Scene of the crime
Mohan, the male Sumatran tiger on loan to the Sacramento Zoo from Memphis says he doesn’t feel the least bit bad about actions resulting in the death of female Sumatran tiger Baha.
“Am I sorry for killing her,” Mohan asks rhetorically. “Well, it’s regrettable, I suppose, that some people’s feelings have been hurt as a result of what happened yesterday. But c’mon. I’m a fucking tiger. I have the right to kill any potential mate, especially if she smells weird.”
Mohan, was physically introduced to his “potential mate” Baha for the first time on Wednesday. Instead of breeding, the Memphis tiger became aggressive. Things escalated quickly and although the two big cats were soon separated, a mortal blow had been struck.
“I have the right to kill any potential mate, especially if she smells weird.”
“It’s easy for people on one side of an issue to call the other side a bully,” Mohan explains. “But the law of the jungle is very clear on this particular issue. It’s also important to understand that there was a small group of other tigers who wanted to prevent this mating from happening the way it needed to happen. And by ‘small group,’ I mean Baha.”
Frustrated Tiger experts claim Mohan and Baha had been living next door to each other for over a month and were were exhibiting signs that it was time for a physical introduction.
“You’ve got to remember,” Mohan concludes. “I’m a professional tiger with 12-years experience. I know a couple of things about mating with females. I’ve been taking care of business for a long time. If she thinks, after a month and change, she can just stalk in here with those stripes, and tell me where I can and can’t park my stuff, she’s wrong. Dead wrong. Pun intended. Just because you’ve successfully bred with three other partners is no reason to think you have some special rights to your feline reproductive system.”