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The big cat exhibit at the San Francisco Zoo was cordoned off as a crime scene Wednesday while investigators tried to determine whether a Siberian tiger that killed a visitor and mauled two men escaped on its own, the city's police chief said."We're not certain whether this incident occurred as a result of human action or whether this was an incident where the animal was able to get out of the grotto," Police Chief Heather Fong said.The San Francisco medical examiner identified the person who was fatally mauled as 17-year-old Carlos Sousa Jr., of San Jose, Calif. The two other victims, ages 19 and 23, were upgraded to stable condition Wednesday at San Francisco General Hospital after undergoing surgery to have their wounds cleaned and closed, surgeon Rochelle Dicker said. They suffered deep bites and claw cuts on their heads, necks, arms and hands.The tiger, named Tatiana, attacked a zookeeper about a year ago during a public feeding, said Robert Jenkins, the zoo's director of animal care and conservation.Tuesday's attack occurred just after 5 p.m., closing time, on the east end of the 125-acre grounds. The 300-pound tiger did not leave through an open door, Jenkins said. But he could not explain how it escaped; the tiger's enclosure is surrounded by a 15-foot-wide moat and 20-foot-high walls."There was no way out through the door," Jenkins said. "The animal appears to have climbed or otherwise leapt out of the enclosure." Fong said officers were gathering witness accounts and physical evidence from the enclosure. She would not say if the investigation had yielded any clues about how the animal got loose. The first attack happened right outside the tiger's enclosure — the victim died at the scene. Four responding officers came across his body when they made their way into the dark zoo grounds, police spokesman Steve Mannina said. Then they saw the second victim about 300 yards away. The man was sitting on the ground, blood running from gashes in his head, the tiger sitting near him. Suddenly, the tiger attacked the man again, Mannina said. The officers started approaching the tiger, bearing their handguns. When it started moving in their direction, several of the officers fired, killing the animal.Only then did they see the third victim, who had also been mauled.
Yeah I have read this but have not heard anything about what caused it. Where did you hear they were using a sling shot?
we don't know all the details, thats why there is controversy and discussion....
That's how gossip gets started... probably also how those stories bout the vodka and the slingshot got started
SOAPBOX ALERT! I hate these majestic wild animals being held captive for our viewing pleasure at all. The pratice of the captivity of wild animals whether in zoo's or circus's or wherever should be abolished.
not sure about the slingshot, but there is word from reputable newspapers on the vodka
Um... Newsflash... NO Newspaper is reputable A reporter will do what it takes to get a story. I'm not dogging reporters, I'm just stating.
i wont go this far... but if it does come out there was any taunting involved, then the idiots got what they deservedgoing to a zoo involves risk, hell i could die in a car accident on my way to work (and knowing me, it might happen too)
So you think it is perfectly OK to hold animals captive for our own selfish purposes. If a captive animal attacks for any reason I say it was totally warranted. It is what wild animals do. They do not deserve to be put on display. And don't give me this about how they are so much better off then in the wild. That's nothing but a bunch of rationalized BS to make people feel OK about it.
So you think it is perfectly OK to hold animals captive for our own selfish purposes.
If a captive animal attacks for any reason I say it was totally warranted. They are wild animals and do not deserve to be put on display.
Oh come awn, everybody knows that if it's in the newspaper, TV or on the www. it is the gospel truth. Who cares if he'd been drinking, the question is why'd the tiger get out and how. Even if the drunken bum (and we don't know he was even drinking before going to the zoo) the tiger should not be able to get out, period.
Set the Willy Mammoth free! No longer will the members of the Marlin Board sit by and watch Mark "dismember" such a majestic creature in an effort to better live up to his selfish expectations!
sure why not... we have pets don't we? even if they are domesticated, at one point in time they were wild..
Good one! But really, I heard about this story last week I guess it was. I thought they said the two others that were mauled were sitting at some table at a coffee shop or something.
Yeah, there was a coffee shop bout 300 yards away from the cage.. and the tiger took off to them after he finished with the first guy.
So how could they say they were taunting the tiger?
they say it was these 2 guys and the one that died that were taunting the tiger in the pen, and that once it got out and got their friend, they fled, and the tiger sought them out and found them
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