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Tiger Provoked?

January 3, 2008

tiger.jpg  –Well, it appears that Tatiana, the San Francisco Zoo Siberian tiger (pictured) who escaped her enclosure Xmas day and attack three visitors, killing one, may have been provoked!  A slingshot has been found on one of the brothers mauled, as well as a bottle of liquor in their car.  Additionally a rock was found in the late tiger’s enclosure which did not belong there.  If she had been pelted with rocks prior to vaulting her enclosure wall, the trigger for Tatiana’s attack is obvious. 

Of course, the brothers involved have already gotten a smart lawyer who is faulting zoo security for not getting there sooner…and the zoo has reopened with enhanced security and signs encouraging visitors to respect the animals…

More On Tiger

December 29, 2007

tiger.jpg  –Tatiana (pictured here), the 350-pound, 4-year-old Siberian tiger who attack three visitors Xmas day at the San Francisco zoo and killed one of them before being shot to death by police, was acting like the alpha predator that she was.  There is speculation that she may have been teased or tormented by the three young men (brothers) that she attack.  And it appears that the fence surrounding her enclosure was not the recommended five meters in height! 

Tatiana had been bred to mate with a tiger called, believe it or not, Tony!

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