Re: Police Open Criminal Probe in Tiger Attack
- From: "Chocolic" <chatter448@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 04:33:06 GMT
"Bo Raxo" <crimenewscenter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:8a34b64f-4d69-4b53-9e4b-feac10d26316@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Dec 29, 3:59 pm, jbello <jbello....@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:On Dec 26, 11:18 pm, "Chocolic" <chatter...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> SAN FRANCISCO - The San FranciscoZoowas closed to visitors Wednesday > as
> police investigated atigerattack they say may have been provoked by
> visitors' taunting the animal, leaving one man dead and two brothers
> injured.
> Police searched thezooto ensure there were no others injured and no > more
> animals out of their cages after the Christmas day attack in which the
> 300-poundtiger,Tatiana, escaped its cage.
> One witness said at least one of the victims had provoked thetiger, > which
> had been out of its cage an estimated 15 to 20 minutes, police > said.Tatiana
> also ripped the flesh off a zookeeper's arm just before Christmas 2006.
> When officers arrived after responding to the 911 call, they "saw > atiger
> sitting next to a person who was sitting on the ground," Police Chief
> Heather Fong said.
> They then "yelled at the animal to stop. They did not fire immediately. > ...
> when the yelling was occurring the animal turned toward the officers" > and
> that's when the officers shot thetiger, she said.
> Fong said officers conducted four searches of thezooafter the attack.
> "We are confident there are no additional victims," she said.
> Fong said the department has opened a criminal investigation to > "determine
> if there was human involvement in thetigergetting out or if thetigerwas
> able to get out on its own."
> Police said they have not ruled anything out, including whether the > escape
> was the result of carelessness or a deliberate act.
> Fong said officers were gathering evidence from thetiger'senclosure as
> well as accounts from witnesses and others.
> Onezooofficial insisted thetigerdid not get out through an open door > and
> must have climbed or leaped out. But Jack Hanna, former director of the
> ColumbusZooand a frequent guest on TV, said such a leap would be an
> unbelievable feat, and "virtually impossible."
> "There's something going on here. It just doesn't feel right to me," he
> said. "It just doesn't add up to me."
> Instead, he speculated that visitors might have been fooling around and
> might have taunted the animal and perhaps even helped it get out by, > say,
> putting a board in the moat.
> ZooDirector Manuel Mollinedo said thezooplanned to bring in outside
> experts to evaluate the exhibits' safety and conduct thorough analysis > of
> existing outdoor cat exhibits . to ensure animal safety and public > safety."
> Mollinedo said he hoped to have thezooopen on Thursday.
> The three men - one of them 19 years old and the others in their early > 20s -
> were attacked just after 5 p.m. Tuesday on the east end of the > 125-acrezoo
> grounds near Ocean Beach, police spokesman Steve Mannina said.
> The two survivors were upgraded from serious to stable condition > Wednesday
> afternoon.
> "They're in good spirits. They looked absolutely fantastic," said Dr.
> Rochelle Vicker of San Francisco General Hospital.
> She added they were being treated with antibiotics and monitored for
> infections from their claw and tooth wounds to their heads, necks, arms > and
> hands.
> They suffered "pretty aggressive bite marks," police spokesman Steve > Mannina
> said.
> "The caging or enclosures are the territories of captivezooanimals. ...
> They're hardwired for certain behaviors."
> When they escape their enclosures, however, that behavior gets thrown > off
> kilter and anyone nearby must remain calm and quiet and out of their > way to
> avoid agitating them.
> Zoologist Ron Magill agreed, saying that wild animals in captivity lose
> their fear of humans and will "take advantage of any possibility" to > escape.
> "You can take the animal out of the wild; you cannot take the wild out > of
> the animal," he said.
> Thezoo'sdirector of animal care and conservation, Robert Jenkins, could
> not explain howTatianaescaped. Thetiger'senclosure is surrounded by a
> 15-foot-wide moat and 20-foot-high walls, and the big cat did not leave
> through an open door, he said.
> "There was no way out through the door," Jenkins said. "The animal > appears
> to have climbed or otherwise leaped out of the enclosure."
> The first attack happened right outside theSiberian'senclosure - the
> victim died at the scene. A group of four officers came across his body > when
> they entered the darkzoogrounds, Mannina said.
> The second victim was about 300 yards away, in front of the Terrace > Cafe.
> The man was sitting on the ground, blood running from gashes in his > head andTatianasitting next to him.
> The cat attacked the man again, Mannina said. The officers approached > thetigerwith their handguns.Tatianamoved in their direction and several > of
> the officers fired, killing the animal.
> Only then did they see the third victim, who had also been mauled.
> Although no new visitors were let in after 5 p.m. Tuesday, the grounds > had
> not been not scheduled to close until an hour later, and 20 to 25 > people
> were still in thezoowhen the attacks happened,zooofficials said.
> Employees and visitors were told to take shelter whenzooofficials > learned
> of the attacks.
> "This is a tragic event for San Francisco," Fire Department spokesman > Lt.
> Ken Smith said. "We pride ourselves in ourzoo, and we pride ourselves > in
> tourists coming and looking at our city."
> There were five tigers at thezoo- three Sumatrans and two Siberians.
> Officials initially worried that four tigers had escaped, but soon > learned
> onlyTatianahad escaped, Mannina said.
> On Dec. 22, 2006,Tatianareached through the bars of her cage and > grabbed a
> keeper, biting and mauling one of the woman's arms and causing deep
> lacerations. Thezoo'sLion House was temporarily closed during an
> investigation.
> California's Division of Occupational Safety and Health blamed > thezoofor
> the assault and imposed an $18,000 penalty. A medical claim filed > against
> the city by the keeper was denied.
> Last February, a 140-pound jaguar named Jorge killed a zookeeper at the
> DenverZoobefore being fatally shot.Zooofficials said later that the
> zookeeper had violated rules by opening the door to the animal's cage.
> After last year's attack, thezooadded customized steel mesh over the > bars,
> built in a feeding chute and increased the distance between the public > and
> the cats.
> Tatianaarrived at the San FranciscoZoofrom the DenverZooa few years
> ago, withzooofficials hoping she would mate with a maletiger.Siberian
> tigers are classified as endangered and there are more than 600 of the
> animals living in captivity > worldwide.http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,318365,00.html
> Chocolic
This is horrible that they killed Tatiana. I am an animal lover and I
believe they should have sedated the tiger. These kids were obviously
provoking the tiger. Please join my blog.
Uh, you do realize the tiger was attacking a person as the police
watched. The police weren't equipped with a tranquilizer gun. Should
they have just stood there and watched someone die?!? Should the cops
have let the tiger attack them?!?
It's a shame the animal had to be killed, but it had to be killed in
that situation. If the tiger was attacking you or a member of your
family - okay, one that you actually like - would you figure the poor
thing was probably hungry, or needed a chew toy, and let it be?!?
I love animals too, and it would be hard to see a gorgeous wild animal like that being shot for being, well, just an animal. But to not shoot it while it is making a chewy out of a human is ludicrous. Some people take their animal lovering way too far.
Without getting on that blog at the troll's link, I can only begin to imagine the back-and-forth going on there with the PETA people who can be real whackos.
Chocolic
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