Wall of tiger's S.F. Zoo pen too short (Tiger's victims, the brothers, have criminal record)

San Jose mercury News ^ | 12/28/07 | By John Woolfolk, Dana Hulland Julia Prodis Sulek

[Zechariah11]

Carlos Sr. had called Paul Dhaliwal around 3 p.m. or 4 p.m. Christmas Day - an hour or two before the tiger attacks. He wanted his son home to celebrate Christmas dinner with his mother.

But Dhaliwal reportedly told Sousa he hadn't seen his son for days. "We're just so upset about that," said the victim's cousin, Christina Sousa-Habenicht, 26. "We feel we could have prevented something. We just have this huge 'What if? - what if we could have talked to him?' Instead his friend lied. What kind of friend is that?"

Ever since the family found out the day after Christmas that Carlos was killed in the attack, they've been trying to reach the Dhaliwals' parents. They have left messages, but the family hasn't returned their calls. Carlos considered Paul Dhaliwal one of his best friends.

"We have a lot of questions," the teenager's mother, Marilza Sousa, said Thursday. "We want to know how it happened, and only the two boys can tell us."

Police visit hospital

Police said Thursday that they have spoken to the brothers at San Francisco General Hospital, where they are said to be recovering well from their injuries and are expected to be released within days. But police would not reveal what, if anything, the men told them about the tiger attack.

Court records indicated Paul and Kulbir Dhaliwal have both been arrested on minor offenses this year. Paul Dhaliwal was arrested for being drunk in public on March 24 after being seen drinking beer and smoking marijuana at an In-N-Out Burger on Capitol Expressway. He was sentenced to attend 10 Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. On Sept. 7, Paul and Kulbir Dhaliwal were arrested on charges of public drunkenness. Paul Dhaliwal was also charged with misdemeanor resisting arrest. They have a Jan. 15 court date.

[Zechariah11]

It looks like Carlos started hanging out with the wrong crowd.

[org.whodat]

Yes the next thing you know these thugs may have been pissing on road signs.

[Jeff Chandler]

The police aren’t saying if the brothers are talking. I wonder how long it will be until they let the cat out of the bag?

[FormerACLUmember]

Young provocative, taunting criminal punks high on booze and pot + documented psycho-tiger + too short a fence = punk tartar

[DeLaine]

ROTFL ping

[rockabyebaby]

Court records indicated Paul and Kulbir Dhaliwal have both been arrested on minor offenses this year. Paul Dhaliwal was arrested for being drunk in public on March 24 after being seen drinking beer and smoking marijuana at an In-N-Out Burger on Capitol Expressway. He was sentenced to attend 10 Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. On Sept. 7, Paul and Kulbir Dhaliwal were arrested on charges of public drunkenness. Paul Dhaliwal was also charged with misdemeanor resisting arrest. They have a Jan. 15 court date

Well obvioulsy they are two of the most outstanding citizens....oh wait,,,,are they even CITIZENS???? Yes indeedy class, these two are definetly pillars of the community....

[martin_fierro]

Paul Dhaliwal was arrested for being drunk in public on March 24 after being seen drinking beer and smoking marijuana at an In-N-Out Burger on Capitol Expressway. He was sentenced to attend 10 Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. On Sept. 7, Paul and Kulbir Dhaliwal were arrested on charges of public drunkenness. Paul Dhaliwal was also charged with misdemeanor resisting arrest.

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[MARTIAL MONK]

Once the cat’s out of the bag they’ll really have a tiger by the tail.

[null and void]

I’m glad you didn’t pussyfoot around that one...

[metmom]

Am I surprised?

[metmom]

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[repinwi]

I hope the code below for tiger habitat video from 2006 can be viewed by those of you who have never been to the SF Zoo like me. Note that there are two sets of stairs that permit those tigers to access the bottom of the dry moat. Also further note that the 12.5 ft wall is separated from the patron fence by a grassy area that appears to be several feet wide. After seeing these two videos, I can now easily see how this incident probably unfolded. Someone jumps the fence as evidenced by the shoe print on the top of the fence and crosses the grassy area and goes to the edge of the wall and in some manner provokes and taunts Tatiana who is right below in the dry moat. How easy would it have really been for her to leap up and dig her claws into the earth sufficiently to give her powerful hindquarters and claws enough leverage to push her up and over? I now have what I believe to be a fairly clear picture of what is a reasonable scenario of what happened.

SF zoo 2006

tigers down in the moat - SF Zoo 2007

[VA40]

Both links say the video is no longer available.