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Police: San Francisco Tiger Attack May Have Been Provoked
Foxnews.com ^ | 12/26/2007 | Staff

Posted on 12/26/2007 5:27:17 PM PST by Red in Blue PA

SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco Zoo was closed to visitors Wednesday as police investigated a tiger attack they say may have been provoked by visitors' taunting the animal, leaving one man dead and two brothers injured.

Police searched the zoo to ensure there were no others injured and no more animals out of their cages after the Christmas day attack in which the 300-pound tiger, Tatiana, escaped its cage.

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TOPICS: Local News; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: sf; tiger; zoo
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To: weegee
Did someone taunt this same tiger last year when it attacked one of the zoo staff? Or was it an aggressive animal to begin with?

Was it an aggressive animal? LOL!, what part of "tiger" don't you understand?

21 posted on 12/26/2007 5:38:19 PM PST by Jeff Chandler ("Liberals want to save the world for the children they aren't having." -Mark Steyn)
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To: EagleUSA
that cat should not have been able to get out of its cage.

I think that is something we can all agree on.

22 posted on 12/26/2007 5:39:07 PM PST by Jeff Chandler ("Liberals want to save the world for the children they aren't having." -Mark Steyn)
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To: EagleUSA

Agreed, the cat shouldn’t have gotten out regardless the taunting.


23 posted on 12/26/2007 5:39:30 PM PST by umgud (no more subprime politicians)
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To: CindyDawg

they determined that the history - the attack on the keeper last year - was the keeper’s error - not the tigers.


24 posted on 12/26/2007 5:39:45 PM PST by RDTF (Remember Pearl Harbor)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Catch the bastard who let it out.


25 posted on 12/26/2007 5:39:50 PM PST by eyedigress
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To: Jeff Chandler

Much like Sea Lions, there is a good reason they aren’t called Snuggly cuddle puppies.


26 posted on 12/26/2007 5:39:51 PM PST by cripplecreek (Only one consistent conservative in this race and his name is Hunter.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

The dead guy is 17 year old Carlos Sousa Jr.


27 posted on 12/26/2007 5:39:56 PM PST by Krankor (kROGER)
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To: Red in Blue PA
Once again, animals suffer because of the stupidity of men. I have no remorse for people who do such things.

Taunting animals is bad enough. But failing to maintain proper security in a zoo is worse.

Be assured the tiger didn't pick the lock on his own cage. Somebody, a keeper or another zoo employee, failed to secure the lock.

Direct your ire at them, first and foremost. They were responsible for two lives -- the victim's and the tiger's.

28 posted on 12/26/2007 5:40:01 PM PST by okie01 (THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance on Parade)
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To: Red in Blue PA
Just saw a photo of the enclosure on the news. Amazing the tiger was able to both cross the moat and scale that 20 ft. rock wall.

"I think we're going to need a bigger moat."

29 posted on 12/26/2007 5:40:42 PM PST by Mr. Mojo
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To: Red in Blue PA

Do not taunt happy fun tigers.


30 posted on 12/26/2007 5:41:15 PM PST by steveo (Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.)
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To: EagleUSA
Unfortunately, the dead person probably wasn’t the one who taunted the cat.

Fox News suggested otherwise.

31 posted on 12/26/2007 5:41:25 PM PST by Zechariah11
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To: Jeff Chandler

Assuming she wasn’t let out...all wild animals are aggressive but some are just bad news. If the Tiger wanted out that bad...she may have made it happen. After getting out though did she go looking for these guys or just ended up there?


32 posted on 12/26/2007 5:41:50 PM PST by CindyDawg (.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

I agree. Tigers are not good or bad. They rely solely on instinct. If they feel threatened, they will do what it takes to survive. In a battle between a Tiger and unarmed men, you better believe the Tiger is going to win.


33 posted on 12/26/2007 5:42:18 PM PST by appleharvey
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To: Red in Blue PA
When officers arrived after responding to the 911 call, they "saw a tiger sitting next to a person who was sitting on the ground," Police Chief Heather Fong said.

They then "yelled at the animal to stop. They did not fire immediately. ... when the yelling was occurring the animal turned toward the officers" and that’s when the officers shot the tiger, she said.

This kills me, the chief is so PC that she is justifying why the cops had to use deadly force... I was OK with it at "they saw a tiger..."

34 posted on 12/26/2007 5:42:22 PM PST by txroadkill ( http://iraqstar.org)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Tatiania? Sounds like a stripper not a tiger.


35 posted on 12/26/2007 5:42:25 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: cripplecreek

I am thinking that is the last time that dude taunts a tiger.


36 posted on 12/26/2007 5:42:51 PM PST by trumandogz (Hunter Thompson 2008)
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To: okie01

Takes an Okie to ‘splain things right........


37 posted on 12/26/2007 5:43:53 PM PST by Osage Orange (Merry Christmas)
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To: Red in Blue PA

It looks like it was probably provoked.
If so, those involved should pay as they caused the
Tiger’s death, also it is an endangered specie


38 posted on 12/26/2007 5:43:56 PM PST by SoCalPol (Duncan Hunter '08 Tough on WOT & Illegals)
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To: okie01

I agree with you 100%, but I think the people who taunt caged animals should be pummeled.

But that’s just me.


39 posted on 12/26/2007 5:44:18 PM PST by Red in Blue PA (Truth : Liberals :: Kryptonite : Superman)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Amazing the tiger was able to both cross the moat and scale that 20 ft. rock wall.


They really must have pissed it off. Lesson for the Day:: If you’re going to taunt an animal, sick to something harmless (like Peacocks)


40 posted on 12/26/2007 5:44:35 PM PST by rbg81 (DRAIN THE SWAMP!!)
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