The zoo should be suing HER!

@Constance Keller. Because, being an American who worked for an American litigation attorney, we ARE sue happy. The kind of frivolous lawsuits that get filed in American courts never happen in other countries because either the courts won't allow it or the people that would sue are able to get past it without involving the courts. People that get food poisoning in America sue for millions. People in Britain just don't go back to that establishment and tell all of their friends about the experience..eventually the place goes out of business. It comes down to reputation and responsibility. Sue happy Americans aren't concerned with the first and incapable of accepting the second. Frivolous lawsuits are unique to the American Culture.

That makes two of us. Great to see she had the maturity to realize she was in the wrong and will likely never make a mistake like that again.

@Constance - it wasnt being rude. The US really DOES seem to have a legal policy where anyone can sue anyone for millions in damages on the slightest pretext. So long as they have funds or insurance. They dont sue someone on welfare. Take the recent thing on the news. Gwynith Paltrow and another skier colliding He is suing her for a fortune - because she has money. She is countersueing him for $1. We just dont understand it. In the UK we balance issues before making a claim. Am sure this lady has been inundated with calls from Lawyers suggesting she may have a case. It should have been declawed - etc. In the Uk we dont immediately think "who can we possibly sue?" when there is an accident.

I'm glad the jaguar adhered to the stand your ground laws and took the threat out...stand your ground goes both ways.....

@Molly Block..that's probably why she's not suing. She knows she has no case against them, but they have a pretty strong one against her....

We have had cases of burglars suing the people they were stealing from when they got injured in their house AND WON! it's insane. We are too sue happy as a nation. It's greed and materialism or a sense of entitlement in my opinion, but there are still a lot good people, too.

I agree with you. You sue, get money 15 minutes of fame. However she was the only one to blame. Not the zoo and definitely not the jaguar. The animal is kept caged for your protection not selfies,beside maybe the sweet jaguar was playing.

She will.... wait

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If not - finally a woman with sense who realises she was in the wrong - wish her well.

That's libel and I'll sue!

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You know, not everyone in the US is sue-happy. To make such generalizations reveals how petty you are, not the people you are trying denigrate.

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Maybe she is one of the old school snowflakes that is willing to accept blame and not try to p**n it off. A nice change....

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Pretty rude and stereotypical to insinuate that any and all US Americans are lawsuit happy. How would you feel if I suggested all of your country is toothless and drunk? It's not polite and certainly uncalled for seeing as how many US Americans are siding with the cat. As it should be.

I didnt sue the shop that had a 12" step that I miscalculated in poor light, broke my foot and tore ligaments. It was my fault - that step had been there for 100 years.

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do bring politics in I love discussing Trump

I kinda feel like this isn't a lesson you shouldn't have to learn. Like, you know, it should be kinda obvious that you shouldn't ignore the signs the zoo probably had placed saying 'do not climb/ do not enter', clamber over barricades, jump down a moderate height, all in order to take a selfie with a very dangerous animal.

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@diane a a little accident prone there? lol. I don't know who your guardian angel is, but they need to be fired and replaced..they're not doing a very good job of protecting you.

If you lived here I bet you could find a lawyer to take your case.

That's what always frightens me David... I always think "If you can't be responsible for your own safety, how are you going to safely raise a child?" I feel for her kids if she does have any.

Don't blame animated films for this. Stupid is just stupid. Have you ever tried to walk up to a bear and sing a duet. No you have not. You know why? You're not stupid.

Out for an afternoon of target practice. There was another couple not far away. We heard the bushes moving and immediately got in the truck. Sure enough a young black bear came wandering into our area. The woman started walking TOWARDS THE BEAR because she wanted to pet it. Her husband (?) grabbed her and pulled her over to THEIR truck, just as Mama Bear came crashing through the brush. Stupid f*****g moron.

Yes, that's true. But most of these people are in insane asylums.

naw. the sign should invite people in for dinner. Jaguars just gonna be a Jaguar.

Actually, it's the correct pronunciation. There is no such thing as a jag-wire. Nor an elle-eh-LEFF-ant, nor a Hip-ottomus. Not sure, go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4Qk3aAyixM

I think the phrase you were looking for is..she is a major error....

Snip snap

Even I dont know the last one - and I I lived in Scotland for 9 years - think it is Kirkubrigh as in kirk ud bri