Escaped Tiger Makes Day At San Francisco Zoo Deadly
Just imagine you’ve gone to the zoo. And just imagine the absolute terror you’d feel if you were confronted face-to-face with an escaped tiger.
Just imagine the lawsuit that will likely stem from this:
Two people attacked by a tiger Christmas Day remained in critical condition today, as investigators tried to determine how the animal escaped its enclosure and roamed the grounds of the San Francisco Zoo, killing one visitor.
The men were listed in critical but stable condition at San Francisco General Hospital after the attack by a 350-pound Siberian tiger named Tatiana.
“They’re doing well at the present time. They have both gone through their surgeries well. They’re both in stable condition,” Dr. John Brown of San Francisco General Hospital told “Good Morning America” today.
“These injuries are severe injuries, but they are very treatable,” Brown added. “These two gentlemen seem to be in good health. So I think they have a good chance.”
While authorities remain unsure of how the tiger escaped, it is clear that somehow the animal traveled over over a 20-foot wall and a 15-foot moat. Initially, authorities worried four of the zoo’s five tigers had escaped. Later they learned Tatiana was the only one loose.
Tatiana had been a problem before: a year ago she chewed off part of a zoo-keeper’s arm.
Note that zoos have become controversial in recent years. There is a strong anti-zoo movement.
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7 Responses to “Escaped Tiger Makes Day At San Francisco Zoo Deadly”
Rename it Hillary. Truth in advertising!
I’ve never heard of a zoo open on christmas day.
According to the sfzoo.org website, the zoo is closed today out of deference to those who were attacked, but will re-open tomorrow.
They still haven’t figured out how exactly the tiger escaped, but they’re opening tomorrow…. Love it!
I’ll be there, but only if Uncle DLS tags along with his not-really-an-assault-rife for protection
The tiger’s dead.
Current reports are that the men were teasing the tiger. Sounds like a bad idea in rerospect.
Should have shipped it off to S&R in Vegas. Whats wrong with chimps and bears in costumes doing tricks, as opposed to being natural carnivores.
I’ll bring a Big Fifty, or my pet project (never mind what it is, but I wish our armed forces had it and were using it in Iraq). Well, so you feel extra safe, me Bwana, you gun bearer. Big Fifty is a heavy gun to lug around. And that lets me run away faster.
(No, I don’t have a .50 BMG, actually.)
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Like Binky the Bear,
HillaryTatiana took a bite or a swipe out of crime.And …
is in my dreams (for our armed forces) only.
(Cartridge is still available and chambered for one or two guns, but was a commercial flop. Yet it’s perfect at normal engagement ranges, and the armed forces can cut costs by building ammo for training using a much-lighter revolver bullet with enough propellent to match the trajectory with the normal cartridge.)