[Red in Blue PA]

Jack Hanna said something to the effect that it would have been a miracle if the tiger could have escaped on its own!

[nmh]

“Jack Hanna said something to the effect that it would have been a miracle if the tiger could have escaped on its own!”

Exactly!

This tiger has been in that enclosure for YEARS. There is nothing wrong with the enclosure with height or otherwise - it’s within the suggested guidelines. These jerks did something to anger this tiger.

[The_Victor]

The national standard for fencing for a tiger enclosure is 17 to 18 feet. The SF Zoo enclosure was 12.5ft.

[Sacajaweau]

Jack Hanna also retracted that statement.

[RooRoobird20]

“Jack Hanna said something to the effect that it would have been a miracle if the tiger could have escaped on its own!”

He said the above assuming the wall was the recommended height, 16.5 feet.

[Cheburashka]

Jack Hanna said something to the effect that it would have been a miracle if the tiger could have escaped on its own!

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Mr. Hanna said that before it was revealed in the papers that the moat wall was only about 12 feet high. The organization that sets standards says it should be at least 16 feet high, and Mr. Hanna was under the impression that the zoo met the standard at the time he made his statement. I'm sure this has changed his opinion.

[muawiyah]

Jack Hanna is in the business of peddling information on how to run a zoo.

Here he's saying there was a miracle and the tiger got loose, or Jack is simply pulling the wool over his own eyes and denying that a tiger got loose.