and the outcry over the sudden and early demise of the man-eating tiger. The Saint is unsure what exactly these so-called 'animal-lovers' [a disturbing thought at the acts of bestiality these people may get up to in their spare time] thought should have been done.
He wonders if one of the members of their family had been ripped to shreds by this angry, over-sized cat, would these people still be joining in their 'born free' chorus of let the tiger live?
To be fair, these are the same kind of people who actually believe that the pony-tailed, tiger tamer Craig Busch and the late, extremely annoying and infantile crocodile hunter Steve Irwin are amazing people. Kind of like how the general populous of pre-WW2 Germany thought Adolf Hitler was an awe-inspiring and mesmerising political leader.
So it is not their fault these animal lovers' stupidity is so chronic - but it is a pity they do get to vote.
Perhaps they could do the country a favour and invite Sue Bradford to their next gathering at the Zion Wildlife Park and invite her to feed the tigers!