Holy crap! So on Christmas day at the San Francisco Zoo, 20 minutes after closing, one of the Tigers got out of it's enclosure and went on a rampage. It killed one 17 year old boy and went after his older friends. Knocking one down then pouncing on the other mauling him. SFPD were forced to kill it. I'm stunned actually. I love that zoo and have been going there for as long as I can remember. Cat and I had many a date there. The zoo needs some rennovations badly, but doesn't have the money for it. They haven't released any details on what exactly happened or how the Tiger got out. I've heard reports of possible taunting by the three men. Taunting that included throwing crap at the Tiger. It hasn't been substantiated yet, but it sounds plausible. Those Tigers are not kept hungry, that's for sure. In 50+ years nothing like this, a big cat leaping out of it's compound, has happened. Although this is the same tiger that basically tore the skin off of one of the Keeper's arms last year (in December actually) during feeding time. I'm not sure why this Tiger wasn't sent off to a rehab facility or killed. Apparently something should have been done because this Tiger has been biding her time. Wow!!! The zoo is closed pending an investigation. The Zoo Management says they want to open it back up tomorrow. Idiots!!! Do you want to lose that facility forever???? Find out what happened first and make sure it never happens again.
Edit: Some early reports of evidence that one of the three kids jumped the fence and was dangling his legs over the side of the moat(there was a shoe in the moat). Also there was pinecones found where the Tiger normally is and the only way they could have gotten there was to be thrown there.....there are no pine trees in the enclosure. So the theory is these candidates for the Darwin Awards were throwing crap at the Tiger, and one of them pissed her off to the point she jump up, grabbed his legs and climbed up him killing him and going after his buddies.
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