Tiger escapes from Zoo and kills
By shakeroo
@shakeroo (3986)
Malaysia
December 25, 2007 11:58pm CST
A tiger escaped from the San Francisco Zoo and killed one patron at a cafe and injured two others as well. Police had to be called and the tiger was shot dead later. The investigation is still on on how the tiger managed to get out of his enclosure.
"I believe there was probably some blood loss at the zoo, but here they are talking, they are alert, their vital signs are stable at this time," Isaacs said. Both men could be released as early as Wednesday, he added.
This is yet another incident involving a Zoo and hopefully zoo authorities world wide would take extra precautions with the animals as well as the guests.
Picture of a victim: http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?id=5088097&owner=shaxx
More details: http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/12/25/tiger.attack/index.html
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9 responses
@sedel1027 (17846)
• Cupertino, California
26 Dec 07
I find this so weird. I realize that this same tiger did "attack" it trainer (I would too if the put me in the little cage). It just seems very odd to me that this tiger that has limits on how high it can jump and what not mysteriously got out. I think there is a lot more to this story.
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@sedel1027 (17846)
• Cupertino, California
27 Dec 07
I had read somewhere that the tiger was taunted but didn't get to read the article. I would think that if a foot was dangled that the tiger would have just pulled that person in the cage. That is the 2nd idiot that I have read about that was mauled by a zoo animal. Why do people mess with wild animals that are anywhere? I would think the one in the zoo - although they appear fairly docile - would be the one that are the most mad!
@yeahbuddy (23)
• Singapore
27 Dec 07
humans are so cruel in many ways. there must have been a better solution...=(
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@Lalitshukla (314)
• India
26 Dec 07
Its happening a lot these days, wild animals escaping the wilds & the zoos to attack humans. I am in India & this happens in India very frequently too. I think Animals are not liking the way Humans are behaving these days.. they are hating us!!
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@blanksolid (1631)
• Spain
26 Dec 07
If a tiger escapes from a zoo and kills in my oppinion its an accident although the zoo should be aware of this and take note for fixing these dangerous attacks in the future. Have a nice day.
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@nmhschic2004 (1238)
• United States
27 Dec 07
I read about this on aol news. This is horrible! I thought it had said there was only one survivor. And she was an american. I could be wrong though...
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@oscarbartoni (2581)
• United States
26 Dec 07
It is unfortunate that any animals that are in our (humans) care have to be killed because they are doing what nature tells them to do. I hope that they find out how the tiger got out and fix it so that the incident cannot repeat itself.
@fanji008 (775)
• China
26 Dec 07
Hi,there! I just saw this piece of news.Well,it sounds somehow terrible.This is not the first time that animals in the zoo get out of the cages and attack people. I think we should really pay much attention to the supervision of the animals.They're our human being's nice friends but if we don't watch out,they can also attack us.I hope the governments all over the world could take certain measures towards that.Thanks for the discussion and have a nice day^_^
