ZOO THOUGHT TIGER ATTACK WAS FAKE (And Refused Entry To Police)

NY Post ^ | 12/29/07

[spokeshave]

The Zoo must be staffed with professional amateurs.

[Mr. Brightside]

The zoo is going to lose BIG on this one.

They may soon find that there are criminal charges against zoo officials.

[xcamel]

related:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1945652/posts
(a couple of comments)

[wideawake]

I hope the two brothers and the estate of their late friend enjoy their new zoo.

They must have lawyers lined up around the block begging to represent them on contingency.

[2ndDivisionVet]

When John Edwards drops out of the race shortly, he can represent the victims families. I see a new Riviera beach house in his future.

[doc1019]

Yep, I’m sure that the ambulance chasers were on the scene before the local news camera crews were there.

[JimSEA]

Here are a set of circumstances, beginning with an inadequately designed enclosure, that actually justify some lawsuits. With luck the zoo director might eventually be able to get a job sweeping streets somewhere in South America though I wouldn't bet on him to pass his probationary period.

[InvisibleChurch]

A whole lotta people are going to be in big trouble.

[NonValueAdded]

They should feed the zZookeeper to the tiger.

[Mr. Brightside]

I wonder how much damage was done to the injured brother in the six minutes that the police were held at bay by the zoo officials.

[USNBandit]

The zoo might as well start looking for new homes for all their animals. They are toast.

[DeLaine]

and all the while Tatiana was gnawing on them. ack!

[USNBandit]

Ironically, if you look at the bottom of the source article there are 3 advertising links for tiger ring tones, tiger sports team ring tones, etc.

[muawiyah]

When I asked how many students at Virginia Tech were shot in the 9 minutes that the first responders were stopped at the doors blocked by the killer with simple chains I was accused of mindlessly bashing the brave fellows who man the ramparts of Administration at the school, and besmirching the students.

I am waiting for equally mindless defenders of the San Fran Zoo to show up and give you directions for the doorway outta' here!

One does hope the Zoo has some defenders, else maybe PETA and the other "animal lovers" have been right to criticize the place (of course they just want to turn the animals loose to wander the city).

[muawiyah]

Thinking about it some more why would any rightminded people want San Francisco to be entrusted with a zoo. First thing you know the tigers would be jumping out of their enclosures and eating the visitors.

Stupid thought that ~ allow San Fran a Zoo ~ the place IS A ZOO ~ a human zoo. No other animals need apply.

[muawiyah]

Brought to you by the POWER OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY.

I think if you look up stories about that mass murder the other day where the daughter killed her family you'd find advertisements for coffins and funerals to show up.

[Sacajaweau]

Went back to the mauling by this tiger last year. Seems the tiger was in heat and into some "girl gone wild" sex in December of 2006. Then the mauling occurred.

Look at the calendar....Was this cat in heat? had it been again enticed by "Tony the Tiger" and then denied?? Was the cat on meds?

The MONEY is in the breeding.

Sorry...just think there's more to this than the zoo is saying. This is an agressive female tiger.

[MarkL]

Sorry...just think there's more to this than the zoo is saying. This is an agressive female tiger.

To quote Chris Rock,

"There are all these people saying, 'that tiger went crazy.' That tiger didn't go crazy! That tiger went TIGER!"

Mark

[Hetty_Fauxvert]

We live a couple hours’ drive north of SF, and I had been looking forward to taking my little sons to the SF Zoo when they were old enough ... but I strongly suspect the Zoo will be history by that time. I will be astounded if they can keep the zoo open after all the (for once, well-justified!) lawsuits are settled.

The zookeepers must be morons. A house cat can scale a six foot wall. How high can a motivated tiger jump? And can’t most people just look and tell the difference between 12 ft and 18 ft? Good grief.