What, I hope you arent suggesting they should of been in there within 2 minutes, its not like theyre ready and waiting suited up to enter the enclosure at any moment just in case someone leaps in

How do you know the tiger waited 15 minutes

OK it prolly was 15 minutes which sounds reasonable, think about it, a zoo which mostly are pretty big,
so perhaps a few hundred meters from tigers -> gate = 1 minute running fast
rushin say someones being eaten alive, puffing, trying to explain yourself = 1 minute
guy rings keepers, explains situation = 30 secs
keeper gets keys, and equipment = 1 minute
runs to tigers = 1 minute
unlocks gate etc more time

the result is after the dude gets into the cage there won't be anyone there within 5 minutes
i.e. its not like they have ppl prepared to rush and rescue ppl who have fallen into the cages at a moments notice, its not like a fire crew / ambulance crew

just had a google of the average ambulance response time in new york city

The average response time was 6 minutes 50 seconds in 2014, 3 seconds higher than the previous year. City officials said their goal is to cut the average to 6 minutes, 30 seconds. The EMS ambulance fleet is part of the FDNY and has grown busier in recent years with some

And they get 100s times a day to practice this and are total prepared to go at a moments notice froma phone call

Actually that arm waving fooled that dumbass lion, or How I like to call it, the forcefield ..... worked for a while

I was just reading this, this guy tops it in stupidity
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/sep/27/driver-spider-petrol-gas-station-fire-lighter
Would be in my top 10 of dumbest things I've ever seen