Tiger grotto wall shorter than thought, may have contributed to escape and fatal attack (SF Zoo)

sfgate.com ^ | December 27, 2007

[PeterFinn]

I wonder what kind of wall will keep the lawyers penned in now?

[Sacajaweau]

btt

[heywoodubuzzoff]

Come on folks, this is San Francisco. 20 feet or 12 feet, it is more important that the construction crew felt good about their work. Imposing rigid standard of measurements are counterproductive to producing a modern ego. And isn’t that what counts theses days? /snide

[TRY ONE]

Gee....All NBA players can jump 12 ft :-)

[TRY ONE]

Gee....All NBA players can jump 12 ft :-)

[TexasCajun]

So now the so-called ‘enviromentalists’ will put this tiger down for being a tiger.

[Shermy]

After a day of self-protecting insinuations sounds like the zoo ‘fessed up. I suspect they knew they couldn’t finesse themselves out of this one, with the likes of Jack Hanna getting involved—he isn’t going to shiny things up for that zoo for sure.

[F-117A]

Tigers ability to climb and jump. Check out videos!

Belmont Club

[Zuben Elgenubi]

I went out today at lunch and had Mike McConnell on talk radio. A caller stated that George Bush cut back on fencing expense at this zoo, so thereby Bush is responsible. The caller also blamed Bush for not doing enough for education. Somehow, I thought the two statements were intimately linked but I’m confident the caller does not see it that way . . .

[alisasny]

They also found that, contrary to numbers they had on file, the moat was 33 feet wide, which is sufficient to meet national standards.

(from the same article)

[Berlin_Freeper]

The people of SF can’t even run a zoo, yet they insist on trying to dictate how to run the country.

[CindyDawg]

The cops already did it.

[Isabelle]

OOOPPPPPPSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!

[skimask]

Didn’t take the libs long to figure out a way to blame Bush. How enlightened of them.

[SF Republican]

So now the so-called ‘enviromentalists’ will put this tiger down for being a tiger. - oh no, per todays SF Chronicle they want the animals set free (back into nature to be killed I guess)

[HairOfTheDog]

Earlier this week, zoo officials said the moat's wall was at least 20 feet tall. Today they said it was little over 12 feet. Officials have given at least five different measurements for the enclosure

Good grief people... This does not have to be a mystery... someone give these people a tape measure.

[org.whodat]

Yes, but can they stand on and jump off of water?? :^)

[HairOfTheDog]

The moat isn’t full of water. It’s just a big deep ditch, really, between the grass habitat area and the spectators.

[Publius6961]

Gee....All NBA players can jump 12 ft :-)

So, apparently, can 350-pound tigers...