why do people..

why do people keep rare, exotic animals that could possibly kill them (lions, tigers etc.)? i honestly have almost no feelings when these people get attacked and they say "i never thought he would attack me"! when its a wild animal. No matter how "tame" you think they are, there is always that chance that something would make them snap.

The lions of Tsavo

I just got finished reading a book called "the lions of Tsavo". In case you do not know the story, it starts when the British are buliding the railroad in southern Africa in a place called Tsavo. Then, the killings started to happen. Every night, a workers scream was heard and all that was found of him was a blood trail leading into the woods (they later find the killer to be lions). These Lions were so focused on getting these workers that they would dig under the thorn barriers built to stop the killings and drag the workers out to kill them. Here are some of the theories why:

• Tsavo used to be a slave highway and slave traders were known to dump bodies there
• some Hindu workers were known to practice a burial ceremony in which they would simply let the bodies rot in the open.
• disease had wiped out the natural prey of the lions (warthogs, zebra, gazelle) so it left the lions with few choices.
  

why did this happen?

Did anyone hear about how Obama got the nobel peace prize??!! He has done nothing to promote peace, just shake hands with a bunch of dictators. Then again the nobel peace prize does have a bad rep. for giving awards to people who dont deserve them (AL gore)