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300-pound tiger escapes S.F. Zoo, kills 1 man and injures 2 before police shoot it dead
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Posted by sandy 1 year 11 days ago (www.breitbart.com). Views: 173
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A tiger that mauled a zookeeper last year escaped from its pen at the San Francisco Zoo on Tuesday, killing one man and injuring two others before police shot it dead, authorities said.
The three men were in their 20s; they were together and were not zoo employees, San Francisco Police spokesman Steve Mannina said. They were attacked just after the 5 p.m. closing time outside the zoo's Terrace Cafe on the east end of the 125-acre grounds.
It was unclear how the tiger escaped or how long it was on the loose. The approximately 300-pound female Siberian tiger, named Tatiana, attacked a zookeeper last December during a public feeding, according to the zoo's director of animal care and conservation.
Last December, the animal reached through the cage's iron bars and badly lacerated the zookeeper's arm. The zoo's Lion House was temporarily closed during an investigation.
California's Division of Occupation Safety and Health blamed the zoo for the assault and imposed a $18,000 penalty, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom said in a statement that he was deeply saddened by the incident and said a thorough investigation is under way.
Following last year's attack, the zoo added customized steel mesh over the bars, built in a feeding shoot and increased the distance between the public and the cats.
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ian said |
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New details of tiger attack released
http://www.myprops.org/content/New-details-of-tiger-attack-released/
A survivor was the first attacked, and his brother and the boy who died yelled to scare the animal, police say.
SAN FRANCISCO -- The San Francisco Police Department on Friday released dramatic notes from police dispatchers concerning the Christmas Day tiger mauling that killed Carlos Sousa Jr., 17, and seriously injured two men -- revealing new details about the sequence of events.
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sandy said |
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