I don't consider myself a hippy, but I do believe in animal rights. I didn't know that just for supporting that you are automatically a hippy, but alright.
Letting a Tiger escape from zoo is pretty bad, but personally, I don't think there should be zoos to begin with. I'm pretty sure the animals don't like being caged all the time, or being gawked at by people. How would you like to live under those conditions?