Posted on 12/27/2007 10:18:04 AM PST by wardaddy
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The big cat exhibit at the San Francisco Zoo was cordoned off as a crime scene Wednesday as investigators tried to determine whether a Siberian tiger that killed a visitor escaped from its high-walled pen on its own or got help from someone, inadvertent or otherwise.
Police shot the 300-pound animal to death after a Christmas Day rampage that began when the tiger escaped from an enclosure surrounded by what zoo officials said are an 18-foot wall and a 20-foot moat. Two brothers who also were visiting the zoo were severely mauled.
Police Chief Heather Fong said the department has opened a criminal investigation to "determine if there was human involvement in the tiger getting out or if the tiger was able to get out on its own."
Police said they have not ruled anything out, including whether the escape was the result of carelessness or a deliberate act.
(AP) Tatiana, a female Siberian tiger that killed one person and injured two others, is seen in the lion... Full Image
Fong said officers were gathering evidence from the tiger's enclosure as well as accounts from witnesses and others.
One zoo official insisted the tiger did not get out through an open door and must have climbed or leaped out. But Jack Hanna, former director of the Columbus Zoo and a frequent guest on TV, said such a leap would be an unbelievable feat, and "virtually impossible."
"There's something going on here. It just doesn't feel right to me," he said. "It just doesn't add up to me."
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“I’m pretty sure the 4 stars is standard. Chief is the highest rank in police departments. There’s only one per police department.”
Make that one REAL chief; Fong is a ... well perfect for SFPD.
They were probably just doing the taunting jobs that
“Americans won’t do.”
someone said:
The real tragedy here is that *Chris Daly wasn’t at the zoo wearing a meat sweater on Tuesday around 5 p.m.
*mentally ill member SF board of supervisors
I must have missed it, but what are the names of the brothers? Could it have been a gang initiation? Do the three have a rap sheet?
:Isn’t Souza a Portuguese name? Not Hispanic.”
Usually. Mostly.
Dom Pedro had told them if they could sneak past the water barrier and the fence that is where the good jobs all are.
Tatiana Tiger: “Damn! My first night out and all I can get to eat is greasy Mexican food!”
If the Kids parents are half as stupid as they raised their son to be they’ll blow their settlement money pronto, but they’ll still have that shiny new Darwin Award trophy on the mantle.
Can we get some tigers for the border?
I could go on and on, This is great joke material”
Sorry ME-262 those are not hateful comments; it’s humor !
Only count as hateful if they don’t touch your funny bone.
Leno should be all over this.
OK I’ll try again.
Tatiana Tiger: “Yeah...uh...I’d like the three bean Christmas chili meal to go and could I Grande Size it?
Recent reports indicate a fourth friend identified as Speedy Gonzales escaped unharmed.
You have led a colorful life.
CIA?
And add an extra helping of hot sauce and some Siberian vodka.
accomplises: Paul Dhaliwal, 19, and Kulbir Dhaliwal, 23.
names don’t sound like Border Brothers — but your idea of tigers as guards... hmmmm
Tatiana the Tiger: “They’re Grrrrrrrrrrreat!”
is that a hateful compliment ?
Tatiana seems to prefer a curry appetizer...
BYOB (Bring Your Own Bean*r)
This gang would have been OK if they had kept Little Black Sambo as a member. He had a way with Tigers. How long before the PC Patrol boots me for that reference.
Goes to show you cannot choose the consequences of your choices, yet so many act as if you can ..... if you don’t want to get burnt choose instead to not play with fire.
well M-2, Sambo did have a way with tigers and he was
an East Indian (Punjabi?), but here we have a
Siberian Tiger,
dunno if Sam knew the trick with Siberians... guess those
2 survivors figgered it out ...
the witnesses don’t seem to be too excited about telling what happened at this point .
Yup. I thought about a border fence tie-in all day,..but...
Come on, folks! Most zoos are City run and funded. Who's going to monitor all these cameras? Who's going to pay those people? I don't know a zoo that is full staffed as it is.
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