...Tigers

Roar goes the tiger. Three tigers in El Paso, Texas are in the news for murder. Three-year-old Malayan tiger Seri killed 6-year-old Wzui in a rare attack that came after months of simmering jealousy in a feline love triangle. It seems as if the male tiger was getting too close and friendly with another female tiger and that did not sit well with the other female tiger, so she killed him. I laughed when I read this, I giggle as I write this. Malayan tigers are a critically endangered species, with just 500 or so of the animals remaining in the wilds of Thailand and Malaysia, I guess we see why. Both Seri and Wzui were on loan from other zoos as part of the American Zoo Association's Species Survival Plan to aid in their conservation through captive breeding. Zoo keepers had not observed any signs of aggression leading up to the attack, and that the two cats had been seen playing affectionately at the exhibit earlier in the day, or sot hey thought... I guess humans and animals are not so different. I am glad that this happened in Texas because there you can call what she did a crime of passion and receive a lesser sentence, no death penalty for her, though she already was sentenced to life behind bars. HA! I am giving this news a Digit Up just from the odd humor I found in it.

...Jared Lee Loughner

Jared Lee Loughner, age 22. Who is he? No one really knows. He was arrested a day before his 19th birthday in 2007 for drug paraphernalia, he also has 2 other minor infractions. He tried to join the U.S. Army in 2008, but he was denied. January 8, 2011 he killed 6 people including a 9 year-old girl and injured 13 including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords(D). All day there were conflicting reports. Was she dead... Was she alive... Many publications posted online that she had died, we all thought she had died. Hours later a doctor set the record straight by letting us know she was alive and that she was out of surgery and while she was in very critical condition, he was optimistic. Jared basically tried to assassinate her. He shot her point blank in the head and then unload his semi-automatic gun into the crowd. He killed 8 people, a child, a judge, staff members on Congresswoman Giffords. Some say that he planned to kill himself, he maybe even had a suicide note on him, but 2 people tackled him and thwarted that plan. The Congresswoman received death threats last years after voting in favor of the Health Care Bill. Her offices in Arizona were shot at as well. She was re-elected in a tough campaign, in a state like Arizona that leans Right she managed to win. She is well liked and respected on both sides of the isle so it is still shocking that someone would want to do this to her. Jared did not just come up with this attack out of nowhere, he planned this, he knew what he was going to do. Police think that he had an accomplice, but he is not cooperating at all. From his postings on YouTube and other social sites you can obviously tell he has some mental issues, which is a shame. He will probably get off on a legal technicality, that legal technicality being insanity. I also find it a little sad that a guy with his mental issues and his criminal past was able to get a gun within days of this shooting. I know Arizona is a Red state and I know every state has its own requirements, but maybe more should be done. I like guns, I know why people like them as well and I am all for people having them, but the people that are responsible and reasonable do not do things like this with their guns and we need to weed out the good from the bad before they ruin it for everyone. Jared is going to get punishment. If not justice will not be served at all whatsoever. I am giving Jared Lee Loughner 2 Digits Down.