Note: No accusation is implied here. Photo is purely for demonstration purposes.
Posted on 01/03/2008 6:12:02 AM PST by Red in Blue PA
SAN FRANCISCO, California (CNN) -- Police are investigating whether several items found in the enclosure of a tiger who fatally mauled a 17-year-old man show that the animal was attacked or taunted, San Francisco Zoo spokesman Sam Singer said Wednesday.
Police are examining a large rock, a tree branch and other items, Singer said.
"They [police] are trying to make a determination that those items or any other things that happened on Christmas Day were part of some attack on the tiger or something that angered Tatiana, causing her to come out of her cage," the spokesman said.
San Francisco Police Chief Heather Fong has said that a shoe print found on the railing at the tiger enclosure is being examined to determine if one of the victims climbed over the rail or threw their leg over the side.
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“I guess those kids just didn’t see it coming.”
Well, I guess those kids went to the zoo presuming the large predators couln’t get out of their cages. I don’t think the zoo gets many visitors who don’t presume that.
Millions of people could have seen that tiger over its natural lifespan. For the safety of the zoo’s enclosure to depend on none of those people taunting the poor creature is unreasonable and irresponsible.
You animal rights people are just sick!
That statement is sort of like saying I saw a guy speeding yesterday on the interstate, was it you.
You are both right.
The Tiger exhibit at the zoo was constructed in the 40’s.
No one has been attacked for 60 years.
Other zoo’s have gone to a 18 foot ‘standard’.
This zoo will now go to that standard or higher, due to this incident.
As they should. No doubt about it.
But.....that does not lessen the responsibility of the patrons of the zoo.
If these young men did what is suggested, they violated the rules.
Let's see, some of the things I remember reported that day:
"A man road the wreckage of the Twin Towers down from the (insert floor number here) floor and survived."
"A Missile struck the Pentagon."
"A Bomb Blew out all the ground floor windows of the towers prior to the collapse"
"Survivors of the World Trade Center collapse made phone calls from under the rubble."
"A Military Plane Shot Down Flight 93"
"Three Planes struck the towers"
All throughly debunked and supposed eye witness accounts.
Just because someone sez they saw it, don't make it so.
After the fact and unidentified source can not be called as a witness, so their statement means nothing.
The “As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly" defense only works in situation comedies. In the real world safeguards are supposed to be in place so that the animals cannot get out under any circumstances. The fact that the wall does not meet Association of Zoos and Aquariums standards means the San Francisco Zoological Society is so, well, you know.
No sympathy for the punks on my part, but what if the tiger had decided one day to take a four year old, just because she could? From the facts we know now she could have any time she wanted, she just never was motivated.
You've been throwing around insults that I haven't read the article, when the proof is plain now that I'm the only one of the two of us that actually has. The quote says lion. Her story is she saw them at the lion enclosure, before they were later mauled at the tiger cage.
And with shark lawyer Mark Garragos(sp) out there, ratcheting up the survivors 'defense'; probably feels a bit compelled to do same.
Notice that these boys are not stepping up to plate to explain what happened either. Avoiding 'self-incrimination. . .as is their Right, of course.
A filled moat makes it more difficult to jump. To experiment, get in a swimming pool and see how far you can leap relative to what you could do on solid ground.
My apologies. You are correct re: lion v. tiger. So these thugs are serial animal abusers.
Unless you/we. ..know how many sling shots were found in car; or how many these boys had to begin with; we cannot know - nor can we assume a sling-shot was not used.
Do not taunt happy fun tiger.
You have just confirmed the point you’re arguing against. Animals attack when they’re provoked. Since you have no idea what in your behavior may provoke them, it’s better to stay away from them. In this case, the slimebags apparently were doing anything but that to make the tiger angry enough.
Note: No accusation is implied here. Photo is purely for demonstration purposes.
My thought is the tiger probably kept a log book of those that had taunted her and just waited for them to show up in front of her enclosure. She probably spent hours at night testing the "jump" she would have to make to get her revenge.(sarc)
I agreed that attributing human thought processes to wild animals, or even to a family dog, is foolish at best.
You're delusional. The primary reason for posting on FR is to bicker.
If these young men did what is suggested, they violated the rules.
You just stated that the zoo didn’t violate anything. In over 60 YEARS there have been no problems ... and then these little criminals, er “victims” come along and taunt the animal and it’s the zoo’s fault? I don’t think so ... . Too bad the tiger didn’t get them all.
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