Tatiana was a tiger at the San Francisco Zoo. Tatiana escaped on Christmas day 2007 and killed a zoo visitor before being shot by authorities. The escape and mauling made national headlines.
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... Read Full Story
Sitting here editing college term papers gets pretty boring so I often keep up on the news stories like the one that recently unfolded in San Francisco. It looks like the tiger that escaped his enclosure at the San Francisco Zoo may have had "help." A shoe has been found inside the no-man's land between the small fence and the larger fence and moat. Police are now speculating that the three people, one of whom was killed, may have been taunting or even trying to help the tiger escape its... Read Full Story
The tiger enclosure at the San Francisco Zoo has been declared a crime scene as investigators review clues that may indicate Tatiana was initially taunted by her victims or was aided in her escape. Clues include a bloody shoe inside the ensclosure, and pine cones and sticks that may have been thrown at the tiger. It's still speculation at this point. More details at The Telegraph. The father of Carlos Sousa refuses at this point to believe his son could have been involved in teasing or... 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... Read Full Story
December 31, 2007 -- SAN FRANCISCO - Two brothers who were injured when a tiger attacked them at the San Francisco Zoo had slingshots on them at the time, a source said. An empty vodka bottle was also found in a car used by Amritpal Dhaliwal, 19, and his brother, Kulbir, 23, on the day of the mauling, which left 17-year-old Carlos Sousa Jr. dead, according to the source. The discoveries could be an indication that the brothers may have taunted the 350-pound Siberian tiger before it leapt from... Read Full Story
