Tatiana the Tiger

A San Jose man attacked by a tiger at the San Francisco Zoo has been arrested on suspicion of cocaine possession and being under the influence of a controlled substance. Authorities say 24-year-old Kulbir Dhaliwal was taken into custody Wednesday after the vehicle he was a passenger in was pulled over by San Jose State University police. Dhaliwal was allegedly carrying three grams of cocaine. The driver, 26-year-old Tarlok Dhaliwal, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence. Kulbir Dhaliwal, his brother, Amirtpal "Paul" Dhaliwal, and their friend, 17-year-old Carlos Sousa Jr., were attacked by a Siberian tiger that escaped its enclosure at ... Read Full Story

Look, but don't taunt. The situation was about as bad as it could get for a zoo. On Christmas Day, Tatiana the tiger escaped from her enclosure in the San Francisco Zoo, mauled a 17 year old boy to death and severely injured two of his companions. Media coverage of the incident focused on deficiencies in construction of the cat's enclosure and the zoo's response to the accident, while the public recoiled in horror. It looked like the zoo's reputation had hit rock bottom. But when the going gets tough, the tough hire PR, and so the zoo hired Sam Singer , a $350 ... Read Full Story

A woman who visits the San Francisco Zoo every Christmas said she saw 4 boys standing at the big cat grotto. Three of the boys were apparently heckling, and teasing the tiger that later escaped its enclosure killing 1 of the young men and seriously wounding the other two. Jennifer Miller who was at the zoo with her husband says she noticed the boys, because everyone else their that day were families. “The boys, especially the older one, were roaring at them. He was taunting them,” the San Francisco woman said. “They were trying to get that lion’s attention. … The lion was bristling, ... Read Full Story

SHARE THIS: DEL.ICIO.US DIGG STUMBLEUPON The San Francisco Zoo was closed to visitors Wednesday as investigators tried to determine how a tiger escaped from its enclosure and attacked three visitors, killing ... via KPBS-TV San Diego Read Full Story

Someone said that San-Francisco Zoo perpetrators were trying to ride the Tatiana Tiger in order to honor Goddess Durga... Who is Goddess Durga, anyway? Durga is a Hindu goddess that rides a tiger to kill her children enemies. Kali's Trinity consisted of Parvati (Maya the Virgin), Durga (The Mother Queen), Uma (Prisni the Crone). Durga rode tigers into battle and fought demons, protecting gods - her children. Like the other warrior goddess - Ma-Belonna from the Middle East, Durga drank the blood of her enemies. So to satisfy her Amazon's type blood-lust warshippers fed (annointed) her altars and images with the blood of captured ... Read Full Story