Posted on 01/04/2008 4:58:32 PM PST by repinwi
The two brothers injured in the Christmas Day tiger attack at the San Francisco Zoo have refused to let police examine photos on their cell phones that authorities believe were taken the day they were mauled and their friend was killed.
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"We also understand that police officers requested permission from your clients to examine any images and other contents of the cell phone. Your clients refused to cooperate with this request; consequently, no one has yet examined this potentially critical evidence."
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The moat is 33 feet across. No one believes a tiger can leap 33 feet in a single bound.
Ever see a zoo’s budget?
Animal keepers work for peanuts.
Most keepers stay in this field for the love of animals, not for having the bucks to live in a big house.
The moat with water was designed to keep the tiger from getting a running start to jump over the low wall.
Not too many Olympic high jumpers could break the world record if they were jumping from the bottom of a swimming pool.
I think people are strange who taunt animals. I would toss them out of any zoo I worked in if I saw that.
I agree this thing..sure does STINK.
We don’t know if the moat was 33 feet across in the 1950s; it might have been widened.
None of those stories have a tiger getting out of the pit.
I call bs.
These punks are bad news and their actions have killed a friend.
The zoo director (Mollimo???) is on salary for approx $350,000 per year.
So no doubt, the zoo was bringing in more money than these two Indian boys.
Sure it is ~ read up on atrial fibrilation. It can, on occasion, kill you.
He'd smash his head into the concrete wall pretty good if he did.
Certainly there's more knowledge required and more responsibility assumed in this job than, say, a major league baseball player who earns millions per year......plus benefits.
But no one ever points out things like this, LOL.
Leni
The moat was dry for the last 20 years. This tiger did not have to jump over it. She probably ran across it in probably two or three bounds.
Then she simply leapt up the edge.
It's a chronic condition, not something that would have been caused by this incident.
350000 probably equal to 100k here. Maybe less. Things are too pricy in California.
How old are you? You write like some punk that is still wet behind the ears? Try making some sense and grow up.
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I bet his salary was 350k a year. Odds are not much longer.
Trust me, budgets are stringent.
Of course the top dog gets it but the trickle down effect is just that, a trickle.
I have followed this on FR since the start. I am curious, why are you so down on the zoo and not considering what may have actually transpired? Not trying to pick a fight but am a bit curious.
Cats take swipes at things out of curiosity, not just anger, or hunger.
They're cats! Cats do stuff. Cats are killing machines ~ they don't even need intent to kill. That way they get fed even if they are real sweethearts.
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